7 Hiking Trails near The Precipice
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Precipice Trail (Acadia National Park)
Bar Harbor, Maine
0.0 miles NEThe most challenging and well-known trail in Acadia National Park — an exposed, nearly vertical 1,000-foot climb up Champlain Mountain designated strenuous and recommended for experienced, fit hikers only.
Hike
Beehive Trail
Bar Harbor, Maine
1.3 miles SIron rungs bolted into steep coastal cliffs above Sand Beach and the Gulf of Maine make this the most thrilling — and vertigo-inducing — hike in Acadia.
Hike 2.0 mi
Ocean Path
Bar Harbor, Maine
1.4 miles SA leisurely coastal hike past Otter Cliff, the Thunder Hole sea cave, and low-tide pools teeming with crabs, whelks, and anemones along Acadia's rocky Maine shoreline.
Hike
Cadillac Mountain Summit Path
Bar Harbor, Maine
1.9 miles WHike or drive to the 1,530-foot summit of Cadillac Mountain — Acadia's highest peak and often the first spot in the U.S. to catch the sunrise — for views of Bar Harbor and Frenchman Bay.
Hike
Jordan Pond Nature Trail (Acadia National Park)
Mount Desert, Maine
3.8 miles SWAn easy 1-mile loop through the woods and along the serene shore of Jordan Pond, starting from the North Parking Area in Acadia National Park.
Canoe, Hike
Echo Lake Beach
Southwest Harbor
7.7 miles WEcho Lake Beach is Acadia National Park's sandy freshwater swimming beach on Mount Desert Island, below Beech Cliff. An Acadia entrance pass ($35 per vehicle for 7 days) is required to park, and there's no lifeguard.
Canoe, Hike, Kayak, Swim
Roque Bluffs State Park
Roque Bluffs
38.9 miles NEA Maine state park on Schoppee Point with a half-mile sand and pebble beach on Englishman Bay and the warmer, shallow water of Simpson Pond right behind it. Day-use fee charged, no lifeguards.
Canoe, Hike, Kayak, Swim
