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    Acadia National Park

    Field Trip Tour


    This trip will consist of
    four main nature stops:
    Cadillac Mountain
    Eagle Lake
    Bubble Rock
    The Wetlands
    Route Map
    This route will be best travelled
    by car. It spans approximately 9
    miles from Cadillac Mountain
    (first stop, point A) to Jordan
    Pond and the Wetlands (last
    stop, point D).
    A
    D
    C
    B
    1
    st
    Stop:
    Cadillac Mountain
    Summit of Cadillac Mountain
    overlooking the Porcupine Islands.
    Image from travelguideofamerica.com
    Cadillac Mountain
    Eagle Lake
    Bubble Rock
    Wetlands

    Mount Desert Island
    N
    The summit of Cadillac Mountain reaches
    1,530 feet in elevation. This astounding
    geological beauty in Acadia National Park
    is the tallest mountain in the east coast of
    the United States. Because of its height
    and location, it is often the first place in all
    of the U.S. to see the sunrise.
    F O R M A T I O N
    This east coast landmark was formed
    by the tectonic plates and volcanic
    forces that pushed the landmass
    upward millions of years ago. Its
    summit, which is quite flat and
    rounded, earns its shape from glaciers
    that once slowly moved atop the
    landmass and essentially shaved off
    the top.

    Image from basicplanet.com

    2
    nd
    Stop:
    Eagle Lake
    3
    rd
    Stop:
    Bubble Rock
    4
    th
    and Last Stop:
    Wetlands
    Spreading across 436 acres, Eagle
    Lake is Acadia National Parks
    largest fresh water lake. Its deepest
    point rests at 110 feet below. You
    can find both salmon and trout
    within the lake.
    F O R M A T I O N
    Numerous lakes in the
    Northern Hemisphere were
    formed by large glaciers that
    slowly moved along
    landmasses and carved out
    the basins or bowl-shapes that
    then formed lakes when the
    glaciers melted and filled the
    basins with water.
    Big Bubble Rock is known as a glacial
    erratic, meaning that its own
    geological composition is different to
    that upon which it is sitting. This is a
    result of glacial activity, which brought
    this particular boulder 20 miles from its
    origin, northeast of where it sits today.
    The countless different rocks in
    Acadia National Park have all come
    about to be where they are from
    quite similar origins. From millions of
    years ago with volcanic and glacial
    activity shaping the land and leaving
    certain pieces of debris behind, rocks
    like Bubble are still around for us to
    observe and study. And even still, the
    continuing processes of erosion
    persistently shape the parks
    geology.
    20% of Acadia National Park is
    covered in all different classes of
    wetlands. This includes: swamps,
    tidal pools, lakes, marine aquatic
    beds, intertidal shellfish flat, salt
    marshes, freshwater marshes,
    forested wetlands, and peatlands.
    These sights can be seen from the
    road, atop the mountains, and by
    hike.

    Wetland formation is similar to that
    of lakes, when glaciers carve out
    the valleys and fill them with their
    melted ice, and saturate the land.
    The freshwater wetlands here in
    Acadia National Park and
    specifically, Mount Desert Island are
    living communities that are still in
    the process of formation, and are
    bound to look different years from
    now.
    Image from acadianationalpark.com
    Image from sueannhodges.com
    Image from barharbormagic.com

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