Carriage Road User’S Map
National Park Service Acadia National Park U.S. Department of the Interior
Carriage Road User’s Map
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� Rules and Regulations
� JORDAN POND DETAIL � � � Jordan � � Carriage roads are closed to motor � Pond �� � � Visitor Center vehicle use. � • 14 Bicycles are prohibited on privately .2 .5 owned carriage roads. Jordan Pond House .9
15 .2 • Horses are prohibited on the Witch 1 3 .1 .2 Hole Pond and Paradise Hill Loops and 1.2 2 the Eagle Lake Loop, except between 1.0 16 20 1.0 intersections 7 and 8. .6 .3 Witch 21 .1 Hole Pets must be restrained on leashes six 1.2 25 .2 .3 1.1 Pond feet or less. 24 29 3 23 .2 .4 26 Hiking trails are closed to bicycles and .3 .3 5 horses. .5 Swimming, wading, and pets are 22 .4 28 30 1.0 27 4 prohibited in public drinking water .1 .3 Bikes prohibited on � supplies. Please respect posted 1.1 � private carriage roads .5 � � Bar regulations at lakes and ponds. �� � 31 � �� Harbor 32 �� �� Carriage Road 1.1 � � Park � Headquarters Courtesy and Safety • Bicyclists yield to all users. Everyone 233 6 • yields to horses, which can be startled by 2.5 9 • .1 sudden movements. Slow down! Speeding can be hazardous. Bicycling on the carriage roads is a major Aunt 2.1 � cause of visitor injuries at Acadia. Betty � � � Pond � Be prepared to stop. Sudden stops are � 11 � � dangerous on loose gravel.
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Eagle Lake � before passing on the left. Move to the side when stopped. 3.3 1.9 1.1 Wear a helmet and carry plenty of water. 3 Leave no trace. Carry out what you
8 7 carry in. 198 .1 1.8 You may encounter heavy machinery 10 Cadillac N 10 and trucks used for carriage road S Mountain • maintenance. Please be careful. Winter issues:
2.0 Snowmobiles may travel on the carriage Bubble Pond road on the east side of Eagle Lake.
3.6 Please use caution. Please refrain from walking or 3.1 snowshoeing in ski tracks and keep dogs and horses out of ski tracks.
Jordan Pond • 12 Fare-Free Acadia Shuttles 13 .3 SEE DETAIL MAP Help reduce pollution and traffic congestion—ride the bus! From late June 1.8 14 through Columbus Day, you can ride Upper fare-free Island Explorer buses to the Hadlock 15 • carriage roads. Bus routes link hotels
Pond 1.5 and campgrounds with popular park 20 16 destinations. For more information, pick 1.3 17 21 up the Island Explorer schedule at Hulls 23 25 37 Cove Visitor Center or park headquarters. 18 19 24 29 to Blackwoods .2 26 Campground The fare-free buses are funded in part • .9 Day .6 by your Acadia National Park entrance Lower Mountain Hadlock .2 (to Route 198) 28 22 30 .6 pass—please buy your park pass! Pond 27 38 Carriage Road Bridges 1.5 31 .6 1.5 Carriage Roads 32 Numbered Intersection Signposts
.7 1.1 Mileage Between Signposts Bikes prohibited on 36 Primary Roads private carriage roads 1.2 Seal Secondary Roads Park Loop Road .2 34 Harbor 33 .5 Hiking Trails (bicycles and horses prohibited) Lakes and Ponds .3 .4 .6 Acadia National Park (to Route 3) 3 Private Property Northeast Drinking Water Harbor Island Explorer Bus Stop Food Service Parking 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 Ranger Station Miles Restrooms (some closed in winter) Left to right: Bicyclists near Eagle Lake, Jordan Pond Gate Lodge, horseback riders, Waterfall Bridge The Carriage Roads of Acadia National Park Forty-five miles of rustic State-of-the-Art Roads reinforced concrete, but the use of native stone for the facing gives them a natural appearance. Over time, the carriage roads, the gift of Acadia’s carriage roads are the best example of broken- stone cutters grew very skilled and Rockefeller often philanthropist John D. Rockefeller stone roads—a type of road commonly used at the turn requested them not to cut the facing too well lest the of the 20th century—in America today. They are true rustic look be lost. Jr. and family, weave around roads, approximately 16 feet wide, constructed with the mountains and valleys of methods that required much hand labor. The result of Rockefeller’s vision and attention to detail is an integrated system of carriage roads that blends Acadia National Park. Rockefeller, The roads were engineered to contend with Maine’s wet harmoniously with the landscape. a skilled horseman, wanted to weather. Stone culverts, wide ditches, three layers of rock, and a substantial six- to eight-inch crown ensured travel on motor-free byways good drainage. The Carriage Roads Today via horse and carriage into the Rather than flattening hillsides to accommodate the Maintaining the extensive carriage road system is heart of Mount Desert Island. His roads, breast walls and retaining walls were built to no easy task, and the National Park Service could construction efforts from 1913 preserve the line of hillsides and save trees. Rockefeller, not do it alone. Between 1992 and 1995, an extensive naturally gifted with the eye of a landscape architect, rehabilitation of the carriage roads was financed by to 1940 resulted in roads with aligned the roads to follow the contours of the land and federal construction funds along with matching private sweeping vistas and close-up to take advantage of scenic views. He graded the roads funds from Friends of Acadia, a nonprofit organization so they were not too steep or too sharply curved for dedicated to protecting the outstanding natural beauty, views of the landscape. His love horse-drawn carriages. ecological vitality, and cultural distinctiveness of of road building ensured a Road crews quarried island granite for road material Acadia National Park and surrounding communities. state-of-the-art system. and bridge facing. Roadsides were landscaped with Woody vegetation was removed from roads, shoulders, native vegetation such as blueberries and sweet fern. The and ditches, and drainage systems were reestablished to arrest erosion. The crown and subgrade layers were Rockefeller’s interest in road use of native materials helped blend the roads into the natural landscape. restored, and new surface materials were applied to building grew naturally from his replace thousands of cubic yards washed away over the father’s. John D. Rockefeller Sr., years. Coping stones were reset or replaced, and some An Integrated System of the historic vistas that once greeted horseback riders, the founder of Standard Oil, had carriage drivers, and walkers were reopened. built and landscaped carriage Rockefeller participated in the construction process. He walked areas staked out for road alignment and To ensure that the carriage roads will continue to be roads on his Ohio and New York observed work in progress. He knew the laborers maintained close to their original condition, the park has formed a partnership with Friends of Acadia. In estates. From his father the by name and used experts to design the bridges and engineer the roads. Throughout it all, he paid rapt 1995, Friends of Acadia established an endowment junior Rockefeller learned many attention to the most minute details, from the placement to help protect the carriage roads in perpetuity. Each techniques that he applied to of coping stones to the cost of a running foot of road. year, the organization contributes more than $200,000 from this endowment to the park for carriage road building his Mount Desert Island Following are some elements that unify the carriage maintenance. Volunteers working under the guidance carriage roads. road system: of Friends of Acadia contribute thousands of hours Coping Stones: Large blocks of granite lining the cleaning ditches and culverts, clearing brush, and roads serve as guardrails. Cut roughly and spaced assisting park staff with other restoration projects. The irregularly, the coping stones create a rustic appearance. commitment demonstrated by Friends of Acadia in These coping stones have been affectionately called maintaining the carriage roads is only one of many ways “Rockefeller’s teeth.” the organization helps support the park. Signposts: Cedar signposts were installed at A portion of park user fees, authorized by the intersections to direct carriage drivers. The posts were Recreational Fee Demonstration Program, also helps stained with Cabots shingle stain #248. The lettering fund carriage road maintenance. Between 2001 and was painted first with one coat of flat yellow paint, then 2005, federal funds and park user fees paid for a major with another coat of enamel yellow. Today, numbers re-pointing, cleaning, and water-proofing of all carriage that match maps and guidebooks are attached to the road bridges within the park. User fees have also funded signposts and help carriage road users find their way. annual projects, including repairing stone walls and opening overgrown vistas. More than one hundred Roadside Grooming and Landscaping: Rockefeller vistas have been cleared in the past ten years. employed a crew of foresters to remove debris from the roads and roadsides. Nationally known landscape architect Beatrix Farrand consulted on planting A Spirit of Philanthropy designs to frame vistas and bridges and to heal scars left behind by carriage road construction. The Fire of 1947 Park volunteers, visitors, and groups like Friends of destroyed much of her work. Acadia are continuing a tradition of philanthropy begun by John D. Rockefeller Jr. and other early Gate Lodges: Two gate lodges, one at Jordan Pond conservationists. Their valuable contributions of time, and the other near Northeast Harbor, ornament the effort, and funds help protect the park and improve the roads and serve as impressive welcomes to the system. quality of your experience. For more information about A third gate lodge was planned at Eagle Lake, but joining in these efforts, stop at Hulls Cove Visitor was never built. During carriage road construction, Center or visit the Friends of Acadia website at engineer Paul Simpson and his family lived at the www.friendsofacadia.org. Such generous spirit allows Jordan Pond Gate Lodge. the park to better meet its mission of protecting and Bridges: Rockefeller financed 16 of 17 stone-faced preserving its cultural and natural resources for present bridges, each unique in design, to span streams, and future generations. Carriage road bridges, top to bottom: waterfalls, roads, and cliffsides. The bridges are steel- Hadlock Brook Bridge, Deer Brook Bridge, Stanley Brook Bridge. Right: Little Harbor Brook Bridge
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