Gorham Mountain



Gorham Mountain, Acadia National Park, Maine (5/12/2009)

This is hike #2-7 ("Gorham Mountain") in the book A Walk in the Park: Acadia's Hiking Guide (Tenth Edition). This was the sixth of nine hikes we did in Maine the week of May 10.

Gorham Mountain is south of the Beehive, so we combined this hike with the Beehive to make an extraordinary hike which spanned mountain cliffs, mountain ridges, dense forests and a beautiful coastline, ending at Sandy Beech. You can't ask for more variety.

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Butterfly

Pine posts mark every trail intersection

Laura gazes upon the Beehive


The Beehive



 

At least five hikers on the Beehive

Glacial erratic

Cadillac & Dorr Mountains

Western Point
 


View northwest

Gorham peak

Our amazing lunch spot

Look who joined us!
 


He even ate from Laura's hand

Our friend's feet

He hung out the entire time

Look at that face!
 


He stayed to search for crumbs


Great Head beyond the ridge

 


The Atlantic Ocean

Thunder Hole below us

Great Head juts out

 


Steep descent

[photo by Laura]

Cadillac Cliffs

 


Beautiful layers of rock


Narrow passages

 


Commemorative plaque

On the Ocean path

Lobster fishing boat

The rocky coast
 




Rock scrambling ...

... on the ocean
 



Thunder Hole wasn't thundering


[photo by Laura]
 



The Acadia nature cruiser

Gull on Sandy Beach

Laura on Sandy Beach
 



The water was frigid

The Beehive from the shore

Maine's gorgeous coast
 

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