Bass Harbor Head located within Acadia National Park in the southwest portion of Mount Desert Island, Maine, at the entrance to Bass Harbor and Blue Hill Bay. Acadia National Park is a national park located in the state of Maine, southwest of Bar Harbor. The park preserves about half of Mount Desert Island, many adjacent smaller islands, and part of the Schoodic Peninsula on the coast of Maine. Acadia was initially designated Sieur de Monts National Monument by proclamation of President Woodrow Wilson in 1916. Sieur de Monts was renamed and redesignated Lafayette National Park by Congress in 1919—the first national park in the United States east of the Mississippi River and the only one in the Northeastern United States. The park was renamed Acadia National Park in 1929. Native Americans of the Algonquian nations have inhabited the area called Acadia for at least 12,000 years. Samuel de Champlain named the island Isle des Monts Deserts (Island of Barren Mountains) in 1604. The park includes mountains, an ocean coastline, coniferous and deciduous woodlands, lakes, ponds, and wetlands encompassing a total of 49,075 acres.—Wikipedia—This image was processed as an HDR (High Dynamic Range) composition.
Bass Harbor Head Light is a lighthouse located within Acadia National Park in the southwest portion of Mount Desert Island, Maine, marking the entrance to Bass Harbor and Blue Hill Bay. First constructed in 1858 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in1988. Acadia National Park is a national park located in the state of Maine, southwest of Bar Harbor. The park preserves about half of Mount Desert Island, many adjacent smaller islands, and part of the Schoodic Peninsula on the coast of Maine. Acadia was initially designated Sieur de Monts National Monument by proclamation of President Woodrow Wilson in 1916. Sieur de Monts was renamed and redesignated Lafayette National Park by Congress in 1919—the first national park in the United States east of the Mississippi River and the only one in the Northeastern United States. The park was renamed Acadia National Park in 1929. Native Americans of the Algonquian nations have inhabited the area called Acadia for at least 12,000 years. Samuel de Champlain named the island Isle des Monts Deserts (Island of Barren Mountains) in 1604. The park includes mountains, an ocean coastline, coniferous and deciduous woodlands, lakes, ponds, and wetlands encompassing a total of 49,075 acres.—Wikipedia—This image was processed as an HDR (High Dynamic Range) composition.
Acadia National Park is an national park located in the state of Maine, southwest of Bar Harbor. The park preserves about half of Mount Desert Island, many adjacent smaller islands, and part of the Schoodic Peninsula on the coast of Maine. Acadia was initially designated Sieur de Monts National Monument by proclamation of President Woodrow Wilson in 1916. Sieur de Monts was renamed and redesignated Lafayette National Park by Congress in 1919—the first national park in the United States east of the Mississippi River and the only one in the Northeastern United States. The park was renamed Acadia National Park in 1929. Native Americans of the Algonquian nations have inhabited the area called Acadia for at least 12,000 years. Samuel de Champlain named the island Isle des Monts Deserts (Island of Barren Mountains) in 1604. The park includes mountains, an ocean coastline, coniferous and deciduous woodlands, lakes, ponds, and wetlands encompassing a total of 49,075 acres.—Wikipedia—This image was processed as an HDR (High Dynamic Range) composition.
