Today Barbara and I once again visited Acadia NP. We drove to the top of Cadillac Mountain, at an elevation of 1,530 feet mean sea level (msl), for a birds eye view of the park. Cadillac Mountain is the first place in the United States that receives direct sunlight each morning, on a clear day. From here we had a wonderful view of the Atlantic ocean, Eagle Lake and Bar Harbor. The rock on top of Cadillac Mountain shows evidence of the glaciers that moved through this area as recently as 15,000 years ago. While on top I saw glacial striations, chatter marks and glacial erratic’s. We also visited Jordon Pond. Like Eagle Lake it is a, linear, glacial made lake running north and south. As the glaciers moved down from the north they carved u-shaped valley’s and as the glacier receded to the north they left terminal moraines made up of sand, gravel and boulders which dammed the valley’s at the south end and filled with water from the melting glaciers. At Jordon Pond I found a glacial erratic mixed in the terminal moraine. Across the road from Seal Beach we saw a Redtail Fox running through a field. This was our last visit to Acadia NP, at least on this trip. This is one of the most beautiful national parks we have had the pleasure of visiting. Hopefully we will be able to return again some day.
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