Getting here:
This is a one-way road that loops around the many sights (and sounds) of Acadia National Park. The entrance is located at Hulls Cove Visitor Center, some 3 miles northwest of downtown Bar Harbor along the Maine Route 3 road. Ample road signs should be sufficient to guide you to this entrance.

Description:
While Acadia National Park consists of Mount Desert Island, Isle au Haut and Schoodic Peninsula, all of which are quite a distance from each other, this 27-mile drive should cover the main attractions of this national park.

From Hulls Cove entrance to Cadillac Mountain entrance, the view was simply breathtaking! From here, sporadic view of Bar Harbor town center and the four Porcupine Islands can be immensely enjoyed. The one-way road is wide enough for cars to stop by the roadside to bask in the view.

Continuing south and southeast, I left the panoramic ocean view behind and was treated with spectacular mountain and forest scenes as I went further inland. There are some other attractions along the roadside such as the Wild Gardens of Acadia, a Nature Center, the Sieur de Monts Spring trail as well as the Abbe Museum, but I decided to give them a pass. After all, the 27-mile route was still a long way to go.

My next 2 stops were Sand Beach and Thunder Hole. The latter is a small water inlet geologically carved out by the ocean. Due to the small size of this inlet, when the waves roll into it, the water is forced out from the cavern hole like a loud thunder, hence the name. The water spout was said to get as high as 30 to 40 feet. I kept my distance so that I did not get myself all wet.

Continuing further south and east, I passed by other attractions like Otter Point (and Otter Cove), Blackwoods camping ground, Wildwood Stables and Jordan Pond House before I began my ascent to Cadillac Mountain. The journey around from Hulls Cove entrance to Cadillac Mountain pretty much completes the loop.