Long Pond, Acadia National Park, Maine 4.6 miles padding
2:41 paddling time, 2.2 mph avg speed
Long Pond is located on the west side of Acadia National Park. It is a beautiful glacier-carved north/south body of fresh water. There are private properties around the pond, but the southern and western part of the lake fall with National Park Service land. There are hiking trails along the shoreline and a place to launch at the southern route. The water is calm and clear, and surrounded by beautiful scenery.
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| Look at the clear water! |
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| The wind did pick up some as you can see by the waves and it was a little harder paddling back. |
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| We found a restaurant, Thurston's Lobster Pound. We didn't want to get lobster as we had just had 2 nights of freshly caught lobster at Thacher's Island. It just would not be the same as catching your own. Instead, we opted for lobster dip with chips which was very good. And even better was the blueberry pie with blueberry ice cream for dessert. Yum! |
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The restaurant was right on the harbor so we were able to watch as the
lobster fishermen came in from their day's work. It appeared that they
put their traps on a conveyor belt that weighed their catches. |
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