Wrapping up the Beehive Loop
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canyonwalkerMaine Week Travelog #9
Acadia National Park - Wednesday, 16 Jun 2021, 3pm.
After climbing The Beehive and visiting The Bowl we were not done with our hike for the day. Not by a long shot! From the Bowl we looped around back to the saddle below the Beehive then turned south to climb Gorham Mountain.
![Side view of the Beehive, Acadia National Park [Jun 2021]](https://ic.pics.livejournal.com/canyonwalker/33413618/736135/736135_original.jpg "Side view of the Beehive, Acadia National Park [Jun 2021]")
Here's a view of the side of the Beehive (above) from partway up Gorham Mountain. It's just partway up because at the top the view back north is blocked by trees. If you could zoom in on this image you'd see a conga line of hikers ascending the steep eastern face of the knob. You can't actually zoom in; the pic is 720px wide for bandwidth issues. But in my 26MP original I can see them when I zoom to 100%. 😅
![View Otter Cove from Gorham Mountain, Acadia National Park [Jun 2021]](https://ic.pics.livejournal.com/canyonwalker/33413618/737079/737079_original.jpg "View Otter Cove from Gorham Mountain, Acadia National Park [Jun 2021]")
Gorham Mountain, like the Beehive, provides views in all directions. Above is the view to the southeast, overlooking Otter Cove.
Having hiked up one side of Gorham Mtn we hiked down the other. I said we were going to make it a longer hike.
![Cadillac Cliffs at Acadia National Park [Jun 2021]](https://ic.pics.livejournal.com/canyonwalker/33413618/736303/736303_original.jpg "Cadillac Cliffs at Acadia National Park [Jun 2021]")
On the way down we took a slight detour to see the Cadillac Cliffs. Honestly these were underwhelming to me... because of the epic-ness of climbing the Beehive earlier in the day.
Descending all the way down the mountain we arrived back at the park road along the coast. Bad news: we were over a mile from our trailhead. Good news: There's an easy trail alongside the road packed with views of coastal cliffs and rocks.
![Pink granite coastline at Acadia National Park [Jun 2021]](https://ic.pics.livejournal.com/canyonwalker/33413618/736578/736578_original.jpg "Pink granite coastline at Acadia National Park [Jun 2021]")
These last two pictures (above and below) are scenes from the coast. Featuring in both of them is the classic pink-tinted granite of Acadia National Park. The color comes from one of the minerals in the granite.
![Pink granite coastline at Acadia National Park [Jun 2021]](https://ic.pics.livejournal.com/canyonwalker/33413618/736962/736962_original.jpg "Pink granite coastline at Acadia National Park [Jun 2021]")
These cliffs we had pooh-pooed Monday at dusk and yesterday in the foggy weather really came alive in today's sun. And speaking of alive, the cliffside trail was humming with crowds. It's a little too bad we were verging onto the just-get-home portion of our energy reserves.
Acadia National Park - Wednesday, 16 Jun 2021, 3pm.
After climbing The Beehive and visiting The Bowl we were not done with our hike for the day. Not by a long shot! From the Bowl we looped around back to the saddle below the Beehive then turned south to climb Gorham Mountain.
Here's a view of the side of the Beehive (above) from partway up Gorham Mountain. It's just partway up because at the top the view back north is blocked by trees. If you could zoom in on this image you'd see a conga line of hikers ascending the steep eastern face of the knob. You can't actually zoom in; the pic is 720px wide for bandwidth issues. But in my 26MP original I can see them when I zoom to 100%. 😅
Gorham Mountain, like the Beehive, provides views in all directions. Above is the view to the southeast, overlooking Otter Cove.
Having hiked up one side of Gorham Mtn we hiked down the other. I said we were going to make it a longer hike.
On the way down we took a slight detour to see the Cadillac Cliffs. Honestly these were underwhelming to me... because of the epic-ness of climbing the Beehive earlier in the day.
Descending all the way down the mountain we arrived back at the park road along the coast. Bad news: we were over a mile from our trailhead. Good news: There's an easy trail alongside the road packed with views of coastal cliffs and rocks.
These last two pictures (above and below) are scenes from the coast. Featuring in both of them is the classic pink-tinted granite of Acadia National Park. The color comes from one of the minerals in the granite.
These cliffs we had pooh-pooed Monday at dusk and yesterday in the foggy weather really came alive in today's sun. And speaking of alive, the cliffside trail was humming with crowds. It's a little too bad we were verging onto the just-get-home portion of our energy reserves.
