Cadillac Mountain Summit: Cultural Landscapes Inventory, Acadia National Park
Killion J and Commisso M. 2021. Cadillac Mountain Summit: Cultural Landscapes Inventory, Acadia National Park. Cultural Landscapes Inventory Report. 650089. National Park Service. NPS Northeast Regional Office, Boston, Massachusetts / CRIS-CL Database
Cadillac Mountain Summit is a National Park Service (NPS) developed area in Acadia National Park, located in Hancock County, Maine. Acadia was the first national park established east of the Mississippi River and today encompasses over 50,000 acres across Mount Desert Island, the Schoodic Peninsula, and other smaller islands. At 1,530 feet, Cadillac Mountain is the highest point on the Atlantic coast between Labrador and Brazil, and the highest mountain on Mount Desert Island. The rocky summit features three high points, or “peaks,” dominated by broad granite ledges and outcrops interspersed with shrubs and grasses and lesser amounts of mixed conifer woodland and forest. Access to the 107-acre summit area is primarily from Cadillac Mountain Road, a segment of the park’s historic motor road system that climbs the mountain’s north and west slopes and terminates as a broad, tear drop-shaped loop nestled between the eastern and middle peaks. Three segments of the park’s historic trail system also ascend the mountain and connect to the site’s walkways, trails, and parking areas organized around the loop. The Cadillac Summit Center, a small concession and restroom building, is situated on a wooded slope below the middle peak, well away from views of the island-studded horizon and the Atlantic Ocean. Additional parking is provided below the west peak, at the Blue Hill overlook, which offers views to Eagle Lake and the ranges of mountains that march to the west. The Cadillac Mountain Summit is the most popular visitor attraction in the park, and on a typical summer’s day around 6,000 visitors make the journey there.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Killion, Jeffrey; Commisso, Michael
- Date of Issue
- 2021
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- ACAD
- Keywords
- Adams Grave, Bauld Mountain, Cabin), Cadillac Mountain, Carriage Roads Touring Roads and Parkways, Comfort Station (Latrine), Concession, Conservation of Natural Resources, Creating Social Institutions and Movements, Developing the American Economy, Entertainment, Expressing Cultural Values, General Recreation, Green Mountain, Hiking Trail, Historic Designed Landscape, Landscape Architecture, Leisure-Passive (Park), Lodge (Inn, Lounge), Military Facility (Post), Monument (Marker, Newport Mountain, NPS Class I Principal Road, Origin And Development Of The National Park Service, Outdoor Recreation, Overlook, Parking Area, Plaque), Political and Military Affairs 1865-1939, Protection Of Natural And Cultural Resources, Railroad Trackage, Ranger Station, Recreation, Restaurant (Bar, Rustic Architecture, Shaping the Political Landscape, Telecommunication Facility, The Great Depression And Conservation, The Great Depression And The New Deal 1929-1941, The Home Front, Transforming the Environment, Transportation by Land and Air, View, Vista, World War II
- Subjects
- CRIS-CL: 650089: Cadillac Mountain Summit