Why this ride
All-American Road. Atlantic coast, granite mountains, forest. A one-way ride of 45 km, Bar Harbor to Bar Harbor - roughly 1 h 16 in the saddle. The line favours views over speed.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Acadia All-American Road
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 45 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 1 h 16
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
The recorded total and the leg detail need reconciliation. Inspect the leg notes before using this record for timing or navigation. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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Scenic road chapters
Acadia All-American Road
Expect company on a summer weekend. Early is better than fast. For 3 km this is Acadia All-American Road, a road with a name of its own and a reason for it.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 3 km
- Named road
- Acadia All-American Road
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Bar Harbor
Bar Harbor is the door to Mount Desert Island, the large granite island off the coast of Maine where Acadia National Park spreads over mountains, ponds and rocky shore. The town sits on Frenchman Bay, with the humped shapes of the Porcupine Islands offshore, and it has been a summer destination since the 1800s, when wealthy families from Boston and Philadelphia built huge shingle mansions they called cottages. A great fire in 1947 burned a lot of them, but the town rebuilt, and its streets are now a mix of old inns, gift shops, and lobster restaurants.
Read the complete Bar Harbor write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Acadia All-American Road point 1 sits at 0 km, early in the day. Next is Acadia All-American Road point 2.
2. Near Bar Harbor
Bar Harbor looks out over Frenchman Bay from the north-east shore of Mount Desert Island, with the Porcupine Islands humped in the water in front of it and the granite domes of Acadia National Park rising behind. It is a small town of a couple of thousand year-round residents, but in summer it swells with visitors, cruise ship passengers and cyclists, and its streets fill with ice cream shops, lobster restaurants and outfitters.
Read the complete Near Bar Harbor write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Acadia All-American Road point 2 comes up 4 km in. Next is Acadia All-American Road point 3.
3. Near Bar Harbor
South of Bar Harbor, the Park Loop Road reaches the open Atlantic, and the scenery of Acadia changes from forest and lakes to pink granite cliffs, crashing surf and the smell of salt and spruce. This is the stretch that most people come for, and it is worth taking slowly, stopping often, and leaving the bike for short walks along the rocks.
Read the complete Near Bar Harbor write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
8 km in you reach Acadia All-American Road point 3. Next is Acadia All-American Road point 4.
4. Near Bar Harbor
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Near Bar Harbor write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Acadia All-American Road point 4, about halfway. Next is Acadia All-American Road point 5.
5. Near Bar Harbor
Bar Harbor looks out over Frenchman Bay from the north-east shore of Mount Desert Island, with the Porcupine Islands humped in the water in front of it and the granite domes of Acadia National Park rising behind. It is a small town of a couple of thousand year-round residents, but in summer it swells with visitors, cruise ship passengers and cyclists, and its streets fill with ice cream shops, lobster restaurants and outfitters.
Read the complete Near Bar Harbor write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Acadia All-American Road point 5 sits at 15 km, about halfway. Next is Acadia All-American Road point 6.
6. Near Bar Harbor
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Near Bar Harbor write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Acadia All-American Road point 6 comes up 19 km in. Next is Acadia All-American Road point 7.
7. Bar Harbor
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Bar Harbor write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
45 km in you reach Acadia All-American Road point 7.
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