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The Atlas/Maine/Schoodic Loop Road (ME-186)

Schoodic Loop Road (ME-186)

9 mi
Length
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Verified stops
170 ft
High point
Scenic
Road type

An 11-mile one-way loop road through the Schoodic Peninsula section of Acadia National Park — the only part of Acadia on the mainland. The road begins and ends at ME-186 near Winter Harbor and Birch Harbor, running one-way clockwise along the rocky headlands of Frenchman Bay. This is 'the other Acadia': no entrance fee, dramatically less traffic than the main Park Loop Road on Mount Desert Island, and the same Acadia granite-and-spruce scenery with open ocean views. The peninsula sits roughly 45 minutes east of Bar Harbor via US-1 and ME-186. Schoodic Point at the loop's apex offers exposed headland with crashing surf.

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Winter Harbor

Small coastal town marking the start of the Schoodic Loop, with views across Frenchman Bay toward Bar Harbor.

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