Jordan Pond Seaside Trail crosses Acadia National Park, Hancock County, ME

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Jordan Pond Seaside Trail crosses Acadia National Park, Hancock County, ME
A lightly used flat easy woodland trail with a commemorative markers, marked and maintained by the SHVIS, with maintenance at the northern end by NPS. Route extends from the Jordan Pond House, south through woods, then parallel to the motor road, and under the Stanley Brook carriage road bridge to end near the site of the former Seaside Inn, now a private residential drive. The design of the Stanley Brook bridge is notable for accomodating four circulation systems, the brook, road, and trail under the bridge, and the carriage road over the bridge. The trail tread was once graveled but has now eroded to stone rubble base. Many inside ditches, and old cross culverts of assorted types are still evident, including closed stone culverts, formerly graveled over, a clay pipe culvert with stone headwalls, and open stone culverts. Intermittent coping defines path. Route is marked with SHVIS signs, including an old sign for "Redfield Hill." Near the southern end of the trail, outside of the park boundary is a bronze plaque set in a large boulder, "To the memory of Edward Lothrup Rand, 1859-1924…" KJ, DK, MB
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