FOA Funds New Accessible Connector Trail on Cadillac Mountain Summit

Via Friends of Acadia

Pedestrians walk along a busy Cadillac Summit Road during peak season. The new connector trail will prevent visitors from having to share the road with moving vehicles to get to either side of Cadillac Summit. (John Kelly/NPS Photo)

On March 17, Friends of Acadia and Acadia National Park broke ground on a new accessible East-West Connector Trail at the summit of Cadillac Mountain. Funded by Friends of Acadia, the project will create a safe, accessible pedestrian connection between the summit’s two parking lots and visitor areas while helping protect the mountain’s fragile native vegetation.

The new trail will be suitable for wheelchairs and strollers and will allow visitors to more easily and safely enjoy the entire summit. Modeled after the Ocean Path, the paved trail will run parallel to the summit road and be separated from traffic by granite coping stones, making it safer and easier for people of all ages and abilities to experience Acadia’s highest peak.

>>Learn more about the project on the FOA website.