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Photo Gallery – Things you may see
Fifty-seven of the most interesting things the Old Paths Crew has photographed on Mount Desert Island and nearby: cellar holes and stone steps, cairns and survey disks, graves, CCC fireplaces, bits of old glass and the views at the top. Each photo carries the place and date from the field notes and a link to its story or its point on the Atlas. Click any photo to see it larger.
Many of these places are on old, unmaintained routes. Please leave everything where you find it, stay off fragile stonework and check Acadia alerts and closures before you go. More in Walk lightly.
Homesteads, camps and cellar holes
Where island families lived and worked, the stones are often all that is left.
Ruins of the cottage era
On Great Hill above Bar Harbor, the remains of Anne Archbold's villa lie in the woods.
Steps, walls and old roadwork
The path builders moved a great deal of granite. Much of it is still in place.
The underwater trail of Lake Wood
Old stone steps and stepping stones, now under the lake, and a forgotten memorial bridge at the outlet.
Marks in stone and bronze
Survey disks, chiseled crosses and boundary posts record old property lines and survey stations.
Cairns, blazes and old signs
How the old paths were marked: piled stones, ax cuts and painted wood.
Graves and memorials
Small family burying grounds and plaques turn up in unexpected places.
Quarries, waterworks and CCC camps
Signs of the island at work, from cut granite to Depression-era picnic grounds.
Small finds
Bottles, glass and iron left where they fell. Look, photograph, and leave them in place.
Caves, boulders and views
And now and then, a place to stop and look.