THE STONE BARN - A STEP BACK IN TIME

Throughout Acadia National Park as well as Mount Desert Island, you can find little pockets of quietness - if you know where to look for them.  Sometimes you just stumble upon them, as with my post Where Is It?

STONE BARN - CROOKED ROAD - BAR HARBOR MAINE

So let me tell you about another little pocket of quietness located in Bar Harbor, Maine, a little historic area called The Stone Barn.  So you may be saying, yeah, I have been to that location, pretty cool stone barn, but not much to see.  Yet the site is a favorite with the locals and you can come away with some stunning photos, if you know where to look.  You see, besides the stone barn and other historic buildings there, hidden off in the tree's is a hiking trail which passes through woods and out into a huge field swamped with colorful lupines.

STONE BARN - POND - BAR HARBOR MAINE

When the trail splits, go right, and you will get some nice views of the old barn and historic buildings from the rear, and off to the left is an almost magical little pond.  The hidden trail may not be an abandoned trail, but it is well hidden and worth listing along side any abandoned trail on the island.
The Stone Barn is located at the corner of the Crooked Road and Norway Drive.  The Stone Barn Farm is one of a small number of surviving farm properties on Mount Desert Island.   Located at the junction of Crooked Road and Norway Drive, the farm has a distinctive stone barn, built in 1907, along with a c. 1850 Greek Revival farm house and carriage barn.  The farmhouse and carriage house were probably built sometime between 1850 and 1860, based on their architectural style, although local histories have placed the farmhouse construction as early as 1840.

 So if your approaching along the Crooked road from Hulls cove - route 3, when you come to Norway Drive turn right and pull into tiny pull over there.  The path is hidden and close to side of road.  You will see one or two telephone poles and a large metal box, go past them and the trail begins just inside the woods.

STONE BARN - BAR HARBOR MAINE

WILDFLOWERS - STONE BARN - BAR HARBOR MAINE

Gathering photos near the Stone Barn
Crooked Road, Bar Harbor, Maine