Today this is more of a well worn path, but back in the day this was once one of the main entrances onto the Aunt Betty Pond Carriage Road. At its starting point, at the bottom of a steep shoulder along route 3, there is an old iron park gate near three large boulders, so you know this route was once pretty well used, most likely as a short cut to the pond. You enter Park Headquarters off the Eagle lake Road to the far right, go to the stop sign, and look for a paved path on the right beyond the stop sign. This threw me off because I was looking for a dirt path, but the first section of the path is paved. The paved path takes you quickly to a small field with a generator, along with several small storage units or sheds. Here the path turns to dirt and crosses one edge of the small field to a series of steps that lead down to a make shift bridge that connects to the Aunt Betty's Pond Carriage road.
So if your parking your car at Park headquarters, this short cut can really save you time walking to Aunt Betty's Pond.
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EAGLE LAKE CARRIAGE ROAD
ACADIA NATIONAL PARK |
On the Carriage road end this make shift bridge kind of gives away the fact that there just might be a path there.
In the photo above you can see some of the stone steps leading to the small field.
In this photo you can see the storage areas near on end of the field.
This photo shows the paved section of the path between the field and the Park Headquarters parking lot.
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| AUNT BETTY'S POND - ACADIA NATIONAL PARK |
We use this shortcut in the summer months when the sides of Eagle Lake Rd. are wall-to-wall cars. If you take a left on the carriage road after the makeshift bridge, then head to where you can see Eagle Lake downhill through the trees, a short bushwhack will take you down to the Eagle Lake carriage road. This makes for a much shorter hike to Connor's Nubble.
ReplyDeleteYes, it is a nice short cut.
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