Maine 2024 (January)
Ellsworth and vicinity
Wednesday, January 17 through Wednesday, January 24, 2024
I flew from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to Bangor, Maine via Houston and Newark international airports. In addition to doing tasks at the house (including assessing damage from recent storms and meeting with an engineer and contractor who helped fix a drainage issue with the driveway), I did manage to hike a little at Acadia National Park. I returned to Oklahoma City via Newark and Houston (reverse of outbound route).
I tracked the trip with a Bad Elf GPS Pro+ GPSr (GPS receiver), using my iPhone 12 (Gaia GPS app) as a backup (and the FlightRadar24 website). A few local trips may not have been recorded (since in-town trips are regularly ignored where we live).
NOTE: the downloadable GPX tracks are the full GPX files, while those shown on the provided "view map" links are simplified (with minimal effect on geographic accuracy) for much faster viewing.
Original GPX tracks are unedited, except where necessary to fill in missing data. Edited tracks are noted in their descriptions.
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Overview
- Overview map—This is a composite map of all the GPS tracks on a blank US/Canada map. Just Downeast Maine.
- All GPS tracks / view map—The whole trip, including walking, driving, etc.
Wednesday, January 17
- GPX / view map—The drive to the airport in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
- GPX / view map—Flying from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to Houston, Texas. Note: this track is from FlightRadar24, since my GPS receiver lost signal for a couple of minutes on approach to Houston
- GPX / view map—Walking through the airport in Houston, Texas
- GPX / view map—Flying from Houston, Texas to Newark, New Jersey
- GPX / view map—Walking and riding the inter-terminal bus at the airport in Newark, New Jersey
- GPX / view map—Flying from Newark, New Jersey to Bangor, Maine
- GPX / view map—Walking through the Bangor International Airport to baggage claim.
- GPX / view map—Driving from the airport to the hotel in Bangor, Maine (this track is from the Garmin eTrex SE, cropped to this particular time period)
Thursday, January 18
Friday, January 19
Saturday, January 20
- GPX / view map—Driving to Seawall Picnic Area (Acadia National Park (ANP)), and finding it closed (because of recent storm damage), then returning to the trailhead for Ship Harbor Trail (also ANP)
- GPX / view map—Hiking a short distance on Ship Harbor Trail. I turned around early because I didn't carry my ice spikes with me on the trail, and the trail was very icy and somewhat steep beyond the turnaround point
- GPX / view map—Driving to the Parkman Mountain parking lot (ANP)
- GPX / view map—Hiking/walking on carriage roads to the Waterfall Bridge. Passage between the two "hairpin" turns (near the parking lot) was somewhat difficult because of a fallen tree across the road (Topo)
- GPX / view map—Driving to Northeast Harbor for dinner, then back to Ellsworth
Sunday, January 21
Monday, January 22
Tuesday, January 23
Wednesday, January 24
- GPX / view map—Driving from the hotel to the airport in Bangor, Maine
- GPX / view map—Flying from Bangor, Maine to Newark, New Jersey
- GPX / view map—Walking, and taking the bus, from arrival gate to departure gate at the airport in Newark, New Jersey
- GPX / view map—Flying from Newark, New Jersey to Houston, Texas. This track is from FlightRadar24 because the Bad Elf apparently lost signal for a portion of the middle of the flight
- GPX / view map—Walking (and possibly taking the train) from arrival to departure gates at the airport in Houston, Texas
- GPX / view map—Flying from Houston, Texas to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. This track is from my Garmin eTrex SE, because both the Bad Elf and FlightRadar24 tracks have missing points
- GPX / view map—Driving from the airport in Oklahoma City, including going for dinner
