Maine 2024 (June)
Ellsworth and vicinity
Tuesday, June 18 through Saturday, June 29, 2024
We flew from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to Bangor, Maine via O'Hare International Airport (Chicago, Illinois). In addition to doing tasks at the house, we traveled to West Quoddy Point (the easternmost place in the contiguous United States), and hiked at Acadia National Park (ANP). We returned to Oklahoma City via Chicago (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 were not 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.
Businesses are named below for reference only. No endorsement should be inferred. If you wish to see my opinion of the places mentioned, see TripAdvisor (for those few that I have actually rated).
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.
Tuesday, June 18
- GPX / view map—riding a taxi/van to Will Rogers World Airport in Oklahoma City
- GPX / view map—flying from Oklahoma City to O'Hare International Airport near Chicago, Illinois
- GPX / view map—walking from arrival to departure gate at O'Hare International Airport
- GPX / view map—(FlightRadar24 track) flying from Chicago, Illinois to Bangor International Airport in Bangor, Maine
- GPX / view map—driving to Ellsworth, Maine
Thursday, June 20
- GPX / view map—driving to/from Quoddy Head State Park, Maine, including a short hike there, as well as short walks at Machias and nearby Jasper Beach
Sunday, June 23
Tuesday, June 25
- GPX / view map—driving to Southwest Harbor for dinner, then Seawall picnic area (ANP), where we walked onto the "beach", then to the trailhead of Ship Harbor trail. The picnic area was recently re-opened after extensive damage from storms the previous winter, but the highway just northeast of the picnic area remained closed.
- GPX / view map—hiking Ship Harbor trail (ANP) (Topo)
- GPX / view map—driving back to Ellsworth
Thursday, June 27
- GPX / view map—hiking on trails at Woodlawn (Black House) Museum in Ellsworth (Topo)
- GPX / view map—driving from Woodlawn to Surry and back to Ellsworth
Friday, June 28
- GPX / view map—driving to the trailhead of the Canon Brook Trail
- GPX / view map—hiking parts of the Canon Brook Trail and A Murray Young Path (Topo)
- GPX / view map—driving to parking near Thuya Garden and the Asticou Inn
- GPX / view map—hiking up to Thuya Garden and back (Topo)
- GPX / view map—driving to Northeast Harbor for dinner (and a look at the harbor), then back to Ellsworth
Saturday, June 29
- GPX / view map—driving to Bangor International Airport in Bangor, Maine (including a side visit to the Ellsworth Transfer Station along the way)
- GPX / view map—flying from Bangor, Maine to O'Hare International Airport near Chicago, Illinois
- GPX / view map—walking from arrival to departure gates at O'Hare International Airport
- GPX / view map—flying from Chicago, Illinois to Will Rogers World Airport in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
- GPX / view map—riding a van/taxi from the airport to the house in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
