Maine 2024 (September)
Ellsworth and vicinity
Wednesday, September 4 through Friday, September 13, 2024
We flew from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to Bangor, Maine via O'Hare International Airport (Chicago, Illinois). We mostly stayed in the Ellsworth area, but did hike a little 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.
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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, September 4
- GPX / view map—driving to (and walking at) Will Rogers World Airport in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
- GPX / view map—flying from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to O'Hare International Airport near Chicago, Illinois
- GPX / view map—walking the short distance between arrival and departure gates at O'Hare International Airport
- GPX / view map—flying from Chicago, Illinois to Bangor International Airport, Bangor, Maine
- GPX / view map—driving from Bangor International Airport to Ellsworth
Thursday, September 5
Saturday, September 7
- GPX / view map—driving to Seawall picnic area (ANP). We went there to see the (rather large) waves crashing ashore due to an off-shore storm. On return leg, stopped at Beal's Lobster Pier in Southwest Harbor
Thursday, September 12
- GPX / view map—driving to Northeast Harbor for lunch, then to the trailhead for the Canon Brook Trail
- GPX / view map—hiking at Acadia National Park, parts of: Canon Brook Trail, Kane Path, Jesup Path, and Hemlock Path (Topo)
- GPX / view map—driving back to Ellsworth
Friday, September 13
- GPX / view map—driving to Bangor International Airport in Bangor, Maine
- GPX / view map—flying from Bangor, Maine to O'Hare International Airport near Chicago, Illinois
- GPX / view map—noisy track showing approximately where we were at O'Hare International Airport (our arrival and departure gates were very close to each other)
- GPX / view map—flying from Chicago, Illinois to Will Rogers World Airport, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
- GPX / view map—walking from the aircraft to the parked car at Will Rogers World Airport, then driving back to the house in Oklahoma City
