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| Main building at SERC, former Naval Station |
Schoodic Point is a part of Arcadia National Park and the site of a former U S Navy Communications Station and training facility. The two of them have a long history - the Navy used to occupy land at Otter Cliff in the Main part of Acadia and moved to the "point" when the Park Service took over the land from Mr. Rockefeller. The "backward swap" came about after the Park Service was using the land but not the buildings - the building passed to the Park Service in the 1980's(est.).
The site and the land are beautiful and, of course, the very point at the ocean is difficult to put in to words, but I'll try anyway because I'm a loud mouth.
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| A view in the winter, a stormy day(click to enlarge) |
I have favorite parts, the "point", Blueberry Hill and the cobble beaches blow me away. The vegetation that varies over the course of a year is interesting too. The buildings should be an attraction all by themselves, especially if your like me and love old brick buildings. Of course over the past couple of years the International Sculptors Competition makes available some fabulous work in Maine granite, some now have gone to points east, but some are still there, I'll let you know later this month when I visit.
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| On a windy day |
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A cold day, the "black" rock is Basalt, fine grain rock formed by rapidly cooling lava, the rest is pink granite,
this is "the point". |
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Looking east
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