The Beehive

Of the many trails on Acadia, and the few I hiked, the Beehive trail was by far the best. Again let me remind you that it was foggy as usual so although we got to experience the trail we missed out on what I can only imagine as the spectacular views. For this one we left the girls in the truck and made it a boys only trek. Don't get me wrong there were every type of hiker on the trail with us. Very little of this trail was relaxing. It included narrow ledges, makeshift bridges, hand rails and ladder steps. I hear the Precipice Trail is similar but it was closed due to nesting Peregrine Falcons. The first picture here is the view from Sand Beach parking lot and if you click on the second picture you can see lots of hikers on the trail. The trail is listed a strenuous with steady climbs. We only ran into one group going down the trail. We opted to take the Bowl Trail back down. It was a steady downhill hike based mainly in a dry creek bed.