s list of places to visit. The Park's Nature Center is located there with informative information on the history of the park, the roles fire's play in the park, and current wildlife in the park.
Right next to the Nature Center building is the well established Wild Gardens of Acadia where narrow walkways make their way past native plants and along the side of a brook. Select a wooden bench under one of the shade tree's to rest and relax.
Across a large lawn and on a hill sets one of two Abbe Museums, however this one is centered around mainly stones and stone artifacts, so if you have young children you may want to visit the Abbe Museum located in Bar Harbor along Mount Desert Street, where you will find a much wider variety of displays younger children can better relate to.
Cross the footbridge and to the right is the start of the very popular Jesup Path, which soon turns from a dirt trail into a very long boardwalk which makes its way through a boggy at times forest that features many white birches. Over the years the board walk has become a favorite walk with children and wooden benches are located at several places along the boardwalk. The dirt road you encounter along the way is known as the Hemlock Road, and today is a pedestrian only road.
Of particular interest is the Homan's path, it's trail head located near the intersection of the hemlock road and the Jesup Path, where the boardwalk begins. Much of this path is made up of stone steps and rises quickly before joining the main trail up Dorr Mountain. Points of interest along this path are an area some call the donut hole where one has to bend to get through a hole in the rocks, and further along the path is The Passage, a narrow stairway makes its way up through a narrow passageway with tall walls of granite on either side. It has a cave-like feel to it, as George B. Dorr, often called the Father of Acadia national park, had work crews place a massive section of granite across the top of the passage.
Back at the Nature Center, behind the dome that covers the spring is the start of the main trail up Dorr Mountain,
Other nearby trails include the Kane Path and the Beachcroft Trail up Champlain Mountain.
There are two ways to reach Sieur de Monts Sprin, you can turn into it off of the One Way section of the Park Loop Road, large signs mark the turnoff, or you can reach it along route 3 heading heading toward Otter Creek from Main Street Bar harbor. Parking is limited, so another option is to reach Sieur de Monts Sprin by boarding the free Island Explorer Shuttle .buses at the Bar Harbor Village green, board either the Sand Beach Bus or the Blackwoods Campground bus, both make stops at Sieur de Monts Spring
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| Acadia Found - Jesup Path, The Boardwalk Acadia National Park |
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| Acadia Found - Sieur de Monts Spring Acadia National Park |
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| Acadia Found - Wild Gardens of Acadia Sieur de Monts Spring |
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| Acadia Found - Wild Gardens of Acadia Acadia National Park |
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| Acadia Found - Jesup Path Acadia National Park |
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| Acadia Found - Hemlock Road Sieur de Monts Spring |
