Horse-drawn carriage in Acadia

Forty-five miles of carriage roads weave through Acadia’s mountains and valleys. Gifted to the park by John D. Rockefeller Jr. and family, these roads are an excellent example of broken-stone roads, which were commonly used at the turn of the 20^th century. Maintaining the carriage road network is costly and is done in part by funds and volunteer labor from non-profit organizations. In climate scenarios that project wetter conditions and more intense storms, these carriage roads could be threatened by flooding and erosion.