The Bowl in Acadia National Park

The Bowl

A picturesque little pond tucked into the mountainside where hikers can enjoy a picnic or a refreshing swim.

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The Bowl Details

A small, but deep, glacial pond nestled on the south side of Champlain Mountain and below The Beehive. Hikers can get here via the Bowl Trail, just a 0.8-mile hike starting from the Park Loop Road near Sand Beach. It's a popular picnic spot and, in summer, a nice place to cool off after an afternoon hike.

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Nearby Points of Interest Around The Bowl

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0.0 mi away

Champlain South Ridge Trail

This trail is one of the easier, more gradual trails in the Park and provides some amazing views.

0.3 mi away

The Beehive

The Beehive is one of the most prominent landmarks in the Sand Beach area of the park.

0.3 mi away

The Beehive

The Beehive is known to hikers in Maine as a thrillingly advanced trail complete with ladders, granite steps, and iron rungs going straight up the steep south face.

0.3 mi away

Enoch Mountain

A 407-foot mountain that can be climbed, but that has no maintained trails.

0.4 mi away

Beehive Trail

A very steep, exposed, Iron rung trail on ledges of exposed cliffs.