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solitude, there are many miles of foot trails, ranging from rugged to easy, through the mountains and forest, along the shores of lakes and sea.
There are 50 miles of carriage roads in the Park which are pleasantly traveled on foot, bicycle, or horseback. This type of road is unusual in a national park and is part of the history. They were built and maintained by John D. Rockefeller, Jr., who liked nothing so well as traveling through the Mount Desert hills and valleys by carriage when he had a summer “cottage” (107 rooms, 44 fireplaces, 22 baths) at Seal Harbor.
The late Henry M. Keyser of Washington, Va. and his employer the Hon. Peter Augustus Jay were the first men to ride horseback over the bridle path when opened in the late 1920’s.
Arcadia National Park was not founded by accident. Its establishment grew out of the determination of a number of people in the summer colony that this fine region should not fall victim to the despoliation of thoughtless private exploitation.
The first decisive counter-measure to the saw mill was initiated by Charles W. Eliot, president of Harvard, who summered at Northeast Harbor. In August, 1901 he called a meeting to discuss the problem. The discussants represented an imposing cross-section of brains, professional and social prestige, and material wealth. They formed a tax free corporation named the Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservation. The charter stated that the corporation was “to acquire, by devise, gift or purchase, and to own, arrange, hold, maintain or improve for public use lands in Hancock County, Maine, which by reason of scenic beauty, historical interest, sanitary advantage or other like reasons may become available for such purpose.” Under the leadership of George B. Dorr, a Boston Brahmin, the Trustees received many important gifts of land on the Island. The course they had chosen proved at times a rocky road. After years of complicated negotiations, President Wilson signed a proclamation on July 8, 1916 declaring the lands were accepted as a national monument. During World War I a congressional act created the Lafayette National Park from the Monument. The name was changed to Arcadia in 1928.
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