Acadia National Park’s centerpiece is the highest mountain on Mount Desert Island: Cadillac Mountain. At just 1,528 feet (470 meters), Cadillac Mountain is by no means an alpine peak. If you’re used to summiting 14’ers in Colorado, a hill that barely breaks the fifteen-hundred mark won’t look very impressive, at least on paper. But Cadillac Mountain is quite a stand-out, mostly because those 1,528 feet rise up quickly from sea level. Once you’re at the easily-reached summit, you’re treated to a view of rolling hills, an ocean, islands and bays. No 14’er can deliver all of that. I decided to […]