Great Head is located near Sand Beach in Acadia National Park. The area was owned in the early 1900s by the Satterlee family and they built an observatory and a tea house on the point. The ruins of the structure remain. J.P. Morgan had purchased 110 acres on the Maine coast at Mount Desert including Great Head, now given to Acadia National Park, as a gift for his daughter, Louisa. She and her husband Herbert Satterlee had built their country home there and enjoyed it for many years.
Description: Great Head is located near Sand Beach in Acadia National Park. The area was owned in the early 1900s by the Satterlee family and they built an observatory and a tea house on the point. The ruins of the structure remain. J.P. Morgan had purchased 110 acres on the Maine coast at Mount Desert including Great Head, now given to Acadia National Park, as a gift for his daughter, Louisa. She and her husband Herbert Satterlee had built their country home there and enjoyed it for many years. [show more]
Thunder Hole is a naturally occurring inlet between Great Head and Otter Creak Point. The shape of the rock formation can cause the waves to sound like thunder at the right time in the tide. Thunder Hole is part of Acadia National Park.
Description: Thunder Hole is a naturally occurring inlet between Great Head and Otter Creak Point. The shape of the rock formation can cause the waves to sound like thunder at the right time in the tide. Thunder Hole is part of Acadia National Park.
Photograph taken from "Downs Beach" - Samuel Morse and Annie Sawyer Downs' house, "Edgecliff" at 34 Norwood Road, Southwest Harbor, Maine. The opposite shore is Fernald Point. Dog Mountain - Saint Sauveur in 2007 - 670 feet Robinson Mountain - Acadia Mountain in 2007 - 680 feet Flying Mountain - Flying Mountain in 2007 - 280 feet
Description: Photograph taken from "Downs Beach" - Samuel Morse and Annie Sawyer Downs' house, "Edgecliff" at 34 Norwood Road, Southwest Harbor, Maine. The opposite shore is Fernald Point. Dog Mountain - Saint Sauveur in 2007 - 670 feet Robinson Mountain - Acadia Mountain in 2007 - 680 feet Flying Mountain - Flying Mountain in 2007 - 280 feet