Rugged coast at Blueberry Hill in Acadia National Park

Blueberry Hill is located at the south end of the Schoodic Peninsula. I have no idea what its connection is to blueberries, but it is a great place to see the rugged coast that is typical of Acadia National Park. The site has its own parking lot, and there is roadside parking just down the street if that should fill up.

Coast at Blueberry Hill in Acadia National Park

Waves at Blueberry Hill in Acadia National Park

At low tide you can search for sea creatures in the small pools left behind by the retreating water. Just be careful when walking on the rocks, because the seaweed is as slick as ice. I saw two people sustain serious injuries due to falls while I was at Acadia, though not at Blueberry Hill.

Pools of water where sea creatures live, Blueberry Hill in Acadia National Park

The Blueberry Hill parking lot also services two trailheads. The Alder Trail is located directly across the street, and the Anvil Trail is just down the road a tenth of a mile to the east. You can hike to the summit of Schoodic Head from here.

Panorama of Buck Cove as seen from Schoodic Head in Acadia National Park (click to enlarge)

If you enjoy Blueberry Hill, be sure to stop at Schoodic Point, another scenic coastal viewing area (it comes before Blueberry Hill on the one-way Schoodic Loop Road). Schoodic Point is a much more accessible area than Blueberry Hill, which is hindered by a shore littered with ankle-twisting baseball- and football-size cobblestones. At Schoodic Point there are large shelves of dry rock that you can walk across to get right down to the water.

Cobblestones along the Blueberry Hill coast, Acadia National Park

Coast at Schoodic Point, Acadia National Park

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