I Hiked to the “Only Fjord in the Eastern United States.” Here’s What I Learned…

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Last weekend on October 9th, 2022, I had the pleasure of hiking up Acadia Mountain, which has a peak of 681 feet. Acadia Mountain isn’t just a plain-old, typical mountain you can find anywhere else. This short mountain is part of a fascinating and unique geological formation.

Located in Acadia National Park in Maine, Somes Sound is known as the “only fjord in the United States.” It’s a 5-mile-long inlet that splints Mount Desert Island into eastern and western halves. Mount Desert Island is home to the majority of Acadia National Park.

This isn’t true.

But we’ll get to that in a moment. First, let’s talk about what a fjord is…

What is a fjord?

Fjords are long, narrow inlets between steep cliffs or mountains that were created by a glacier.

Fjords are typically found in:

-Norway

-Iceland

-Ireland

-Scotland

-Sweden

-Alaska

-Washington state

-Russia

-Canada

-New Zealand

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