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Acadia’s sweet season

For hardy souls, late autumn on Mount Desert Island is a study in stillness, solitude

By Jonathan Levitt

 |  Globe Correspondent  

  November 06, 2011

In late fall, Mount Desert Island is a paradise for reverent ramblers. There are more than 47,000 acres of mountains, woodlands, ocean shoreline, and lakes, with 125 miles of hiking trails and 45 miles of carriage roads. The hiking trails are marked with stone cairns and hand-carved stone steps. John D. Rockefeller Jr. built the carriage roads between 1913 and 1940.

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