Schoodic Peninsula
[Image:BlackDike SchoodicHeadME.jpg|300px|thumb|Ancient magma flows formed this black dike at Schoodic Head.]
The Schoodic Peninsula is a peninsula in Down East Maine. It is located four miles east of Bar Harbor, Maine, as the crow flies. The Schoodic Peninsula contains, or approximately 5% of Acadia National Park. It includes the towns of Gouldsboro and Winter Harbor. The peninsula has a rocky granite shoreline containing many volcanic dikes. The peninsula is home to the former United States Navy base, NSGA Winter Harbor, which has been converted into a National Park Service training center. A resort development was proposed for land abutting Schoodic Peninsula's national park holdings to the north. An anonymous donor eventually bought the entire 3,200-acre tract and built the Schoodic Woods Campground and miles of gravel bike paths before donating all of it to Acadia National Park. Opening in 2015, Schoodic Woods is the newest campground in Acadia National Park, and the first built in the park since the original campgrounds were built by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression beginning in 1936. In the summer, the Schoodic peninsula is currently served by two separate ferry services from Bar Harbor to Winter Harbor that run daily.
Acadia National Park
The section of Acadia National Park on the Schoodic Peninsula is more secluded than the main body of the Park, located on Mount Desert Island; approximately 10% of visitors make the trip to the peninsula. The island is easily visible across Frenchman Bay, but the trip by road from Bar Harbor around the bay to the peninsula is long, about one hour by car. Ferry service is available seven days a week from late June through September, with ferry trips taking one hour.The park is accessible via a one-way long loop road. The main feature is Schoodic Head, the highest point on the peninsula at above sea level. A number of hiking trails ascend the head. Other features include the picnic area at Frazer Point, views of Schoodic Point, Blueberry Hill, and the Anvil. Many of the developed features of the park, including some of its hiking trails, service roads, and comfort stations, were built by crews of the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s in the National Park Service's Rustic architectural style. More than of the park were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007 in recognition of this contribution.
The lighthouse viewable to the northwest of Schoodic Head, Mark Island's Winter Harbor Light Station, was named to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
NSGA Winter Harbor
A United States Navy base, NSGA Winter Harbor, operated on Schoodic Point from 1935 to 2002. A replacement for Otter Cliffs Radio Station, the base operated as a radio station and training facility until it was decommissioned and transferred to the National Park Service on July 1, 2002. The former naval base has now been transformed into the Schoodic Education and Research Center, a research and training center for the National Park Service.Schoodic Woods Campground
The Schoodic Woods Campground is located on the mainland Schoodic Peninsula of Acadia National Park. It is the only campground located on the mainland of the national park and is about 3 miles southeast of Winter Harbor. The Schoodic Woods Campground is typically open from late May until October.RVs and trailers are allowed in the campground but must be within the maximum length allowed. There are no showers at this campground but there are fire rings and grills available for guests to use. Setting, building, maintaining, attending, or using a campfire is prohibited. Stoves and grills fueled by petroleum fuels such as Liquid Propane Gas, butane, or white gas are allowed.