20 R ALT
| Coordinates: | N 44.335283° W 68.251217° |
| Location: | Maine
Hancock County Southwest Harbor Quad |
| Elevation: | Unknown |
| Type: | Vista Management Area Disk |
| Setting: | Steel Rod |
| Monumented: | Unknown |
| Monumented By: | National Park Service |
| Status: | Recovered |
| Condition: | Good as of September 16, 2013 |
- Official Description: Unavailable.
We came across this disk, and another related one nearby, after locating the lower portion of the abandoned Goat Trail near Jordan Pond. While we were counting coping stones on our way back to the Bubble Rock parking area as another way (in addition to GPS) of locating the handrail down to the old trail, we spotted these disks. They are labeled “Vista Management Area.” Both disks are in good condition, although being set on rods, I don’t know how long they will last or how precise their positioning is meant to be.
For more information about this disk, see: Vista Management Plan for the Historic Motor Road System, Acadia National Park: Vista 20.
Note: the full Vista Management Report is available here: NPS DataStore download. It is a very large file (464MB) that is slow to download.
