Maine: Mt. Desert Island

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MOUNT DESERT ISLAND, MAINE

by John Galluzzo

Height and proximity to the sea are usually terms reserved for East Coast lighthouses and West Coast geographical features. Because of the gently sloping beaches of the East, lighthouses are usually the tallest points from which to look out to sea.

Mount Desert Island steals a bit of their thunder and when it comes to Mount Desert's Otter Cliffs and Cadillac Mountain, the saying might as well be, “You can't get any higher than here.” And it's true.

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