Photographer and Bar Harbor native Jennifer Steen Booher recently captured one of Acadia National Park's popular landscapes as most summer tourists seldom see it: in the glory of a winter storm. The modest two-mile Jesup Path loop is the perfect walk for a snowy winter day, when other Maine trails might be impassible:
Above: The hemlock trail is particularly stunning seen through a veil of snow flakes.
Above: A Remodelista favorite, photographer Jennifer Steen Booher of Quercus Design has been capturing images of Bar Harbor Maine for years. Here, after entering the Jesup Path by Acadia's Wild Gardens, Jenn and her family pass through the birch forest.
Above: OK, not a native Maine rabbit. But Jenn's daughter's Netherland Dwarf bunny, Shilow, captured enjoying the same storm, was so cute we had to share.
Above: Continuing from the birch forest, the trail passes the Great Meadow and continues to the Park Loop Road.
Above: Doubling back across the road again, the path follows the Great Meadow Loop, which offers great views of the Cadillac and Dorr Mountains.
Above: Finally the Jesup Path leads through a large forest of hemlocks, which survived a 1947 fire that burned 17,000 acres of the park.
Above: The Jesup Path loop; for directions and more information, see Maine Trail Finder.
N.B. Looking for more winter walks worldwide? Enjoy a scenic sled to school in Belgium or a Colorado Gold Rush climb.