Frazer Point Picnic Area — Attraction in Winter Harbor

Frazer Point is one of the best spots in Acadia to explore a tide pool for people with limited mobility. The tide pools are about 50 yards from the parking lot. Bring a hiking stick for stability to help cross the rocks and then use the stick to move aside the dense matts of seagrass to find crabs, periwinkles and shrimp. The large rocks provide the best footing and it's a reasonably gentle slope which is much easier to cross compared to Schoodic Point (extreme heights & waves) and Wonderland & Ship Harbor (which both have a 0.7 mile hike from parking to the tide pools). Take precautions to NOT step on rocks covered with the seagrass because they are...

This is a very picturesque portion of the Schoodic Point portion of Acadia National Park. Frazer Point is a area where you can park for a few hours and have a cookout on one of the several barbecue grilling areas, and picnic tables. The view is stupendous and if you are already on the peninsula, you should take the opportunity to enjoy...

This is a gorgeous picnic area… I could easily spend an entire day here and probably will sometime soon. Loads of picnic tables and barbecue pits beautiful tall grasses surrounding a nice lawn. The air feels so clean here and the smell of the sea is fantastic. If you’re in the area, this is a...