Cadillac Mountain is located on Mount Desert Island, within Acadia National Park, in the U.S. state of Maine. With an elevation of nearly , its summit is the highest point in Hancock County and the highest within of the Atlantic shoreline of the North American continent between the Cape Breton Highlands, Nova Scotia, and peaks in Mexico. It is known as the first place in the continental U.S. to see the sunrise, although that is only true for a portion of the year.
History
thumb|left|View from the summit of Cadillac Mountain
thumb|left|Sunrise from summit
Cadillac Mountain was originally inhabited by the Wabanaki People or the "People of the Dawn Land." The Wabanaki Confederacy consists of four tribes: Maliseet, Mi'kmaq, Passamaquoddy, and Penobscot. Mount Desert Island provided the Wabanaki with a place to meet, trade, fish, and hunt. and the name of the mountain itself was Wapuwoc, meaning "white mountain of the first light."
In the 1500s, the natives were confronted with European colonization; however, they withstood the confrontation and continue to inhabit the land today.
See also
- Park Loop Road