Parking
Use the Beachcroft Path parking area at the north end of The Tarn and join Kane Path at the northwest shore. The route ends at Canon Brook Trail, so plan a connecting route or retrace the same path.
Overview
About Kane Path
Why go
- Native-stone tread runs beside The Tarn
- Short connection between Beachcroft access and Canon Brook Trail
Heads up
- Point-to-point route requires a connection or retracing to return
Map & elevation
The route
Plan your hike
Before you go
Parking
Safety
3 active Acadia alerts
- ClosureSouthern Ocean Path section closed for repairsThe southern section of Ocean Path is closed for repairs from the trailhead across from the Otter Point parking lot to the trail’s southern terminus.Official details
- ClosureSchoodic Mountain Road closed for repairsSchoodic Mountain Road is closed for repairs from Schoodic Loop Road to the summit of Schoodic Head.Official details
The highest, rockiest slopes around here are a summer buffet for grizzly bears.
Acadia Tour Guide
Your drive to Kane Path, narrated.
Parkwolf is a GPS audio tour guide for Acadia National Park. As you drive, it chimes in with what’s ahead: hidden gems, upcoming stops, history, geology, and wildlife, right through your car’s speakers.
See the Acadia audio tourRecorded for this trailhead
Beachcroft Path’s Memorial Stairway0:00 / 0:25
“You're coming up on Beachcroft Path, a granite stairway climbing toward Champlain Mountain's open summit.”
Plays as you drive up to this trailhead in the Parkwolf Acadia Tour Guide.
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Trail guide
Hiking Kane Path
A short path beside The TarnKane Path is a historic point-to-point walk from the north end of The Tarn to Canon Brook Trail.
Kane Path is a historic point-to-point walk from the north end of The Tarn to Canon Brook Trail. The park’s trail list gives it as 0.9 mile one way; the mapped line is about 0.82 mile. Allow around 30 minutes one way. It is short and low-grade, but the tread is uneven stone along the pond edge, not a smooth boardwalk. Retracing the same path makes an outing of about 1.8 miles.
Follow the west shoreStart at the Beachcroft Path access by the Tarn’s north end and follow the west shore south.
Start at the Beachcroft Path access by the Tarn’s north end and follow the west shore south. Broad stones sit close to the water, with the pond and wooded slopes across it. Around 0.5 mile in, the path meets the Dorr Mountain Ladder Trail; Kane Path continues through a wooded valley to Canon Brook Trail, roughly another 0.3 mile. For a photo, use the stones as a line through the foreground with the water and wooded bank beyond.
A path built with native stoneKane Path was formerly called Tarn Trail.
Kane Path was formerly called Tarn Trail. It is one of the Sieur de Monts memorial paths built between 1913 and 1916, when George Dorr and the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association organized the work. Path superintendent Andrew Liscomb led the trail crew. The continuous tread of native stone is still one of the path’s defining features.
Access and dogsThis is a connector rather than a loop: continue onto another trail at Canon Brook or turn…
This is a connector rather than a loop: continue onto another trail at Canon Brook or turn around for the same 0.9 miles back. The nearby Sieur de Monts Nature Center and Wild Gardens make separate stops near the start. Dogs may use Kane Path on a leash no longer than six feet, but cannot continue onto the Dorr Mountain Ladder Trail at the junction.
Wildlife
Wildlife in Acadia
131 sightingsBald EagleMost seen around noonSighting map
21 sightingsPeregrine FalconMost seen around 10 AMSighting map
403 sightingsWhite-tailed DeerMost seen around 7 PMSighting map
307 sightingsPorcupineMost seen around 7 PMSighting map
205 sightingsBeaverMost seen around 7 PMSighting map
34 sightingsMinkMost seen around 7 PMSighting mapSighting maps show where each species has been reported across Acadia. Wildlife moves, so no sighting is guaranteed.
