Sleeping accommodations at the park are limited to the lodge at Rock Harbor and 36 designated wilderness campgrounds.
Along with Rock Harbor, it is one of only two ports for visitors to enter the national park.
Floyd created a waterspout that moved ashore in Rock Harbor.
It would remain at the island overnight at Rock Harbor and return the next morning.
The crossing was so uneventful I slept for an hour and arrived in Rock Harbor fully rested.
The days spent in reaching them, and then reversing course back to Rock Harbor, took on a satisfying rhythm.
At Rock Harbor a "water taxi" can carry hikers back to their starting point.
Rock Harbor, Me., is a rough-edged coastal town where much of the economy centers on a maximum security prison.
Lodging available at Rock Harbor.
Rock Harbor is the eastern end and terminus of the Greenstone Ridge Trail.