GPS Acadia

Pulpit Rock
How many have there been?
1, 2, 3, 4

A pulpit (from Latin pulpitum "scaffold", "platform", "stage") is a small elevated platform where a member of the clergy stands in order to read the Gospel lesson and deliver a sermon.

Rock (geology), a hard substance composed of mineral that can consist in particulate form or in large form (mountains, tectonic plates, planets).

stack of sedimentary rock in Bar Harbor along the shore path
photo from Pathmakers

There is no Large rock structure in the location of 1 to serve as a Pulpit.
Pulpit 1 is the approximate location of the rock. he Pulpit is documented as being on the
Gorge Trail about half way up the notch between (Dry) Dorr and (Green) Cadillac Mountains.
If you walk the path you can't miss it

Located at the junction of Giant Slide and Maple Spring Trails
Approximate location of Pulpit Rocks 2, 3 with NPS trails both are visible from the trail.
the one upstream looks more like a pulpit than #3 although it is not as high.

Download Acadia National Park Trails
associated with Pulpit Rocks locations
zipped pulpit file

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