Thunder Hole
Trapped air booms as the sea rushes into a slot in the rock.
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Stay behind the rail; spray has topped 40 feet.
Go one to two hours before high tide with a swell running and the cove booms and throws spray; go at low water on a calm day and it is a quiet notch in the ledge. An 1867 guidebook called it Thunder Cave. The park's first ranger station, a 1934 WPA building, stands beside it.
EraRusticators · CCC years
Seasonloop road season
Coordinates44.32101, -68.18933
Source of positionNPS
Nearby tales
Ocean Path0.1 miCadillac Cliffs Trail0.1 miGorham Mountain and the Bates plaque0.2 miMonument Cove0.3 mi
Sources: NPS Thunder Hole.