Acadia's carriage roads were purposefully designed by John D. Rockefeller Jr. as broken-stone roads that reveal a sequence of scenic views and allow visitors of all physical abilities to discover Acadia's remote splendor without the distraction of motor vehicles. These roads provide access to sweeping mountain landscapes, pockets of lush forest, and gurgling brooks for travel on foot, by bicycle, or by horse-drawn carriage. Rockefeller also built two gate lodges to keep automobiles off the carriage roads and out of Acadia’s interior.