ACADIA NATIONAL PARK – For the second time in the past four years, Homans Path on Dorr Mountain has been opened to the public.

In 2003, the path was newly restored after having been abandoned for some 60 years.

Named for early Acadia benefactor Eliza Homans, the path had been built in 1915, but for reasons now unknown it was closed by park officials in 1941.

More recently, seismic activity led to closure. The trail was one of several in Acadia damaged last fall in a series of earthquakes that centered below Frenchman Bay, just east of Mount Desert Island.

Repairs to Homans Path recently were completed, and the trail has been re-opened, according to a park statement Thursday.

Rock slides caused by the earthquakes, especially a 4.2-magnitude temblor that occurred on Oct. 2, 2006, covered or took out parts of several mountainside paths and damaged a stone staircase that had been rebuilt on Homans Path.

The trail was the first abandoned trail to be rebuilt through Acadia Trails Forever, a trail-restoration program co-sponsored by the park and Friends of Acadia.

Members of the trail crew who restored the trail could not be reached Friday for comment about the repaired damage.

Two other trails in Acadia remain closed because of earthquake damage. Park officials hope to open Precipice Trail, on the eastern side of Champlain Mountain, within the next several weeks, according to the statement. East Face Trail, also on Champlain, likely will remain closed until next summer.