What Is Acadia National Park?
Acadia National Park protects the highest rocky headlands on the Atlantic coast, spanning Mount Desert, the Schoodic Peninsula, and Isle au Haute!
What Makes It Beautiful?
Acadia draws its magic from the water, and there’s plenty of it! For starters, you might be looking across rain-fed mountain pools toward misty islands hovering on a gray sea! There are glacier-carved lakes and ponds where frogs sing, surrounded by high mountains where peregrine falcons nest! There are beaches both sandy and rocky with granite boulders colored pink by feldspar crystals! And, the whole park is criss-crossed by bike and horse paths that let you get away from motor traffic and explore a web of wilderness! Most remarkable of all, this was America’s first park created from a patchwork of private land donations, and in that spirit of cooperation, it can still be enjoyed by all today!
How Can I #HelpTheHelpers?
- Pay the entrance fee to help maintain trails, signs, structures, and other visitor services!
- Volunteer at Acadia National Park!
- Become a member of the Friends of Acadia!
- Be a responsible visitor! Remember the old adages: Pack out what you pack in! Take nothing but pictures and leave nothing but footprints!
How Do I Get There?
Hulls Cove Visitor Center:
- 25 Visitor Center Rd
Bar Harbor, ME 04609
Winter Visitor Center:
- 2 Cottage Street
Bar Harbor, ME 04609
When Should I Visit the Park?
Access to most of the park’s roads is limited to the warmer months between May and November! As for the visitor centers, the Hulls Cove Visitor Center is open daily from 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM, May through October. Visitor information shares space with the Bar Harbor Chamber of Commerce in winter and is open on weekdays from 8:00 AM until 4:00 PM!
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