Acadia National Park

Acadia National Park on the coast of Maine protects about 49,000 acres of granite-domed mountains, spruce–fir forests, lakes, ponds, and rugged Atlantic shoreline spread across Mount Desert Island, the Schoodic Peninsula, Isle au Haut, and smaller islands. Centered around Bar Harbor, it features Cadillac Mountain—the highest point on the U.S. Atlantic coast—along with glacially carved valleys, rocky headlands, and cobble beaches that showcase the area’s dramatic coastal geology. Established in 1916 as the first national park east of the Mississippi, Acadia also preserves a historic system of 45 miles of carriage roads, financed by John D. Rockefeller Jr., that blend cultural history with natural beauty. More than four million visitors a year come to hike over 130 miles of trails, bike the carriage roads, drive the Park Loop Road, and watch sunrise or crashing surf along the park’s iconic pink-granite shores

The Friends of Acadia helps support the park

Link to Acadia NPS page