May 28 2026
Acadia National Park brings mountains, forests, freshwater lakes, rocky Atlantic shoreline, islands, historic carriage roads, granite summits, and working coastal communities together within one relatively compact corner of Maine. Rather than protecting a single geological wonder, Acadia preserves an entire coastal landscape where pink granite mountains rise directly above the sea and glacial valleys hold …
Apr 30 2026
A national park elopement can replace banquet halls and elaborate décor with granite cliffs, alpine lakes, desert canyons, ocean overlooks, waterfalls, forests, and some of the most extraordinary landscapes in the United States. But getting married in a national park is not quite as simple as choosing a beautiful overlook and showing up with an …
Sep 02 2024
Precipice Trail is one of the most thrilling hikes in Acadia National Park, climbing more than 1,000 feet up the steep eastern face of Champlain Mountain with the help of iron rungs, ladders, handrails, stone steps, narrow ledges, and exposed granite slabs. It is less a conventional hiking trail than a carefully engineered climbing route …
Sep 02 2024
Jordan Pond is one of the most recognizable landscapes in Acadia National Park, a clear glacial lake framed by evergreen forest and steep granite mountains in the heart of Mount Desert Island. At its northern end rise two rounded peaks known as the Bubbles, creating the classic view that has appeared in countless photographs, paintings, …
Sep 02 2024
The Beehive Trail is one of the most exciting short hikes in Acadia National Park, climbing the steep south face of a 520-foot granite peak with the help of iron rungs, metal bars, stone staircases, handholds, and narrow cliffside ledges. The complete loop is only about 1.4 miles, but this is not an ordinary mile-and-a-half …
Sep 02 2024
Thunder Hole is one of the most famous stops along the rocky coastline of Acadia National Park, where Atlantic waves surge into a narrow granite inlet and sometimes produce a deep, booming sound powerful enough to resemble distant thunder. When the tide, waves, and wind align, seawater rushes into the constricted opening, traps and forces …
Sep 02 2024
Cadillac Mountain rises 1,530 feet above Mount Desert Island, making it the highest point in Acadia National Park and the highest point along the eastern seaboard of the United States. From its exposed granite summit, visitors can look across Frenchman Bay, the Porcupine Islands, Bar Harbor, neighboring mountains, forested valleys, and the broad waters of …
