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 29 2026
America’s western national parks receive much of the attention, but the eastern United States contains an extraordinarily varied collection of protected landscapes. Within a relatively compact half of the country, travelers can climb granite mountains above the Atlantic Ocean, drive through the Blue Ridge, hike beneath old-growth hardwood forests, paddle through blackwater floodplains, watch alligators …
