Explore what was once the home of Acadia National Park’s founder, George Bucknam Dorr, on the Compass Harbor Trail in Bar ...

After several years of work on the nomination, Acadia National Park’s island-wide trail system has been added to the National Register of Historic Places. The park’s trail system was recognized for ...

Ocean Path TrailDifficulty: Easy | Distance: 4.4 miles round-tripThe Ocean Path is one of Acadia's most iconic and accessible trails. Running parallel to Park Loop Road, this mostly flat path connects ...

For all its internationally celebrated beauty, New England only has one true national park that is entirely its own. But what a national park it is! Located on the scenic Atlantic coast of Maine, ...

One of the charms of Acadia is the way subtle human “improvements” work with the park’s thick spruce-fir forests, rugged mountains, and steep cliffs to make it all accessible—and just a bit thrilling.

As a resident of the New York City area and the wife of a business school student, I’ve spent countless hours listening to my peers discuss which new mobile app or digital tool will revolutionize ...

Cross-country ski tracks criss-cross at an intersection of carriage roads in Acadia National Park on Jan. 31, 2023, on Mount Desert Island. Signs posted at the intersections help skiers navigate.

Miles Howard is a regular Globe Ideas contributor and author of the Substack newsletter Mind the Moss. I first saw Acadia National Park’s iconic oceanside cliffs years ago through the windshield of a ...