Acadia is perhaps my earliest memory of the thrill of experiencing one of our national parks. As a child standing near the earth shaking sound and splash of Thunder Hole was so awesome! At one point during our visit, my mother, always the adventurer when it came to exotic foods had us collect snails and we bravely ate them from a pot of boiling water collected from the sea, extracting them from their shells with safety pins. Later on in life, Ive had the immense pleasure of visiting many other national parks. Highlights include; coyotes howling in the Zion canyons as we slept in our tents, Yellowstone which I dubbed “Nature’s Disneyland”, imagining the NASA astronauts clamoring over the volcanic debris of Crater’s of the Moon as they prepared for the moonwalk and so many, many more!
Sincerely,
Acadia National Park
Along the rugged coastline of Maine, this gem of the Northeast offers ocean shoreline, coastal forests, remote islands, rocky mountains and historic lighthouses. With 45 miles of historic carriage roads to bike and 125 miles of trails to hike, Acadia is a premier destination for the adventurous and outdoorsy. Among the park’s granite peaks is Cadillac Mountain, which at 1,530 feet stands as the tallest mountain on the Atlantic coast.
State(s): Maine
Established: 1919
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Greetings from Acadia National Park
So grateful that after traveling from the west coast that the park was open in October despite the government debacle. Sad that the park wasn’t capturing revenue from the hundreds of visitors while we were there.
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Greetings from Acadia National Park
In April 2021, my now husband and I biked the perimeter of Acadia National Park before the roads opened to cars for the season. It was a beautiful sunny day and after our ride we had a picnic on Sand Beach. It was here my partner pulled out the ring…
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