There are plenty of places on the island to hike when the park roads are jammed and trailheads overflowing at Acadia.

and set aside from donated land. On February 26, 1919, Mount Desert Island became a national park. It was eventually named Acadia, the French word for "heaven on earth." George Dorr was ...

While moose tend to stay closer to Maine's border with New Hampshire or elsewhere further inland, Acadia National Park has some rare sightings of North America's tallest land animal. More common ...

More than 30,000 of Acadia's nearly 50,000 acres of land are located on Mount Desert Island, where Bar Harbor also sits. The 27-mile Park Loop Road takes in the best of Acadia on this island ...