West of Somes Sound, MDI sees less traffic, so you can stroll the shops and cafés of downtown Southwest Harbor without feeling like part of the throng.
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In the summer, MDI has the world’s highest popover density. Here are a few favorite popover providers.
Acadia's new superintendent, Kevin Schneider, comes to Maine from a gig as deputy superintendent at Wyoming’s Grand Teton National Park.
From the article “A Business Full of Beans” in our April 1981 issue.
Each month, Down East editors select our favorite response to “Where in Maine?” Here is our favorite letter from February.
"Early morning is the time to be in the park. All the senses are heightened in the quiet, delicate light; you hear birds singing from every direction, animals rustling in the woods, streams running. . . ."
In 1883, an enterprising local named Francis H. Clergue built a narrow-gauge cog railway to the top of Cadillac Mountain — then called Green Mountain.
From the article “Burning the Barrens” by Ken Textor in the May 1995 issue.
Can you name this park? Photographed by Darylann Leonard The steady rumble of cascading falls provides the soundtrack to this...
Opinions, advisories, and musings from the length and breadth of Maine.
Blooming forsythia, the smell of thawing Maine earth, no more parking bans — what harbinger of spring do you most look forward to?