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Acadia Favorites: The Quiet Side

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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Acadia Favorites: Popovers

In the summer, MDI has the world’s highest popover density. Here are a few favorite popover providers.
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Meet the New Boss

Acadia's new superintendent, Kevin Schneider, comes to Maine from a gig as deputy superintendent at Wyoming’s Grand Teton National Park.
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From the article “A Business Full of Beans” in our April 1981 issue.
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Our Favorite Letter

Each month, Down East editors select our favorite response to “Where in Maine?” Here is our favorite letter from February.
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Acadia Favorites: The Park Loop Road at Sunrise

"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. . . ."
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The Green Mountain Cog Railway

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.
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From the article “Burning the Barrens” by Ken Textor in the May 1995 issue.
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Can you name this park? Photographed by Darylann Leonard The steady rumble of cascading falls provides the soundtrack to this...
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What harbinger of spring do you most look forward to?

Blooming forsythia, the smell of thawing Maine earth, no more parking bans — what harbinger of spring do you most look forward to?
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