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Travel & Outdoors
The park is a day hiker’s paradise with some 125 miles of trails, from shoreline strolls to rocky, exposed ridge routes. Here are a few of our favorites.
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.
"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 the summer, MDI has the world’s highest popover density. Here are a few favorite popover providers.
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Can you name this park? Photographed by Darylann Leonard The steady rumble of cascading falls provides the soundtrack to this popular picnic spot at the river’s edge, where tulips dot...