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Acadia Favorites: Poster Art

Legions of contemporary printmakers draw inspiration from the retro vibe of the 1930s Works Progress Administration posters promoting national parks and public lands.
Kayaking the Porcupines
Travel & Outdoors

Acadia Favorites: Kayaking the Porcupines

This chain of four evergreen-spiked islands in Frenchman Bay is a short paddle from the village of Bar Harbor.
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So You Think You Know Maine?

Something’s gone missing in Nevada Barr’s latest Anna Pigeon mystery: Acadia National Park.
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Popovers from Acadia’s Jordan Pond House
Travel & Outdoors

Acadia Favorites: Popovers

In the summer, MDI has the world’s highest popover density. Here are a few favorite popover providers.
Green Mountain Cog Railway
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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.
Bar Island
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Acadia Favorites: A Bar with Very Limited Hours

Find respite from the Bar Harbor crowds with a restorative trek across an ephemeral gravel land bridge (the town’s namesake) to lupine-strewn Bar Island.
Acadia, The Bowl
Travel & Outdoors

Acadia Favorites: The Bowl

There’s something oh-so-inviting about a mountain pond, and few in Acadia are more picturesque than the little spring-fed kettle pond known as The Bowl.
Acadia-Illustration-Trail-Map
Land, Water & Wildlife

Monuments Man

One author’s obsession with Acadia’s unnoticed memorials and secret trails.
Acadia-Park-Loop-Road
Travel & Outdoors

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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Land, Water & Wildlife

Still Here: The Wabanaki Presence in Acadia

The relationship between the Wabanaki and Acadia is millennia-old, complex, and ongoing.
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Land, Water & Wildlife

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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