Spreading out across a rocky mountaintop, they take part in the tradition that is observing the sunrise in Maine’s vast Acadia National Park. Its 47,000 acres, with their sharply hewn coastline and pristine woods, take up much of Mount Desert Island, and those who make the pilgrimage up Cadillac Mountain – the highest point on […]
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Acadia clamping down on dog activity in the park
ACADIA NATIONAL PARK — For 15 years Meg Burden used the carriage trails and winter roads of Acadia National Park to teach young people leadership and cooperation skills working with sled dogs in her Pulling Together youth programs. Last Friday, Burden and her sled dogs were in Acadia for the last time now that park […]
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Acadia National Park seeks input on traffic, parking issues
ACADIA NATIONAL PARK — The National Park Service is seeking public input in order to create a plan addressing traffic issues in Acadia National Park. Meetings will take place on June 3 and July 30 in the gymnasium of the Peninsula School at 71 Main St. in Prospect Harbor; and on June 4 and July […]
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Rockefeller to donate 1,000 acres to MDI preserve
PORTLAND — The oldest member of the Rockefeller family is giving a gift as part of his 100th birthday celebration: 1,000 acres of land including streams, trails and carriage roads abutting Acadia National Park. David Rockefeller, the retired CEO of Chase Manhattan Bank and grandson of oil tycoon John Rockefeller Sr., is transferring family property at […]
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Acadia park visitors spent $221.8 million in 2013
ACADIA NATIONAL PARK — Along with an increase in visits to the park in 2014, there also was an increase in visitor spending in surrounding communities, according to a National Park Service report. Visitors to the only national park in Maine spent $221.8 million during their visits last year, which is $30 million more than […]
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Acadia’s Thunder Hole to close for two months
ACADIA NATIONAL PARK — One of the park’s most popular attractions, which usually is accessible year-round, will be closed to visitors for the next two months while work crews make repairs to the site, according to park officials. Thunder Hole, where people can walk down to the ocean’s edge and risk getting soaked as they […]
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Hiker flown to EMMC after slipping on rocks on MDI
BAR HARBOR — Park rangers were called to assist a woman who slipped and fell on wet rocks at Acadia National Park on Saturday morning and was flown by LifeFlight to Bangor. According to Ranger Will Overton, the Massachusetts woman was hiking with friends and photographing in the Otter Cove area between 7 and 8 […]
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Scientists: Climate change pushing shift in Acadia vegetation
ACADIA NATIONAL PARK — Out with the orchids, in with the deadly nightshade. The profile of plants found in Acadia National Park has been shifting over the past century, with some species declining and others on the rise, and researchers believe climate change is mainly to blame. Some of the plants that are becoming more […]
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Man injured in 60-foot fall from cliff in Acadia
BAR HARBOR (AP) — Maine officials say a 22-year-old man was seriously injured when he fell 60 feet while climbing a cliff at Acadia National Park. Park authorities said the man was free climbing without ropes or a helmet when he fell off the south wall of Champlain Mountain near the Precipice Trail on Sunday […]
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Man falls 30 feet after losing footing during photo op on Cadillac Mountain
ACADIA NATIONAL PARK — A California man has been taken by helicopter to a Bangor hospital after losing his footing Wednesday while posing for a photo near the top of Cadillac Mountain, according to park rangers. It is the fifth rescue by Acadia rangers of an injured or lost hiker in the past three days, […]