Any Mainer can tell you that Acadia is the most eye-catching of all the national parks, but now it’s official. A photo of a starry night over Acadia National Park’s rocky coastline has won the annual Share The Experience photo contest, meant to draw attention to the beauty of our nation’s national parks and public […]
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Interior backing away from steep fee hikes at Acadia, other national parks
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Interior Department is backing down from a plan to impose steep fee increases at popular national parks in the face of widespread opposition from elected officials and the public. The plan would nearly triple entrance fees at 17 of the nation’s most popular parks, including the Grand Canyon, Yosemite, Yellowstone and […]
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Acadia National Park closing operations as shutdown continues
Acadia National Park was in the process of closing its operations Sunday as the federal government shutdown moved toward its third day. Much of the park will remain open to the public, but if it snows, there will be no plows to clear the roads and parking lots, hampering access, Acadia spokeswoman Christie Anastasia said […]
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Entrance fees to Acadia National Park could jump from $25 to $70 next year
Catching the sunrise from atop Cadillac Mountain draws multitudes every year to Acadia National Park on Maine’s coast. But proposed peak-season price hikes to several national parks could make these visits much less affordable. The public comment period on the National Park Service proposal ends Nov. 23. (Staff photo by Shawn Patrick Ouellette.) The vehicle […]
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Acadia reopens cliffs, trails after closures to help falcons
BAR HARBOR (AP) — The National Park Service says it is reopening three cliffs and their associated trails to public entry soon following a closure to protect peregrine falcons. The park service closed the areas in March to protect the falcons from disturbances while they were nesting. The service says the protection resulted in the […]
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New Jersey man dies in fall at Acadia National Park
BAR HARBOR — Park rangers say a New Jersey man has fallen to his death while trying to photograph the sunset at Acadia National Park in Maine. Rangers said Tuesday that 68-year-old Mark Simon, of Glen Ridge, N.J., fell 40 feet from a bluff between Sand Beach and Thunder Hole. They say his wife flagged […]
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USPS putting Acadia’s Bass Harbor Light on a stamp
The U.S. Postal service has put Acadia National Park’s Bass Harbor Head Light on a Forever stamp. It’s the first of 16 stamps celebrating the National Park Service’s 100th anniversary. The USPS will issue the stamp June 2 in a first-day-of-issue ceremony at New York City’s Javits Center as part of World Stamp Show-NY 2016. […]
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Acadia National Park draws sunrise watchers
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 […]