The first national park east of the Mississippi, Acadia National Park on Mount Desert Island, is the site of a rugged coast with exception beauty and diversity. In 1913, President Woodrow Wilson set aside 6000 acres and named it Sieur de Monts National Monument. Over the years the name was changed, first to Lafayette National Park, inn 1919 and finally, in 1929 to Acadia. It was established to protect a spectacularly scenic, rock bound coast and offshore islands.
It is unique among national parks since its land was not carved out of public lands nor purchased from local landowners. Early 20th-century visionaries donated the land.
People like George Dorr and Charles Eliot, a former Harvard University president, recognized the danger that development of the island represented and donated both time and resources to protect the current day tourist magnet to thousands. Others, like John D. Rockefeller, Jr., played important roles as well. Rockefeller built some 45 miles of rustic carriage roads and donated about a third of the acreage that comprises the park today.
Whether you are attracted to the view from Cadillac Mountain, the action at Thunder Hole or a relaxing dinner on the lawn at the Jordan Pond House (don’t miss the hot popovers with fresh blueberry jam) Acadia offers something fro everyone. You can ride, bike or simply stroll on the carriage roads, hike deep woods trails, kayak on the ocean and inland ponds. It’s a vacationer’s paradise.
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Campsite View $35.00 -
Acadia Sunrise $35.00
