Explore what was once the home of Acadia National Park’s founder, George Bucknam Dorr, on the Compass Harbor Trail in Bar ...

Acadia National Park offers hikes for every skill level, from gentle shoreline strolls to adrenaline-pumping cliff climbs. Choosing the right trail can make or break your experience, so it’s worth ...

One of the charms of Acadia is the way subtle human “improvements” work with the park’s thick spruce-fir forests, rugged mountains, and steep cliffs to make it all accessible—and just a bit thrilling.

Ocean Path TrailDifficulty: Easy | Distance: 4.4 miles round-tripThe Ocean Path is one of Acadia's most iconic and accessible trails. Running parallel to Park Loop Road, this mostly flat path connects ...

After several years of work on the nomination, Acadia National Park’s island-wide trail system has been added to the National Register of Historic Places. The park’s trail system was recognized for ...

A new hiking guide to Acadia National Park just hit bookstores, and it’s entirely different from the many other Acadia guides out there. In fact, you’d be hard pressed to find a hiking guide like it ...

Miles Howard is a regular Globe Ideas contributor and author of the Substack newsletter Mind the Moss. I first saw Acadia National Park’s iconic oceanside cliffs years ago through the windshield of a ...