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Acadia National Park Visit and Hiking

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Description:
Acadia National Park is located along the coast of Maine and consists of 47,000 acres of granite covered mountains, woodlands, lakes and ponds, and ocean shoreline. This is a wonderful place for hiking, kayaking the lakes or ocean shores, or biking along the carraige roads that wind through the hills and close to beautiful lakes.

Activities:
kayaking, hiking, biking, picnicking, camping, sightseeing

Directions:
Acadia National Park is located approximately six hours north of Boston. From Boston take I-95 north to Augusta, Maine; from Augusta take Route 3 east to Ellsworth and on to Mount Desert Island or take I-95 north to Bangor, Maine; from Bangor take Route 1A east to Ellsworth; from Ellsworth take Route 3 to Mount Desert Island.

Story Date 10/7/2002
Publish Date 4/13/2004

Story Perspectives >>

According to Mikala : Acadia National Park is very beautiful. This was a very fun trip and a perfect place to view fall foilage. We started out driving from the airport in Boston, and as soon as I could, I began to look for brightly colored leaves in the trees. Because of the warm weather, the leaves had not fully changed yet. It was still very exciting to see an occassional tree that had changed to very bright pinks, oranges or reds. As we got closer to the park, there was more color, but Phil said it was nothing like the previous time he had been there.

The weather was perfect for exploring. During our visit, we hiked in the park, taking in the wonderful view of the water below. We rented bikes and explored the carraige roads - I especially loved the down hills! We found a pretty lake (or pond) that we stopped at to eat lunch. We went for drives to find more fall color. We took the Cat to Nova Scotia - I think it took a little less that 3 hours from Bar Harbor (over 600 miles). We ate delicious lobster, and had an evening massage. As I said, a great trip!