The National Park Service (NPS) plans to furlough about two-thirds of its employees as a result of the government shutdown, ...

Acadia National Park is nestled along the picturesque coast of Maine in the United States. It is a magnificent illustration of the natural beauty of New England. Founded on July 8, 1916, it provides a ...

A CADIA NATIONAL PARK, Maine (WABI) - While the government is shutdown, some way wonder if they can still visit Acadia ...

Coastal Maine’s Acadia National Park is one of the most visited national parks in the United States, drawing almost 4 million visitors in 2024. Acadia is also one of the oldest national parks; it was ...

With a potential government shutdown just days away, whether Acadia National Park will be open for peak fall foliage season ...

There are 63 national parks in the U.S. but only one in the Northeast. The land itself has drawn people for thousands of years. Here are a few things you may not know about Acadia National Park, the ...

A small and noncontiguous portion of Acadia National Park is a big driver in this summer’s climbing visitation. The Schoodic district — across Frenchmans Bay to the east of Mount Desert Island, where ...

In July 2025, Acadia National Park broke a record: It welcomed more monthly visitors than ever before, drawing an astonishing 797,000 visitors, surpassing the previous record of 795,500 set in August ...

Due to the Trump administration’s firing of thousands of workers and hiring freeze in the National Park Service, Acadia is down nearly a third of its staff. Long-term lack of staff could have ...

BAR HARBOR, Maine — The first bus making the 90-minute loop through Acadia National Park rumbled out of Hulls Cove Visitor Center at 9 a.m. on a recent sun-splashed Saturday, packed as full as a ...

Looking up from the Park Loop Road, the notion of walking up Champlain Mountain’s eastern face seems like a joke: the Precipice is all rock, rising straight up 1,000 feet. Yet a footpath of sorts — a ...

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