Complete information about visiting Acadia National Park is now available on National Park Planner!
Located on the coast of Maine, Acadia National Park began as Sieur de Monts National Monument in 1916 after 5,000 acres in the Sieur de Monts Spring area of Mount Desert Island were donated to the federal government. The island had long been a popular vacation spot, so a group of private individuals who wanted to save as much of it from development as possible began purchasing land in 1901. The park is the only National Park created from donated land, and it was the first National Park on the east coast of the United States.
Acadia National Park includes a number of units. The largest and most visited is Mount Desert Island, an island that is connected to the mainland by a bridge. To the east of Mount Desert Island is the only unit of Acadia National Park on the mainland—the Schoodic Peninsula. To the west is Isle au Haut, the least visited unit of the park.
FREE ISLAND EXPLORER SHUTTLE BUS
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Last updated on March 22, 2019
