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Acadia National Park
Acadia National Park
Image credit
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of William T. Evans, 1894, CC0
Protected since
1919
Size · acres
49,075
State
Maine
Nearest town
Bar Harbor, ME
The wildlife this land supports
Not Just Made for You and Me
Peregrine falcon
Bald Eagle
Atlantic puffin
Harbor Seal
Drawn here for generations
Art Inspired by this Land
Maine
Bar Harbor, ME
Acadia is where granite mountains meet Atlantic surf, where fog rolls through pine forests and sunrise arrives first on the eastern edge of the United States.
Plan your visit
Conditions on the ground
under threat
Why this land is at risk
Staffing Reductions; Budget Cuts
Reduced NPS staffing may impact trails, visitor services, and habitat management.
Coastal erosion, high visitation, and climate-driven ecosystem shifts affect infrastructure and habitat stability.
More info: https://www.nps.gov/acad/learn/management/index.htm
Take action
Public lands belong to all of us — and they stay protected only when people pay attention. Plan a visit, share this place, and add your voice to the people working to keep it wild.