Maine
Acadia National Park
Acadia is not simply a collection of coastal viewpoints. Its landscape was shaped by deep geology and glaciers, then interpreted and redesigned by Wabanaki travel, rusticators, conservationists, road engineers and philanthropists. This guide follows the tension between wild coast and deliberately constructed visitor experience, from granite headlands and carriage roads to the park’s maritime edge.
Stories in Acadia National Park
- Sieur de Monts Spring — Where the Park Idea Took Root
- Sand Beach — A Pocket of Sand on a Granite Coast
- Thunder Hole — The Famous Sound Is a Matter of Timing
- Otter Point — Reading the Glacier in the Granite
- Jordan Pond — A Glacial Lake Turned Social Institution
- The Carriage Roads — Rockefeller’s Answer to the Automobile
- Cadillac Mountain — Sunrise, Names and a Summit Built for Visitors
- Bass Harbor Head Light — Acadia Meets the Working Coast