There are 63 national parks in the U.S. but only one in the Northeast. Acadia is located along the coast of Maine, near Bar Harbor. The nearest major airport is Maine's Bangor International Airport.

Acadia National Park is a frequently visited, 47,000-acre park located along the mid-section of the Maine coast. Its natural beauty has made it one of the top 10 most-visited national parks in the U.S ...

Miles Howard is a regular Globe Ideas contributor and author of the Substack newsletter Mind the Moss. I first saw Acadia National Park’s iconic oceanside cliffs years ago through the windshield of a ...

Acadia National Park is one of the most famous hiking destinations in Maine, and for very good reason. The park features more than 120 miles of hiking trails and more than 45 miles of smooth, gravel, ...

Acadia National Park and Bar Harbor fared through a peak weekend for tourism with the park open, but many facilities inside it unstaffed. For now, Acadia National Park in Maine is open to the public ...

High visitor traffic at Acadia National Park is causing erosion and damage to unique summit vegetation. A program called Save Our Summits allows volunteers to help restore the ecosystem by carrying ...

U.S. News Insider Tip: If you have kids in tow, see Acadia from the water with Diver Ed's Dive-In Theater boat cruise. Diver Ed goes overboard with a camera (that feeds to a viewing screen onboard), ...