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National Park · Bar Harbor, ME

🌅 Acadia National Park

Cadillac views and coast loops — timed entry often needed for the summit road.

Acadia National Park park day
  • Timehalf day
  • SettingGranite can be slippery when wet; fog common.
  • TicketsEntrance pass; Cadillac Summit Road often needs timed reservations.
  • Get thereBar Harbor gateway; Island Explorer bus in season.

Local shortlist · confirm on arrival · 2026-08

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No printer? Open the sheet on your phone, or print later. Classic · Bonus · Alpha (extra-hard cool finds).

Talk cards Find on map

Park map Visitor map Map: NPS via NPMaps (public domain) · tap to enlarge Open on official site ↗

Short on time? Start here

Do these 3 in order if you can — enough for a short visit. Tap a stop for talk tips & photos. Create and print your mission is above.

🏛️ Hulls Cove Visitor Center Park Loop orientation and maps 🏞️ Jordan Pond shore Clear pond with Bubble mountains — easy shore stroll 🌄 Cadillac Mountain view High granite views — timed entry often needed for the summit road · Stay on rock paths

More if you have energy

More stops if you have the energy.

Atlantic rocky shore — shortlist photo

🌊 Atlantic rocky shore

Pink granite and tide smell — careful wet rocks · Careful footing

 Carriage road stretch — shortlist photo

🚲 Carriage road stretch

Wide crushed-stone path — walk a short peaceful section

 Coastal spruce forest — shortlist photo

🌳 Coastal spruce forest

Salty air through evergreen trees

 Open granite bald — shortlist photo

🪨 Open granite bald

Bare rock under the sky — sun can be strong

 Carriage or shore path sign — shortlist photo

🥾 Carriage or shore path sign

Read the next destination before you choose

 Acadia Junior Ranger desk — shortlist photo

🎖️ Acadia Junior Ranger desk

Ask at a visitor center

 Tide pool peek (if timed) — shortlist photo

🌊 Tide pool peek (if timed)

Look only — leave creatures in place

  • 🌊 Atlantic rocky shore — Pink granite and tide smell — careful wet rocks · Careful footing
  • 🚲 Carriage road stretch — Wide crushed-stone path — walk a short peaceful section
  • 🌳 Coastal spruce forest — Salty air through evergreen trees
  • 🪨 Open granite bald — Bare rock under the sky — sun can be strong
  • 🥾 Carriage or shore path sign — Read the next destination before you choose
  • 🎖️ Acadia Junior Ranger desk — Ask at a visitor center
  • 🌊 Tide pool peek (if timed) — Look only — leave creatures in place

What the sheet may include

Print from the button at the top of this page. No app at the venue.

Example finds
  1. Visit Hulls Cove or a park visitor center
  2. Stand at Jordan Pond shore
  3. Find pink granite by the ocean
  4. Walk a short carriage-road stretch
  5. Cadillac view if timed entry allows
  6. Read a path sign out loud
  7. 10 seconds of ocean or pond sound
  8. Favorite Acadia view — remember the bubbles

Official site: Acadia National Park website. Always check hours and tickets before you go.