It was the busiest, highest visitation Indigenous Peoples Day weekend in the history of the park. Carrie Jones just now The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Paradis Ace Hardware. MOUNT DESERT—Acadia National Park Deputy Superintendent Brandon Bies sat at a table at the Mount Desert Town Office with administrators and staff from area towns during a League of Towns meeting, Tuesday, and told … Continue reading Acadia National Park Official: There Is No Fall Shoulder Season at the Park.

The Appalachian Mountain Club and Acadia National Park’s trails team improved a section of the heavily visited path with funding from Friends of Acadia. Carrie Jones The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Birch Bay Retirement Village. ACADIA NATIONAL PARK — A 500-foot stretch of Ocean Path near Otter Point Overlook has been improved to make the popular coastal trail more accessible to visitors … Continue reading New Work Makes Part of Acadia’s Ocean Path More Accessible.

Memo applies to “all Interior bureaus and offices.” Jun 27, 2026 by Ethan Andrews/BDN ACADIA NATIONAL PARK—Officials at Acadia National Park may stop reporting deaths in the park. That possibility comes from a U.S. Department of the Interior internal memo obtained by the Washington Post instructing staff at national parks not to confirm deaths or provide details about severe injuries on park property. According to the memo, which … Continue reading Internal Memo Tells National Parks Not to Report Deaths