The National Park Service has proposed an increase in the entrance fees at Acadia National Park to help address an estimated $65 million in needed infrastructure repairs and fund projects that benefit ...

The majority of Acadia National Park Service staff are being furloughed, but roads, campgrounds and other facilities remain open amid the government shutdown that took effect Tuesday. A U.S.

Starting Nov. 17, Acadia National Park will close a section of Park Loop Road to all uses to accommodate critical culvert ...

Nov. 30—Acadia National Park had nearly 4 million visits from January through October this year, surpassing its prior record of 3.5 million set in 2017. The park's busiest year on record has been ...

A new study analyzed five years of data to reveal the most popular U.S. national parks to visit in the fall. Great Smoky ...

At the other end of the spectrum, the most affordable accommodations are always the ones you bring with you: tent, camper, or RV. The park service operates two campgrounds on Mount Desert Island, ...

Winter is a surprisingly great time to explore some of America's best national parks, because the crowds are up to 90 percent ...

Acadia National Park is always very busy in the summer, but July was busier than it has been in decades, despite hiring and staffing challenges and concerns about fewer international visitors to Maine ...

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As a diehard New Englander, it’s a bit shameful that I’d never been to Bar Harbor, Maine. So, recently, I planned a reasonably epic three-day weekend that maxed out on coastal and Acadia National Park ...