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Park Loop Road opening
May 17, 2013: The entire Park Loop Road and all other paved roads in the park open today. All dirt roads in the park, including the Seal Cove Road, will open on June 3.
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Trail closures
April 22, 2013: The Precipice, Orange and Black, Valley Cove, and Jordan Cliffs Trails are closed until further notice because of nesting peregrine falcons. All other trails in the park are open, whether accessible from the park or from state roads.
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Hulls Cove Visitor Center
May 17, 2013: The visitor center will open on May 19 and will be open 9-5 every day. All park passes are available there. There is an accessible entrance at the back of the building for those who have trouble climbing stairs.
Leave No Trace
Lichen damage—we're not smiling. Leave No Trace is a nationwide low impact outdoor ethics program of the four federal land managing agencies and an increasing number of state and local land managers, nonprofit land managers, and organized recreation groups. The Leave No Trace Center for Outdoor Ethics is a nonprofit organization that supports these efforts, and the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS) in Lander, Wyoming, the Appalachian Mountain Club in Gorham, NH, and others provide training for agency staff and many others. At Acadia, we include the Leave No Trace principles in our signs, brochures, and other programs. Four ridgerunners hired by Friends of Acadia spend each summer educating park hikers about Leave No Trace principles and doing trail maintenance, especially maintaining cairns. In 2001, with state partners (the Leave No Trace in Maine Steering Committee), we produced a video entitled Leave No Trace in Maine that was distributed to many state organizations for free. If you would like a DVD copy of this video, please contact Charlie Jacobi at charlie_jacobi@nps.gov. The Steering Committee also hosted a Leave No Trace Master Class for Maine’s outdoor recreation leaders and land managers at a much reduced rate in 2005 and 2007 thanks to two Maine Recreational Trail grants. The Steering Committee is working on TV Public Service Announcements as well. For more information you can also check out our two articles for the general public, No Stone Turned and Caring for Cairns; our two studies of cairn tampering on Gorham Mountain and Cadillac Mountain South Ridge Trail, and a summary of our cairn education efforts in the International Journal of Wilderness, Leave the Rocks for the Next Glacier. You can learn even more about how to Leave No Trace in Acadia for each LNT principle and specific activities. |
Did You Know?
The Civilian Conservation Corps performed important work in Acadia National Park, including clearing brush, setting stones, and constructing Seawall Campground. Today park headquarters is located in the former CCC camp.