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Acadia National Park
Concession Tours
Concessioners work with the park to provide services to improve your experience in the park. Both bus tours and horse-drawn carriage tours are offered by concessioners.
 
Two images of bus and trolley along Park Loop Road

BUS TOURS
If you'd like to sit back and relax as you learn about Acadia National Park and Mount Desert Island, a narrated bus tour might be just the activity for you. Beginning and ending in Bar Harbor from May through October, these tours explore the natural and cultural history of the park and surrounding area. Stops include many popular park sights, including Cadillac Mountain.

  • National Park Tours offers 2-1/2 hour narrated bus tours through the park, including three 15-minute stops (one on Cadillac Mountain), from May through October. For reservations and more information, call 207-288-0300 or visit their website.
  • Oli's Trolley offers 1-hour and 2-1/2 hour narrated trolley tours through the park, including a stop at the top of Cadillac Mountain, from May through October. Board trolleys in downtown Bar Harbor. For reservations and more information, call 207-288-9899 or visit their website.
 

CARRIAGE TOURS
A concessioner at Wildwood Stables provides a variety of carriage tours along the park's scenic carriage roads daily from mid-June to early October. Accessible carriages are available with advanced notice. Wildwood Stables also offers a horse camp for visitors wishing to bring their horses with them. No horseback riding is offered through Wildwood Stables.

Wildwood Stables is located on the Park Loop Road, near the junction with Stanley Brook Road. Operating dates for 2009 are June 6 to October 18, 2009.

Carriages of Acadia, Inc., is the concessioner at Wildwood Stables. Visit their website for descriptions of each tour and prices. For information and reservations for tours or overnight stabling, contact:

Carriages of Acadia
P.O. Box 1406
Houlton, Maine 04730

877-276-3622 / 207-276-5721
207-276-5723 (fax)

 
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Wildwood Stables offers carriage tours in Acadia National Park.
A man boards the Island Explorer bus.  

Did You Know?
Since 1999, propane-powered Island Explorer buses have carried more than two million passengers in Acadia National Park, eliminating more than 685,000 automobile trips and preventing 6,444 tons of greenhouse gases. The fare-free buses are supported by your entrance fees.
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Last Updated: September 29, 2009 at 15:32 EST