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    Acadia

    National Park Maine

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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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

Acadia Fishing Details

Cold-Water Fishing

Motors over 10 horsepower are prohibited on:

Eagle Lake landlocked salmon
brook trout
lake trout
Echo Lake brook trout
landlocked salmon
Jordan Pond landlocked salmon
lake trout
Lower Hadlock Pond brook trout
brown trout
sunfish
white perch
Upper Hadlock Pond brook trout

Internal Combustion engines are prohibited on:

Bubble Pond brook trout
Witch Hole Pond brook trout

No motors are permitted on:

Half Moon Pond brook trout
Upper Breakneck Pond brook trout
Lower Breakneck Pond brook trout

There is no horsepower limit on:

Long Pond brook trout
landlocked salmon





Warm-Water Fishing

Motors over 10 horsepower are prohibited on:

Hodgdon Pond brown trout
chain pickerel
smallmouth bass
sunfish
white perch
yellow perch
Seal Cove Pond alewives
brown trout
chain pickerel
smallmouth bass
sunfish
white perch
white sucker
yellow perch


Internal Combustion engines are prohibited on:

Round Pond smallmouth bass


There is no horsepower limit on:

Long Pond smallmouth bass
chain pickerel

Did You Know?

The wide carriage road is lined by the spring foliage of birch trees.

Acadia National Park's carriage road system, built by John D. Rockefeller Jr., has been called “the finest example of broken stone roads designed for horse-drawn vehicles still extant in America.” Today, you can hike or bike 45 miles of these scenic carriage roads in the park.