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Pets

Puppy Pals ProTip

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Duration:

3 minutes, 34 seconds

Learn where to go and what to do with our resident Bark Ranger, Drift!

 

Guidelines

 

• Pets must be restrained on a leash no longer than 6 feet (2 m).
• Pets should not be left unattended. Summer sunshine poses a threat to pets in vehicles.
• Pet owners are responsible for removing pet waste from campground, picnic areas, parking lots, roads, and other developed areas.

 

Pet-Friendly Areas

 

• There are 100 miles (161 km) of hiking trails and 45 miles (72 km) of carriage roads in the park where pets are permitted.
• Blackwoods, Seawall, and Schoodic Woods campgrounds permit pets.
• On Isle au Haut, pets are permitted for day hiking only.
  

 

Restricted Areas

 

• Most lakes in the park are public water supplies. Pets and people may not swim in them.
• Sand Beach (June 15-September 8) and Echo Lake (May 15-September 15) are off-limits to pets.
• Public buildings
• Ranger-led programs
• Wild Gardens of Acadia (Sieur de Monts)
• Duck Harbor Campground

Park Trails closed to pets

• Precipice
• Beehive
• Ladder Trail to Dorr Mountain
• Beech Cliffs Trail
• Perpendicular Trail (Mansell Mountain)
• Jordan Cliffs Trail between Penobscot East Trail and the carriage road
  

Park Trails not recommended for pets

• Acadia Mountain
• Flying Mountain
• Giant Slide
• Cadillac Mountain- west face
• Bubble and Jordan Ponds Path, between the carriage road and The Featherbed pond
  
• Norembega Goat Trail
• Bubbles-Pemetic Trail
• Penobscot Mountain (Spring) Trail
• Upper Beachcroft Trail
• Upper Gorge Trail
  

 

Service Animals

 

Service animals are an exception to these rules and may accompany their owner to all park locations.

 

Dog on carriage road.

NPS/Greta Rybus