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Map of Acadia National Park in Maine. Three park areas are shown in green on two separate islands and a peninsula off the coast. The jagged, beige-colored mainland, from Rockland on the west to Bucksport on the north to Gouldsboro on the east, hangs above the park areas and dozens of smaller islands.

Extended Description

This description will work left to right, following the roads connecting the coastal cities to the three park areas.

To Isle Au Haut

Near the map’s bottom left corner, US Route 1 crawls up to the coast at Rockland. Text here reads “To Wiscasset and Portland.” The highway goes north, passing Camden almost halfway up to Belfast, where the road intersects with State Route 3. That highway continues off the left edge of the map with text that reads “To I-95, Augusta, and Portland.” Thin black triangles at Rockland and Belfast mark the distance between the two cities, 27 miles (43 kilometers).

The road continues from Belfast along the coast up to Bucksport, 18 miles (29 kilometers). Just beyond Bucksport, the road forks in two. US Route 1, now also labeled as State Route 3, continues east toward Ellsworth for 20 miles (32 kilometers). State Route 15 hooks down toward Blue Hill, where it intersects with State Route 172, then continues south down Deer Isle to Stonington. The distance from Ellsworth to Stonington is 36 miles (58 kilometers).

From Stonington, a dashed blue line labeled “Passenger ferry” leads down to the southwest side of the first parkland, which is set in a box and labeled “Isle au Haut Detail.”

To Mount Desert Island

Back up at Ellsworth, US Route 1A heads up off the map, with text that reads “Ellsworth to Bangor and I-95, 26 miles, 42 kilometers.” State Route 3 and US Route 1 split off from here, State Route 3 going south and US Route 1 going east.

State Route 3 travels down toward the next park area, which is shaped like a set of lungs and labeled “Mount Desert Island Detail.” On the left chunk of the park area, which houses Southwest Harbor and Bass Harbor, State Route 102 creates a loop around the perimeter that links up with State Route 3. State Route 3 loops around the right side’s perimeter, which houses Northeast Harbor at the bottom and Bar Harbor on the upper east side. From here, a dashed blue line links to Winter Harbor on the Schoodic Peninsula. The distance from Ellsworth to Bar Harbor is 20 miles (32 kilometers).

To Schoodic Peninsula

US Route 1 continues east from Ellsworth toward West Gouldsboro, a distance of 19 miles (31 kilometers). State Route 186 goes around the peninsula’s perimeter toward Winter Harbor, a distance of 6 miles (10 kilometers). Winter Harbor is boxed in as part of the third park area, labeled “Schoodic Peninsula Detail.” State Route 186 continues up the other side of the peninsula to State Route 195, which leads diagonally across the land back toward West Gouldsboro. State Route 186 leads to Gouldsboro on the other side of the top of the peninsula, meeting US Route 1, which continues up toward the top right corner of the map.

Legend

A scale in the lower right corner of the map shows distances of 10 and 20 kilometers and 10 and 20 miles.