Acadia National Park, Be The First To See The Sun Rise

The next National Park I want to visit soon is Acadia National Park in Maine.  I really want to visit the park sometime in the fall when the weather is cool and the trees are starting to turn.  I have not yet been to Maine and I look forwarded to going with all Maine has to offer.  Though I’m not a big fan of lobster, but I wouldn't mind eating a freshly caught one right off the shore.  Maine is the largest lobster distributor in the United States. While on the trip I grab some Vermont syrup, and New Hampshire’s “Live Free or Die” attitude.

            Now back to the park, Acadia National Park was established July 8^th 1916 by President Woodrow Wilson.  At that time the park was named Seiur de Monts National Park, and was named again later as Lafayfette National Park after Marquis de Layafette, a French supporter of the Revolutionary War.  Finally in 1929, the park was named Acadia National Park.

            Unlike my last few posts about the Everglades National Park and Katmai, Acadia National Park would be a great family vacation.  With no extreme weather, excluding winter, Acadia normally has cool temperatures. In 1945 10,000 acres of the park was burned down due to forest fires during a dry summer. The park offers oceanside trails for hiking and biking.  The park also has mountains, lakes and pine forests.  The park even has the original gravel carriage trails funded by wealthy philanthropist John D. Rockefeller, Jr.  The park offers some great views where the ocean meets the rocky shoreline.  Acadia National Park is actually one of the first places to see the sunrise in the United States.  Maybe one cool fall day I’ll see you at Acadia National Park.