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Acadia National Park is a national park of the United States located along the mid-section of the Maine coast, southwest of Bar Harbor. The park includes about half of Mount Desert Island , part of the Isle au Haut , the tip of the Schoodic Peninsula , and portions of sixteen smaller outlying islands.
Park Loop Road is a scenic road through part of Acadia National Park in Maine, United States. 27 miles (43 km) long, [1] it traverses the eastern side of Mount Desert Island in a (mostly) one-way, clockwise direction, from Bar Harbor to Seal Harbor.
The Island Explorer is a seasonal bus system which provides fare-free transportation on and near Mount Desert Island in Maine, United States.It is operated by Downeast Transportation and is largely intended to serve visitors to Acadia National Park as a means to reduce area traffic within the park and in area communities, including the Schoodic Peninsula.
The entire project resulted in the construction of more than 50 miles (80 km) of roads, sixteen bridges, and two Tudor Revival gatehouses at the points where the system intersected the public roads. The present bounds of Acadia National Park include 47 miles (76 km) of these roads, thirteen of its bridges, and both gatehouses. [3]
Acadia was the fifth most-visited national park in the country last year with over 3.9 million visitors. That was more than Yosemite, Yellowstone, Joshua Tree and Grand Teton.
Isle au Haut (/ ˈ aɪ. l ə. h oʊ /) is a town in Knox County, Maine, United States, on an island of the same name in Penobscot Bay. The population was 92 at the 2020 census. [2] Home to portions of Acadia National Park, Isle au Haut is accessible by ferry from Stonington. The 6 mile ride takes about 45 minutes.
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SR 3 turns east follows the eastern shore to the tourist town of Bar Harbor, then continues south through Acadia National Park to the village of Northeast Harbor. SR 3 intersects with SR 198 and turns north towards the village of Somesville. SR 3 and SR 198 intersect with SR 102 in Somesville; SR 3 ends and SR 198 turns north onto SR 102 ...