Acadia National Park's Carriage Roads Close For Mud Season
Mud season has arrived at Acadia National Park in Maine, where staff has closed the carriage roads to all users until things dry out.
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Legislation Asks National Park Service To Focus On Native Plants
Bipartisan legislation has been introduced into the U.S. Senate asking the National Park Service to "increase the use of native plant materials on lands it cares for," but will climate change make those landscapes inhospitable for the natives and more suitable for invasives?
Eagle Lake Carriage Road Construction Planned In Acadia National Park
Hikers, bikers, and horseback riders may experience reduced access temporarily to Eagle Lake Carriage Road in Acadia National Park this summer during a project to rehabilitate the carriage road while preserving its historic character.
Acadia National Park Proposing Fee To Drive To Cadillac Mountain Summit
Driving to the summit of Cadillac Mountain in Acadia National Park in Maine can leave you dizzy, what with all the turns, and once you arrive you need to find a parking space, which can be a challenge during the summer months. To ensure you have a space, park officials are proposing a reservation fee to drive to the summit.
National Parks Quiz And Trivia #20 – The Acadia National Park Edition
This month’s quiz and trivia piece is all about Acadia National Park. For those of you who have been to this park, just how much do you really know about it? For those of you who have not yet visited, after reading through the questions and trivia, you’ll want to put Acadia on your national park bucket list.
Where Will You Explore Winter In The National Park System?
Winter, the season with cold, snow, short days and long nights, can be a challenging season to explore the National Park System. Yet it also holds surprises that reveal themselves in shimmering lights darting across the night sky, in tracks of what passed the night before across the snowscape, and in congregations of wildlife.
- November 29th, 2020
Most Of Acadia National Park Loop Road To Close Dec 1 To Wheeled Traffic
Most of the Park Loop Road at Acadia National Park in Maine will close to wheeled traffic on December 1 as the park transitions to winter operations.
Listen To Nature
Earlier this year we introduced you to Jacob Job and his work recording sounds of nature inside the National Park System. Well, he's taken his game to the next level with help from the National Park Service, Parks Canada, the George Wright Society, the International Union for Conservation of Nature, and the World Commission of Protected Areas.
- November 2nd, 2020
Working For The Parks
As nice as it might be, the federal government does not fully fund all the needs and challenges the National Park Service faces. And that's where friends groups, cooperating associations, and even for-profit businesses come into play. Some of those organizations even help National Parks Traveler bring news and features about the park system to these pages every day of the year.
- October 15th, 2020
From Bear Dens To The Oval Office
When you're crossing the Colorado River in the middle of winter, wearing snowshoes, it's best not to have the ice give way and drop you into the river. Sheridan Steele can attest to that.
- October 12th, 2020
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