Acadia National Park

Acadia National Park lovers embrace the park along Maine's coast for its magnificent scenery: granite summits, sparkling lakes, bold coastlines. And they love Acadia for its cultural treasures: world class hiking trails, the carriage roads with their exquisite bridges, and other iconic structures. In fact, it's the interweaving of natural and built landscapes that makes this place so special among national parks.

Visitors to Acadia National Park in Maine who fail to pay the entrance fee will be given a second chance to avoid a hefty fine.

The Precipice, Valley Cove, and Jordan cliffs and associated trails in Acadia National Park in Maine that have been closed to the public since mid-March will reopen Thursday as the peregrine nesting season is over.

As discussion into how to handle soaring crowds to the National Park System is beginning to turn into planning, one user group -- local residents -- is wondering how it will be affected by the resulting approach to overcrowding.