Acadia National Park Tips for First Time Visitors

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Acadia National Park is one of the most visited national parks in the United States. It is a beautiful area to explore with amazing hiking trails, history and views. Here is how you can make the most of your time in Acadia National Park as a first time visitor. Let me know if you have more tips in the comments.
Cadillac Summit Road Sunrise Reservations (needed from May 24 - Oct 22) - www.recreation.gov/timed-entr...
Jordon Pond House Reservations - jordanpondhouse.com/
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0:00 Intro
0:19 How do you get to Acadia?
0:46 Where should I stay?
1:19 Sunrise permits for Cadillac Mountain
2:10 How to get around the park
2:50 Hiking in Acadia National Park
3:51 Jordon Pond Reservations
4:22 Food in Acadia National Park
4:52 Three More Quick Tips
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@minnbeef 7 месяцев назад

Skip sunrise and do sunset on Cadillac mountain. Just as beautiful, less hassle and no getting up at a ghastly hour.

@MagellanandGreyhound Год назад

Acadia has become crazy since we have visited. For those that can't get accommodations in Bar Harbor, don't forget the campgrounds. The shuttles will take you from your campground to not only Bar Harbor, but everywhere in the park. Saves you the stress of driving and parking

@emmettthenry 2 месяца назад

Even the campgrounds are a nightmare to reserve. Took me many tries to get one in Blackwoods for mid-June. They usually get reserved within the first 30 seconds of being released (10am, two months prior to check-in date)

@AmbientWalking Год назад

What can I say! This is super awesome and amazing and please keep doing what you do! 😁

@violetbf3773 Год назад

As always, great video Josh! Thanks for the tips! 🙌🏽

@ThroughMyLens Год назад

No problem, thanks for the comment!

@JBGreenASMR 10 месяцев назад

This is such a perfect short travel video! I wish more creators made them the way you do. Super helpful, thanks!

@porcine83 2 месяца назад

Heading there next month and looking forward to it. Thanks for the info!

@KhurshidsChannel 6 месяцев назад

Fantastic shots. Great job on the video. Thank you for sharing.

@jimfunchess Год назад

Acadia probably has the best natural scenery on the East Coast. Thanks for the info and tips!

@ThroughMyLens Год назад

I agree 100% it is so stunning!

@maryfettig3378 Год назад

Going to Acadia this summer. Great tips!

@ThroughMyLens Год назад

Hope you enjoy it!

@hammockstocoasters Год назад

I need to still watch your other Acadia videos but super excited to see you here. I’m from Maine originally. My husband is actually from MDI (where most of Acadia is). His dad is a 50 plus years lobster fisherman and actually fishes out of Bass Harbor right in front of that lighthouse. We both have worked seasons at Acadia (now currently stationed at Everglades).

@DaleRussell2 Год назад

Good info. Thanks. It’s near the top of my places to see! 👍

@ThroughMyLens Год назад

Glad it was helpful! It is such a beautiful area to explore and I hope you make it up there!

@TejuVi 9 месяцев назад

Thanks for a nice video!

@DarkBrown16 Год назад

Visited the past 2 years there and one suggestion is if you plan on hiking, START EARLY. Parking is very limited and the trails can get crowded during the summer

@ThroughMyLens Год назад

Great suggestion, some of the trails are very hard to get parking at!

@carolm8003 Год назад

What is considered early enough?

@DarkBrown16 Год назад

@@carolm8003 my family and I were up at 530-6am and started our first trail by 7-730am. We were the only ones at sand beach and had most of ocean path to ourselves. They next day around 8am, we did the Jordan pond trail and maybe passed 5 people. It’s worth it, this park gets crowded and the parking can be a pain.

@747Jumbo1 Год назад

Going for the second time, and second year in a row, in May! Absolutely can’t wait to check out these spots I missed.

@ThroughMyLens Год назад

SO awesome, I would love to visit again!

@rhondaz356 Год назад

Josh, super tips...👏👏🤗

@ThroughMyLens Год назад

Thanks! 😃

@williambader7296 Год назад

I'm about to take a trip from va beach to Seattle to grand canyon and new Orleans with a ton of stops taking a2 months. Your videos have been super helpful. Also you make me want to hike. It seems to make tou very haply

@marvincarter870 9 месяцев назад

Acadia national Park looks great but challenging. If you are handicapped you should think about maybe another park. Pop's time delay videos are awesome! Good job Pop's 👍

@jennyc1846 11 месяцев назад

As I'm never going to get there I look forward to seeing more of that awesome Autumn colour in your full video Josh. BTW your pop-overs looked very much like Yorkshire Puddings to me (popular in the UK but we also eat them in Oz and Im sure many other places) - traditionally eaten with roast beef and I love them as a desert with Golden Syrup. cheers from Western Australia

@TheSiemek 9 месяцев назад

Great video :) I am planning to visit Acadia in two years (I am from Europe so there is some planning and a lot of saving involved).

@seethebutter Год назад

Thanks!

@ThroughMyLens Год назад

No problem!

@jeremyking3986 Год назад

Awesome, I’m working in new Hampshire for a couple of months, I’m planning on going to Acadia when I’m done in May. Hopefully Cadillac mountain is open by then. Right now it’s closed for construction till the middle/end of May.

@aRVeesBlog 9 месяцев назад

wow very helpful content friend

@nld0947 Год назад

I was there in July 2022 and it was very windy and cold at the Cadillac Mountain watching the sunset. A jacket is recommended.

@SkyistheLimit2007-km1cc Год назад

Nice place to visit

@RVAmerica 28 дней назад

Thanks so much for the info. I did not know they required reservations. Lynn and Danny

@grahamrankin4725 Год назад

We visited Acadia Park 15 years ago during our New England and Nova Scotia. Great time.

@ThroughMyLens Год назад

That's awesome! I bet it was a lot less busy as well

@lauraleslie2969 Год назад

What about biking?

@kellyjohnson3617 Год назад

I flew into Boston and rented a car. It not only was cheaper that way but I made stops along the way in kennebunkport and booths bay on the way back. Two really great towns. I went in off season in April so not everything was open, in the park as well as in Maine in general. But my time there was awesome cuz I had the park almost to myself. If I ran into anyone, they were usually locals who gave me great suggestions. Like where to get the best and cheapest lobster rolls. You won’t find them online. It was a local sports bar that I think only locals went to that was located in an alley off a main parking area near downtown. Went there twice. There’s a decent grocery store there and a great little bakery I only discovered on the day I left. I’m itching to go back. I stayed in an old historic hotel that was a bit outside of town so it was cheaper and the stay included breakfast. I had a car so it didn’t matter I was five blocks from downtown. Thanks for sharing your tips. I’d love to go back. It was such a lovely place. I’m glad you and pops got to enjoy it.

@ThroughMyLens Год назад

Sounds like you had a fantastic experience and got some great local tips!

@lorithomas3129 Год назад

Do you remember the name of the bar where you got the lobster rolls? We are heading there end of May.

@brandonwilliams5144 Год назад

I wish I had this video the first time I went !!

@ThroughMyLens Год назад

Me too, I tried to make the video I was looking for when I was researching it haha

@williambader7296 Год назад

You'd videos are so good that you dont have to go afrer watching lol

@tessker63 11 месяцев назад

Nice info. Exactly what dates were you there? Trying to plan for this October.

@2011woodlands Год назад

I was there more than 40 years ago, it wasn't that busy in the summer, i believe we camped there, the nights are colder and there is fog near the coast.

@12inch_monster Год назад

how was the precipice hike compared to angel's landing. i did angel's in 101 degree heat last year without being too exhausted as i kept an easy pace up the trail

@katherinelarini8514 Год назад

make sure if you are traveling from MA to ME along 95/295 on the coast, that you stop and see the Desert of Maine in Freeport along with the LL Bean stores... And always remember, "you can't get there from here"...

@minnbeef 7 месяцев назад

While you showed beautiful photos of it you didn’t mention anything about the Bass Harbor Lighthouse. It was my favorite of Acadia favorites. My travel tip is that if you are serious about both getting a parking spot and capturing those classic sunset photos, get to the parking lot three hours before sunrise. It took 45 minutes of waiting in line for me to get a parking spot, leaving me two hours to park my butt on a nice, comfy rock at the edge of the Atlantic Ocean.

@lauraslanesvanlifetravels Год назад

Lovely video...totally absurd that you have to get permits to see a sunrise in park!

@dianelucio5420 2 месяца назад

If I stay in Bar Harbor is it easy to drive to other parts of Maine for the day?

@dalechen1334 Год назад

How would you compare Beehive with Angel’s landing? Is Angel’s landing a lot scarier?

@thetravelingirishman4372 Год назад

Did u guys go and check out the Holy donut while in Portland Maine ??

@ThroughMyLens Год назад

We wanted to go to Holy Donut but it was closed by the time we got there. Next time!

@thetravelingirishman4372 Год назад

@@ThroughMyLens bummer that place has some amazing donuts especially the sea salt and cheddar donut

@MagellanandGreyhound Год назад

@@thetravelingirishman4372 holy donut is amazing. we bought and ate so much there

@genericwatcher2439 11 месяцев назад

I've heard the sunrise permits are so hit and miss because of morning fog, you spend all the time, effort and.... you see nothing. So maybe it isn't worth it to try and get a sunrise permit.