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Acadia National Park

Granite headlands, carriage roads and the first sunrise in the country from Cadillac Mountain.

• 220named trails
• 244trail miles mapped
• Mainelocation

Popular hikes in Acadia

• Ocean Path · about 4.4 mi · Easy
• Jordan Pond Path · about 3.3 mi · Easy
• Jesup Path · about 1.5 mi · Easy
• Bar Island Path · about 1.6 mi · Easy
• Great Head Trail · about 1.7 mi · Moderate
• Gorham Mountain · about 1.8 mi · Moderate
• South Bubble & Bubble Rock · about 1 mi · Moderate
• Beech Mountain Loop · about 1.2 mi · Moderate
• Acadia Mountain · about 2.5 mi · Moderate
• Champlain North Ridge · about 2.2 mi · Moderate
• Cadillac North Ridge · about 4.4 mi · Moderate
• Cadillac South Ridge · about 7.1 mi · Moderate
• Beehive Loop · about 1.5 mi · Strenuous
• Precipice Trail · about 2.1 mi · Strenuous

Best months to visit

• June: Early June is Acadia before the July rush: fresh green, cool ocean air, and lupine blooming across Mount Desert Island. Cadillac sunrise still needs a vehicle reservation.
• October: Fall color on Mount Desert Island peaks in early to mid-October: maple red against granite and ocean. Cadillac vehicle reservations run through October 25 in 2026.

Permits and reservations

No reservation is needed to enter the park, but this park does not take cash. A separate $6 vehicle reservation is required to drive Cadillac Summit Road, and all campsites must be reserved online ahead of time.

• Cadillac Summit Road vehicle reservation: Required to drive up Cadillac Mountain (sunrise and daytime slots). 30% of reservations release 90 days ahead and 70% release 2 days ahead, both at 10 a.m. ET. Motorcycles need their own reservation.
• Campgrounds (Blackwoods, Seawall): All campsite reservations must be made online in advance.

Entrance fees

• Timed Entry Reservation - Location: $6
• Private Vehicle: $35
• Motorcycle: $30
• Per Person: $20

Official park site: nps.gov

All 220 trails in Acadia

• A Murray Young Path · 2.42 mi round trip · Moderate
• Acadia Mountain Trail · 3.7 mi round trip · Moderate
• Access Trail · 0.12 mi round trip · Easy
• Alder Trail · 1.28 mi round trip · Easy
• Amphitheatre Carriage Road · 2.42 mi round trip · Easy
• Amphitheatre East Carriage Road · 2.02 mi round trip · Easy
• Amphitheatre Trail · 3.12 mi round trip · Moderate
• Amphitheatre West · 0.06 mi round trip · Easy
• Amphitheatre West Carriage Road · 1.78 mi round trip · Easy
• Anvil Trail · 2.08 mi round trip · Easy
• Around-Mountain Carriage Road · 20.18 mi round trip · Strenuous
• Asticou & Jordan Pond Path · 3.74 mi round trip · Easy
• Asticou Ridge Trail · 0.36 mi round trip · Easy
• Aunt Betty Pond (northeast section) · 0.38 mi round trip · Easy
• Aunt Betty Pond Carriage Road · 4.72 mi round trip · Easy
• Aunt Betty Pond Connector · 2.32 mi round trip · Easy
• Bald Peak Trail · 1.94 mi round trip · Moderate
• Bar Island Access · 0.78 mi round trip · Easy
• Bar Island Trail · 1.9 mi round trip · Easy
• Bass Harbor Head Light Access · 0.16 mi round trip · Easy
• Beachcroft Path · 2 mi round trip · Moderate
• Beech Cliff Loop Trail · 1.22 mi round trip · Easy
• Beech Cliff Trail · 1.8 mi round trip · Easy
• Beech Mountain Trail · 1.2 mi round trip · Easy
• Beech South Ridge Trail · 1.56 mi round trip · Easy
• Beech West Ridge Trail · 1.78 mi round trip · Easy
• Beehive Trail · 1.4 mi round trip · Easy
• Bernard Mountain Trail · 4.18 mi round trip · Moderate
• Birch Harbor Mt Bike Path · 5.78 mi round trip · Moderate
• Bowditch Trail · 3.98 mi round trip · Moderate
• Bowl Trail · 1.32 mi round trip · Easy
• Breakneck Road · 4.88 mi round trip · Moderate
• Brown Mt. Connector · 0.1 mi round trip · Easy
• Brown Mt. Connector Carriage Road · 0.22 mi round trip · Easy
• Bubble & Jordan Ponds Path · 3.2 mi round trip · Easy
• Bubble/Wildwood · 0.28 mi round trip · Easy
• Bubble/Wildwood Carriage Road · 5.24 mi round trip · Easy
• Bubbles Divide · 1.18 mi round trip · Easy
• Bubbles Trail · 1.5 mi round trip · Easy
• Buck Cove Bike Path · 0.46 mi round trip · Easy
• Buck Cove Mountain Trail · 6.46 mi round trip · Moderate
• Bunkers Harbor Bike Path · 1.52 mi round trip · Easy
• Cadillac Cliffs Path · 0.52 mi round trip · Easy
• Cadillac North Ridge Trail · 4.4 mi round trip · Moderate
• Cadillac South Ridge Trail · 7.1 mi round trip · Strenuous
• Cadillac Summit Developed Area · 0.6 mi round trip · Easy
• Cadillac Summit Loop · 0.42 mi round trip · Easy
• Cadillac West Face Trail · 1.64 mi round trip · Moderate
• Cadillac-Dorr Connector · 1.14 mi round trip · Easy
• Campground Access · 0.22 mi round trip · Easy
• Canada Cliffs Trail · 2.82 mi round trip · Easy
• Canon Brook Trail · 5.14 mi round trip · Moderate
• Carriage Road (north section) · 5.3 mi round trip · Moderate
• Carriage Road (south section) · 1.52 mi round trip · Easy
• Carroll Homestead Access Path · 0.2 mi round trip · Easy
• Champlain North Ridge Trail · 2.04 mi round trip · Moderate
• Champlain South Ridge Trail · 2.92 mi round trip · Moderate
• Cliff Trail · 1.74 mi round trip · Easy
• Cliff Trail Sec. 1 · 1.6 mi round trip · Easy
• Cold Brook Trail · 0.84 mi round trip · Easy
• Compass Harbor Trail · 0.8 mi round trip · Easy
• Connors Nubble Trail · 1.1 mi round trip · Easy
• Day Mountain Carriage Road · 8.24 mi round trip · Moderate
• Day Mountain Trail · 2.72 mi round trip · Easy
• Day Mt. Loop (northwest section) · 0.06 mi round trip · Easy
• Day Mt. Summit (north section) · 0.26 mi round trip · Easy
• Day Mt. Summit (south section) · 0.08 mi round trip · Easy
• Day Mtn Loop Carriage Road · 2.68 mi loop · Easy
• Day Mtn Summit Carriage Road · 2.68 mi round trip · Easy
• Deep Cove Trail · 0.3 mi round trip · Easy
• Deer Brook Trail · 1.62 mi round trip · Easy
• Dorr North Ridge Trail · 1.84 mi round trip · Moderate
• Dorr South Ridge Trail · 2.46 mi round trip · Moderate
• Dorr West Face Trail · 0.34 mi round trip · Easy
• Duck Brook Bridge · 0.1 mi round trip · Easy
• Duck Brook Path · 0.6 mi round trip · Easy
• Duck Brook Rd · 1.44 mi round trip · Easy
• Duck Harbor Mountain Trail · 2.12 mi round trip · Easy
• Duck Harbor Trail · 7.06 mi round trip · Moderate
• Eagle Lake (north section) · 0.26 mi round trip · Easy
• Eagle Lake Carriage Road · 11.54 mi round trip · Moderate
• Eagle Lake Connector · 0.18 mi round trip · Easy
• Eagle Lake Connector Carriage Road · 0.24 mi round trip · Easy
• Eagle Lake Parking · 0.06 mi round trip · Easy
• Eagle Lake Trail · 3.56 mi round trip · Easy
• Eagle Lake/Jordan Pond Carriage Road · 4.56 mi round trip · Easy
• Eagle/Bubble Connector · 0.08 mi round trip · Easy
• Eagle/Bubble Connector Carriage Road · 0.62 mi round trip · Easy
• Eagle/Jordan (north section) · 0.12 mi round trip · Easy
• Eagles Crag Trail · 0.58 mi round trip · Easy
• East Trail · 0.9 mi round trip · Easy
• Ebens Head Trail · 1.48 mi round trip · Easy
• Echo Lake Ledges Trail · 0.16 mi round trip · Easy
• Emery Path · 1 mi round trip · Easy
• Fern Trail · 0.86 mi round trip · Easy
• Flying Mountain Trail · 1.5 mi round trip · Easy
• Frazer Creek Bike Path · 3.88 mi round trip · Easy
• Giant Slide Trail · 5.7 mi round trip · Moderate
• Gilley Trail · 1.32 mi round trip · Easy
• Goat Trail (northeast section) · 1.12 mi round trip · Easy
• Goat Trail (southwest section) · 4.06 mi round trip · Easy
• Goat Trail Sec. 1 · 0.58 mi round trip · Easy
• Golf Course Trail · 0.9 mi round trip · Easy
• Gorge Path · 2.5 mi round trip · Easy
• Gorham Mountain Trail · 3.5 mi round trip · Moderate
• Grandgent Trail · 2.06 mi round trip · Moderate
• Great Head Trail · 1.9 mi round trip · Easy
• Great Meadow Loop · 4.28 mi round trip · Easy
• Great Notch Trail · 4.04 mi round trip · Moderate
• Hadlock Brook Trail · 3.26 mi round trip · Moderate
• Hadlock Loop Carriage Road · 3.83 mi loop · Easy
• Hadlock Ponds Trail · 4.1 mi round trip · Easy
• Hemlock Path · 1.54 mi round trip · Easy
• Hemlock Trail · 0.9 mi round trip · Easy
• Homans Path · 0.6 mi round trip · Easy
• Hulls Cove Visitor Center Entry Stairway · 0.18 mi round trip · Easy
• Hunters Beach Trail · 0.56 mi round trip · Easy
• Hunters Brook Trail · 5.22 mi round trip · Moderate
• Jesup Path · 1.5 mi round trip · Easy
• Jordan Cliffs Trail · 5 mi round trip · Moderate
• Jordan Pond Carry · 2.26 mi round trip · Easy
• Jordan Pond House Carriage Road Access · 0.14 mi round trip · Easy
• Jordan Pond House Trail · 0.58 mi round trip · Easy
• Jordan Pond House Walkways · 0.54 mi round trip · Easy
• Jordan Pond Nature Trail · 0.68 mi round trip · Easy
• Jordan Pond Path · 3.3 mi loop · Easy
• Jordan Stream · 0.26 mi round trip · Easy
• Jordan Stream Carriage Road · 2.26 mi round trip · Easy
• Jordan Stream Path · 1.14 mi round trip · Easy
• Jordan/Wildwood Carriage Road · 2.54 mi round trip · Easy
• Kane Path · 1.66 mi round trip · Easy
• Kebo Brook Trail · 2.16 mi round trip · Easy
• Kebo Mountain Trail · 2 mi round trip · Easy
• Kurt Diederichs Climb · 0.8 mi round trip · Easy
• Ladder Trail · 0.8 mi round trip · Easy
• Ledge Trail · 1.04 mi round trip · Easy
• Little Harbor Brook Trail · 0.08 mi round trip · Easy
• Little Hunters Beach Trail · 0.06 mi round trip · Easy
• Little Long Pond Loop Carriage Road · 3.99 mi loop · Easy
• Long Pond Trail (northeast section) · 5.98 mi round trip · Moderate
• Long Pond Trail (southwest section) · 6.28 mi round trip · Moderate
• Lower Amphitheatre Carriage Road · 3.24 mi round trip · Easy
• Lower Hadlock Trail · 1.44 mi round trip · Easy
• Lower Harbor Trail · 2.98 mi round trip · Easy
• Lower Norumbega Trail · 1.78 mi round trip · Easy
• Man o'War Brook Trail · 1.92 mi round trip · Easy
• Mansell Mountain Trail · 1.78 mi round trip · Moderate
• Maple Spring Trail · 2.96 mi round trip · Moderate
• Median Ridge Trail · 3.52 mi round trip · Easy
• Middle Peak Road · 0.16 mi round trip · Easy
• Mountain Brook Bike Path · 1.46 mi round trip · Easy
• Murphy Lane · 0.64 mi round trip · Easy
• Nat Merchant Trail · 2.2 mi round trip · Easy
• Norumbega Mountain Trail · 3.2 mi round trip · Moderate
• Ocean Path · 4.4 mi round trip · Easy
• Orange & Black Path · 1.4 mi round trip · Easy
• Otter Cove Trail · 0.92 mi round trip · Easy
• Paradise Hill Carriage Road · 2.18 mi round trip · Easy
• Parkman Mountain Trail · 2.7 mi round trip · Easy
• Parkman/Aunt Betty (north section) · 0.06 mi round trip · Easy
• Parkman/Aunt Betty (south section) · 0.12 mi round trip · Easy
• Parkman/Aunt Betty Carriage Road · 6.52 mi round trip · Easy
• Pemetic East Cliff Trail · 0.6 mi round trip · Easy
• Pemetic North Ridge Trail · 2.66 mi round trip · Moderate
• Pemetic Northwest Trail · 1.08 mi round trip · Easy
• Pemetic South Ridge Trail · 4 mi round trip · Moderate
• Penobscot East Trail · 0.7 mi round trip · Easy
• Penobscot Mountain Trail · 4.48 mi round trip · Moderate
• Perpendicular Trail · 1.82 mi round trip · Moderate
• Precipice Trail · 3.2 mi round trip · Moderate
• Pretty Marsh Fire Road · 0.2 mi round trip · Easy
• Pretty Marsh Picnic Area · 0.28 mi round trip · Easy
• Quarry Trail · 1.74 mi round trip · Easy
• Razorback Trail · 2.7 mi round trip · Moderate
• Redfield Hill (south section) · 0.14 mi round trip · Easy
• Redfield Hill Carriage Road · 1.83 mi loop · Easy
• Saint Sauveur Mountain Trail · 3.88 mi round trip · Moderate
• Sand Beach Connector · 0.36 mi round trip · Easy
• Sand Beach Developed Area · 0.28 mi round trip · Easy
• Sand Beach Stairway · 0.06 mi round trip · Easy
• Sargent East Cliffs Trail · 1.24 mi round trip · Easy
• Sargent Northwest Trail · 1.94 mi round trip · Moderate
• Sargent South Ridge Trail · 5.66 mi round trip · Strenuous
• Satterlee Trail · 0.26 mi round trip · Easy
• Schiff Path · 0.4 mi round trip · Easy
• Schoodic Education and Reserch Center Walkway · 3.66 mi round trip · Easy
• Schoodic Head Trail · 1.3 mi round trip · Easy
• Schoodic Woods Campground Hike-in Site Access Path · 1.28 mi round trip · Easy
• Schoodic Woods Campground Walkway · 1.76 mi round trip · Easy
• Schooner Head Path · 5.54 mi round trip · Easy
• Seven Sisters/Bridges Carriage Road · 2.28 mi round trip · Easy
• Ship Harbor Trail · 1.3 mi loop · Easy
• Sieur de Monts Developed Area · 0.42 mi round trip · Easy
• Sluceway Trail · 1.7 mi round trip · Easy
• Sluiceway Trail · 1.7 mi round trip · Easy
• Spring Trail · 1.1 mi round trip · Easy
• Stanley Brook Carriage Road · 1.28 mi round trip · Easy
• Stratheden Path · 1.52 mi round trip · Easy
• Sundew Trail · 1.4 mi round trip · Easy
• Thunder Hole Path · 0.28 mi round trip · Easy
• Triad Pass · 0.26 mi round trip · Easy
• Triad Trail · 2.18 mi round trip · Easy
• Upper Mountain Carriage Road · 7.28 mi round trip · Moderate
• Valley Cove Trail · 2.94 mi round trip · Easy
• Valley Peak Trail · 3 mi round trip · Moderate
• Valley Trail · 3.32 mi round trip · Easy
• Visitor Center Connector Carriage Road · 1.04 mi round trip · Easy
• West Ledge Trail · 1.86 mi round trip · Moderate
• Western Head Road · 2.12 mi round trip · Easy
• Western Head Trail · 3.14 mi round trip · Easy
• Western Head Trail Sec. 1 · 1.34 mi round trip · Easy
• Western Mountain Connector · 3.8 mi round trip · Moderate
• Wild Gardens Path · 0.58 mi round trip · Easy
• Wildwood Connector · 0.3 mi round trip · Easy
• Witch Hole Connector (north section) · 0.06 mi round trip · Easy
• Witch Hole Connector Carriage Road · 2.26 mi round trip · Easy
• Witch Hole Marsh Trail · 0.44 mi round trip · Easy
• Witch Hole Pond Carriage Road · 3.34 mi loop · Easy
• Wonderland Trail · 1.4 mi round trip · Easy
• Wonsqueak Bike Path · 4 mi round trip · Easy

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