TABLE OF CONTENTS SUNRISE ON CADILLAC MOUNTAIN 4 ACADIA NATIONAL PARK THE LAND 8 PLANTS AND WILDLIFE HUMANS IN ACADIA NATIONAL PARK VISITING ACADIA NATIONAL PARK PROTECTING THE PARK ACADIA NATIONAL PARK FACTS GLOSSARY TO LEARN MORE INDEX NATIONAL PARK SERVICE National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior 46 Acadia National Park 6 12 16 22 24 28 30 31 32
SUNRISE ON CADILLAC MOUNTAIN It is a clear night in Acadia National Park Two hikers click on their headlamps as they walk up a thickly forested trail Though it is August the pine-scented air is chilly The hikers pause at the edge of the forest to look up Thousands of stars speckle the sky 4
FIRST IN THE NATION Between October and March Cadillac Mountain is the first place you can see the sunrise in the United States After a few hours the hikers reach the top of Cadillac Mountain Acadia’s highest peak Small groups of people are milling around Soon a rosy glow peeks over the water below The sun bathes everything in pinks and yellows as it rises into the sky Welcome to Acadia National Park 5
