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
S E W N ACADIA NATIONAL PARK Acadia National Park is the easternmost national park in the continental United States It was the first national park created east of the Mississippi River This small park covers around 77 square miles 199 square kilometers in eastern Maine near the small town of Bar Harbor Acadia is a coastal park Most of Acadia lies on Mount Desert Island in the Atlantic Ocean A smaller part of the park is on the Schoodic Peninsula This section of mainland lies to the east across the Mount Desert Narrows Part of Isle au Haut and other smaller islands also fall within the park’s boundaries BAR HARBOR MOUNT DESERT ISLAND SCHOODIC PENINSULA MAINE ISLE AU HAUT 6 ATLANTIC OCEAN ACADIA NATIONAL PARK
