One of the charms of Acadia is the way subtle human “improvements” work with the park’s thick spruce-fir forests, rugged mountains, and steep cliffs to make it all accessible—and just a bit thrilling.

Acadia's Beehive is surpassed only by the Precipice Trail in difficulty, and like Precipice, it's not a trail for those with a fear of heights. But the rewards for climbing the granite steps; ...

On a cloudless spring day in mid-May, I pulled into an overlook of no particular significance off the loop road that runs through Maine’s Acadia National Park. An informational placard provided ...