The annual volunteer tradition brings community together to help protect Acadia’s historic carriage roads. Please register by ...

October is Donor-Advised Funds Month, which means now is a great time to review your account and consider your long-term plans. Donor-Advised Funds (DAFs) have become one of the most popular ...

On a bright, sunny day at Hulls Cove Visitor Center, Island Explorer bus ambassadors help first-time park visitors board a bus bound for Sand Beach. Elsewhere in the park, a group of friends looks ...

Seasonal teams have long been essential to the Friends of Acadia’s mission, contributing energy, skill, and a fresh perspective to projects ranging from trail stewardship to education to community ...

More than 430 people gathered on Saturday, August 8 for Friends of Acadia’s 2026 Annual Benefit to celebrate and support Acadia National Park. A highlight of the event was raising more than $400,000 ...

At the summit of Sargent Mountain, 20 sweaty hikers pull black plastic bags from their packs and pile them together on the granite terrain. Inside each bag is anywhere from five to 25 pounds of soil, ...

MDI Wheelers provides free rides on Acadia National Park’s carriage roads for people who need special assistance or are unable to ride a bike by themselves. MDI Wheelers provides joyful experiences on ...

Adjacent to Sieur de Monts Spring lies the 100-acre Great Meadow Wetland, a glacially carved U-shaped valley cradled by the granite rock faces of Kebo, Champlain, and Dorr Mountains. Here rainfall and ...

A nature trail winds its mellow way through a red maple swamp between Deer Isle-Stonington’s middle and high schools. Less than a half mile long, the raised boardwalk path curves around stands of ...

While many of us rested cozily at home this winter, a special group of volunteers routinely ventured out in the cold and dark. Acadia Winter Trails Association (AWTA) volunteer groomers often stay up ...

Groundbreaking set for March 17 for new East-West Connector Trail designed to improve safety, expand accessibility, and protect fragile summit vegetation BAR HARBOR, Maine – On March 17, Friends of ...