Acadia National Park – A Mountainous Coastal Maine Preserve

 

Acadia National Park
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Paul Angelides is a respected presence in the Syosset, New York community who has led an engineering firm since 1987. Passionate about the outdoors, Paul Angelides particularly enjoys exploring America’s national parks through hiking excursions.

While the East Coast does not possess the diversity of national parks found in the western states, it does have some spectacular options, such as the coastal Acadia National Park in Maine. Spanning 47,000 acres, this unique park comprises several islands, as well as a large portion of the mainland Schoodic Peninsula.

With the Eastern Seaboard relatively flat, Acadia is a major exception that encompasses some two dozen mountains. Standing at 1,530 feet, granite-domed Cadillac Mountain is the highest US point along the Atlantic coast.

Established in 1919 as the initial national park east of the Mississippi, Acadia comprises diverse lakes, ponds, and forest areas that complement its rugged coastline. One of the premier viewing spots for the Milky Way region wide, it offers some 175 miles of cycling and hiking paths and is home to numerous terrestrial and marine species. With toads, salamanders, and frogs common inland, marine mammals are particularly abundant in the waters off Mount Desert Island and include whales, seals, and dolphins.