Best trails in Acadia National Park

Vehicle reservations are not required for any other areas of the park, or for visitors who enter the area by foot, bike, or taxi. Vehicle reservations provide a timed entry, but do not require a departure time until 9 pm, when the road closes to vehicles. Reservations do not permit re-entry. Reservations are per vehicle, not per person. Reservations do not assign a specific parking space. Parking is prohibited outside of designated spaces. Cadillac is not served by the Island Explorer bus system.

School groups and other academic institutions may qualify for an Educational Fee Waiver. If not qualified, please check fees for large or commercial groups.

Valid for seven days. Admits one or two passengers on a private, non-commercial motorcycle.

Groups entering Acadia by bus, van, or other high-capacity vehicles (16 people or more) must pay an organized group entrance fee.

Adults (16 years old and over): $20/per person

Youth (15 years old and under): Free

Valid for seven days. Admits one individual with no car (bicyclist, hiker, pedestrian). Youth 15 and under are admitted free of charge.

Valid for seven days. Admits private, non-commercial vehicle (15 passenger capacity or less) and all occupants. This includes rental cars, RVs, and vans with fewer than 16 passengers. If the vehicle pass is purchased, no other pass is necessary.

The Acadia Annual Pass is valid only at Acadia and may be purchased online or in person. You do not need an additional entrance pass if you already have a federal lands pass. It is valid for 12 months from purchase month. This pass admits the pass holder and passengers in a non-commercial vehicle.

In addition to park visitor centers and campgrounds, the Acadia Annual Pass is available at the Acadia Regional Chamber at Thompson Island, and at Bar Harbor, Ellsworth and Southwest Harbor chambers of commerce.

Join millions of people who enjoy our National Parks with the "America the Beautiful" National Park & Federal Recreational Lands Pass, otherwise known as the Interagency Annual Pass. The pass is valid for a year's worth of visits from the month of purchase at more than 2,000 federal recreation sites across the country.

No entrance pass required on these days:

Monday, January 20 — Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Saturday, April 19 — First day of National Park Week
Thursday, June 19 — Juneteenth National Independence Day
Monday, August 4 — Anniversary of the Great American Outdoors Act
Saturday, September 27 — National Public Lands Day
Tuesday, November 11 — Veterans Day

The Interagency Access Pass is accepted here.

The Hulls Cove Visitor Center (with Eastern National Bookstore), Cadillac Summit Center, Park Headquarters, Sieur de Monts Spring Nature Center, Thompson Island Information Center, Abbe Museum (Downtown Bar Harbor), Great Harbor Maritime Museum, Mount Desert Oceanarium, Old School House Museum, and Wendell Gilley Museum are all accessible to visitors using mobility equipment or strollers. All these facilities, except for Wendell Gilley, have wheelchair accessible parking and restrooms.

Loaner assistive listening devices are available with advanced notice. An introductory pamphlet is available in Braille format for download or at the Hulls Cove Visitor Center. A 56-mile audio tour CD is also available for purchase at the Visitor’s Center.

ASL interpreters are available for ranger-led programs with at least three weeks' advance notice. Contact the park for more information.

Additional information about accessibility at Acadia National Park can be found on their website: https://www.nps.gov/acad/planyourvisit/accessibility.htm.

All Island Explorer shuttle buses in the park are wheelchair accessible, free, and run from June to early October. Bicycle Express vans are not wheelchair accessible.

The Hulls Cove Visitor Center (with Eastern National Bookstore), Cadillac Summit Center, Park Headquarters, Sieur de Monts Spring Nature Center, Thompson Island Information Center, Abbe Museum (Downtown Bar Harbor), Great Harbor Maritime Museum, Mount Desert Oceanarium, Old School House Museum, and Wendell Gilley Museum are all accessible to visitors using mobility equipment or strollers. All these facilities, except for Wendell Gilley, have wheelchair accessible parking and restrooms.

The following areas have wheelchair accessible parking, restrooms, and picnic areas with packed, level paths and surfaces: Bear Brook, Fabbri, Frazer Point, Pretty Marsh, Seawall, and Thompson Island.

There are accessible restrooms, changing rooms, and parking at the following trailheads: Echo Lake, Sand Beach, Eagle Lake, and Bubble Pond. There is a wheelchair accessible path to the water at Echo Lake.

The Blackwoods Campground has 12 wheelchair accessible drive-in camping sites.

The Seawall Campground has multiple options for wheelchair accessible sites - three RV, five drive-ins, five walk-ins, and one group site.

The Schoodic Woods Campground has 78 wheelchair accessible campsites, including tent and RV sites.

Service animals must be on-leash throughout the park.