Acadia National Park - A Quick Guide To Photography

Birch trunks and red maple leaves. Canham KBC 5x7, Fuji Velvia, Fuji C 450mm, f/64 2s
Waiting for pictures
Acadia National Park packs a great variety of scenery in a small (only  40,000 acres, 5th smallest US National Park) and easily accessible area .  The shoreline includes beaches, headlands, boulders, and slabs with a range of orientations. Large and small freshwater bodies are surrounded by two major forest types (eastern deciduous and coniferous north woods) meet. Capping them is the highest point on the east coast of the Americas from the Arctic to Rio de Janeiro.
When to go
Spring is quiet, with the benefit of wildflowers and budding trees. Summer visitation can be overwhelming, as the park receives 2 million visitors in the year – it is the only National Park in New England, within a day’s drive for more than 50 million people. However, most equate with Acadia National Park with the east side of Mount Desert Island. There is plenty of quiet to be found on the west side and t...