No, there is not "enough" parking at Thunder Hole. There is not enough parking anywhere in Acadia or Bar Harbor or Mount Desert Island for all the people who w...
There are indeed many parking lots along the 27 mile Park Loop Road. There is a large one at Sand Beach and another at Jordan Pond. These are very popular spo...
You don't need a reservation to drive up Cadillac at night. See details here https://www.nps.gov/acad/planyourvisit/vehicle_reservations.htm Sand Beach is gre...
Right. I'm not sure how busy it gets. There's been a lot of dense fog up there lately.
Yes, get on I-95 at Skowhegan. Not much traffic between Gorham and Skowhegan. Just rural, winding, two lane highway with some tricky turns in Mexico-Rumford. ...
I'd read this https://www.northernoutdoors.com/driving-tips-maine-north-woods/ The roads are dirt, not gravel. That's not to say the trucks don't kick up ston...
You can see most all of Maine without hiking. You can drive to the Portland Head Lighthouse and walk around the mostly level site. You can drive to the top of...
The Mexican restaurant was undoubtedly Dos Amigos, a brightly colored cantina, a bit south of Belfast on route one. It's not there anymore. The location is no...
I wouldn't do it. Especially not this year. You will spend a certain amount of your time each late afternoon looking for lodging. And you probably will have ...
I wouldn't stay in Bangor in order to visit Acadia National Park. You could definitely fly into there. But then drive the 60 minutes to Bar Harbor and find lo...
Take the interstate to Newburgh NY. Just past Newburgh, take the Taconic Parkway to I-90, the Mass turnpike. Take that to Springfield, where you can turn nort...
There are detached parts of Acadia National Park all over Mount Desert Island. Many visitors drive the 27 mile Park Loop Road and think they have seen it all. ...
The national park pass you already have will work, as long as you are able to display it in your car when you park.
Yes hiking boots with ankle support are recommended. Many trails are rocky with boulders and open granite in some areas, including the Bubbles and the Beehive....
Highway one is not really on any route from Vermont to Lincolnville. The most scenic part of the long, two lane highway drive will be the White Mountains of Ne...
There really is no route that takes you along the coast between Rockport, Maine and Ogunquit. Highway 1 runs inland. Maybe go a little further that day and st...
I'm a Bar Harbor local and I would say a six hour round trip road trip from Portland to Bar Harbor to take a whale watch is definitely not worth it. The whale ...
30 of those cloudy days are in April. Very often it rains or snows in the night, leaving the days sunny and bright.
I totally and completely disagree with Tom about winter sunshine. There are many, many sunny days during a Maine winter. I lived in East Tennessee for 24 year...
Witch Hole Pond carriage road loop, from Duck Brook Bridge, is 3.2 miles. You can stroll it in 90 minutes.