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Acadia Park Loop Road, Maine

The 27-mile loop around the east side of Mount Desert Island, from Hulls Cove to the top of Cadillac Mountain. Champlain's bare mountains, the spring where George Dorr started a park, a beach made of shells, a World War I radio station, popovers at Jordan Pond, a boulder the ice left behind, and the first sunrise in the country.

28 min of audio · 26 miles · Read the transcript

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    1. Start in the right placeThis tour begins at Hulls Cove Visitor Center. Start while parked; the first story plays when you arrive.
    2. Let's hear itSelect this phone as the car's Bluetooth audio source and set a comfortable volume. Download the tour while you still have signal.
    3. Stories meet you thereYour phone's location starts each story automatically. Music flows straight into the narration. Keep this page open; it keeps the screen awake for GPS.
    4. You're ready to exploreDownload the tour before you set out in case you lose signal. Park at the Hulls Cove Visitor Center, then press Start. The tour follows the Park Loop Road clockwise around the east side of Mount Desert Island (about 26 miles as routed) and ends on the summit of Cadillac Mountain. The Park Loop Road and the park's paved roads are open to cars April 15 to December 1, and can close earlier after heavy snow; in winter usually only the section from the entrance station to Otter Cliff Road stays open to cars. From May 20 to October 25 (2026 dates), the Cadillac Summit Road needs a $6 vehicle reservation bought in advance on Recreation.gov; vehicles over 21 feet, RVs and trailers are not allowed on it. A park entrance pass is required all year ($35 per private vehicle, 7 days; non-US residents 16 and older pay an extra $100 each). The visitor center building is open May 1 to October 31. Your car's navigation may take Route 3 through Bar Harbor between Paradise Hill and Sieur de Monts instead of the loop; the stories play either way.

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    Facts from Acadia National Park (NPS) pages: Park Loop Road, motor road and carriage road histories, Sieur de Monts, George B. Dorr, the Fire of 1947, Wabanaki Nations, Sand Beach geology, Thunder Hole, the Ocean Path, the Otter Cliffs radio station, Jordan Pond House, Bubble Rock and Cadillac Mountain. Music: Mozart, String Quartet No. 15 in D minor, K. 421, Andante, Musopen String Quartet (public domain, via Wikimedia Commons). Narration is AI-generated. Not an official National Park Service product.