ACTIVITIES

BIKING

Acadia Bike: There's no better way to experience the variety of the Maine coast than by bicycling. And at Acadia Bike, we have the equipment and the expertise to make your trip one you'll remember for years.

With 24 years of experience, we have the largest fleet of rental bicycles in New England, and our friendly staff will make sure you get the one that's perfect for you.

Bar Harbor Bicycle Shop: Bar Harbor, Mount Desert Island, and Acadia National Park offer visitors a wide variety of cycling opportunities. Acadia National Park's 35,000 acres include 57 miles of beautifully engineered carriage roads. The Park Loop Road, a paved 26-mile circuit, takes bikers along beautiful rocky coastline and deep into Acadia's forests.

The Bar Harbor Bike Shop has served the year-round needs of the recreational and sport bikers on Mount Desert Island for more than 25 years. Local residents and visitors from around the world rent, buy, and ride our bikes

National Park Outdoor Recreation Center: Offers guided sea & freshwater kayak tours - canoe, kayak & bike rentals - Maine guide training & accommodations. We encourage you to try what may very well be the highlight of your Acadia vacation. Reservations are recommended.

GUIDE SERVICES

Mooselook Guide Service: Welcome to MooseLook, located at SeaMyst in Prospect Harbor, Maine. Tour the waters near Acadia National Park – away from crowds - in safe and stable kayaks with skilled licensed guide. Bike Acadia National Park Schoodic Point Section – a 7.2 mile loop of scenic vistas. Rent a canoe to enjoy a day on one of the area freshwater ponds pristine environment – perhaps with the surprise of rounding a bend and seeing a moose, enjoying the antics of otters, or beaver.

HIKING

Acadia's many foot trails, from lowland paths to mountain routes, suit the casual walker to the avid hiker.

There are over 120 miles of hiking trails in Acadia National Park. Trails range from short, level surf walks to steep Precipice Trail. Connecting trails enable hardy hikers to scale several Acadia peaks in one trip. Between 1915 and 1933, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., financed and directed the building of 57 miles of carriage roads. These carriage roads are a network of woodland roads free of motor vehicles, for hikers, bicyclists, horseback riders and carriages.

HORSEBACK RIDING

Eochaidh Stables: Located four miles from Bar Harbor on beautiful Mount desert Island, Eochaidh Stables (pronounced "yaw-khee") offers full boarding facilities for long term or short term boarding, trail rides and lessons. Situated in an old farm setting on 35 acres bordered by Acadia National Park with over twenty acres of rolling pasture complete with fresh, bubbling brook. Idyllic pastures and beautiful surroundings, a vacation both horse and rider will be sure to enjoy.

LOBSTERING

Lulu Lobster Boat Ride: The only Lobster Boat tour in Bar Harbor hosted on a traditional Downeast-style lobster boat. After several successful seasons delighting passengers in the Hancock area of Frenchman/Flanders Bays, Lulu now sails out of Bar Harbor. The The Harborside Hotel & Marina is Lulu 's base of operations. Lulu carries a maximum of fifteen people on a two hour tour offering the most exclusive, personal and unique cruise in Bar Harbor.

MOUNTAINEERING

With its varied climbing terrain and unique seacliffs, Acadia is an ideal location for the first-time climber or the experienced veteran. While many climbing schools and guide services in the United States offer courses in multiple locations, some to all corners of the globe, Atlantic Climbing School has deliberately chosen to focus exclusively on Acadia National Park. This unique area has been our home for over twenty years and we welcome the opportunity to share it with others. We know the area so well, in May 2002 we published the first comprehensive rock climbing guidebook to Acadia National Park in twenty-five years. Atlantic Climbing School is also a primary sponsor and organizer of the annual Acadia Climbing Festival held each Memorial Day Weekend.

WHITE WATER RAFTING

North Country Rivers: North Country Rivers provides the finest White Water Rafting in Maine. From April through October we run exciting white water rafting trips down the Penobscot River, Kennebec River and the Dead River. No white water rafting experience is necessary when you white water raft with us. North Country Rivers provides everything you'll need for your trip; self-bailing whitewater rafts, registered Maine Whitewater Guides, river transportation, meals, lodging, camping, and "The Thrill of a Lifetime." Best of all, since all of the white water rivers we run are dam controlled and flow regulated, you're assured of a great white water rafting trip!

 

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