Acadia National Park

The Somewhere Series // National Parks

Continuing our National Parks series, let’s explore Acadia National Park in Maine!

Established in 1919, this gem was the first national park east of the Mississippi River. Its famous Cadillac Mountain is the highest point on the eastern seaboard, at 1,530 feet.

It’s one of the smallest national parks, but also one of the most visited. It encompasses over 50,000 acres, primarily on Mount Desert Island, with smaller areas on other islands and the mainland.

It’s considered a top birding destination due to its diverse habitats, including forests, shorelines, and mountains, which support a wide variety of bird species. You’ll also finds mammals like deer and moose, as well as marine life, including harbor seals and whales, along the parks coastline.

Acadia features 45 miles of carriage roads, built by John D. Rockefeller Jr., who donated land to the park. George Dorr, known as the “father of Acadia,” also played a crucial role acquiring and donating land and encouraging others to do the same. Notably, it’s the first national park created entirely from private land donated by citizens.

Check my store for individual items, and a special note that 50% of sales from all prints featured in my National Parks series this month will be donated to the National Parks Foundation, which raises private funds to support the National Park Service and the 400+ national parks, helping to fund projects and programs that protect landscapes, wilderness, historical sites, and places of cultural significance. I’ll include some very sweet maps and prints relating to each Park, so lots of options! Help me help them! Prints run $12-$25 depending on sizes available.

Prints celebrating Acadia National Park include vintage Mount Desert Island, Bar Harbor and Maine state maps, nautical navigation flags and nautical knots, and vintage crustacean illustrations.

Beyond prints, if you’re looking to decorate in a seaworthy or nautical vibe, look for seascape paintings, paint by numbers, or embroideries, brass boats or shells, or ship’s wheel art or mirrors.