Tvov wrote:
Acadia is really neat to explore. If you have bicycles, the "carriage roads" give you miles of biking roads. They are a little hilly, but really easy to bike on. Tons of hiking. One great thing about Acadia is that most of the scenic areas can accessed by car (or at least gotten very close to), so major hiking is not necessary. Athough.... if you are in shape for hiking, lots of great hiking trails.
The "Beehive" is a neat, quick hike that has you climb a steep but relatively short trail that leads to a great scenic overlook - although, almost every at Acadia has a "great scenic overlook".
Oh, one very important thing about hiking in Acadia -- the distances are VERY hard to estimate by eye due to the hills. The maps are accurate, but many trails are up and down steep hills. Just keep that in mind when planning your hiking route.
If possible, visit "Thunder hole" at night. Really cool to experience the booming of the surf in the dark.
Make sure, at least one morning, go to the top of Cadillac Mountain to see the sunrise. You will be the first people on the continental United States to see the sunrise. Besides that, it is a really neat sunrise!
Oh, and one more thing... you may want to spend more time at Acadia than you've alloted.
DH and I visited Acadia a few times many years ago, and definitely plan to take our boys to the Beehive...we've just been waiting till they were old enough! We hope to bring bikes, but are not sure yet. Thanks for the suggestions!
