Trip Idea

Tour the Fall Colors of Acadia

Multiple Parks

A person sits on a rock ledge looking out over sunny hills with colorful fall foliage
Duration Half Day
Topic(s) Landscape Design, Roads, Routes and Highways, Scenic Views, Transportation, Trails, Forests and Woodlands, Meadows, Lakes more »
Activities Biking, Scenic Driving, Hiking, Paddling
Type Kid Friendly, Active, Relaxed, Outdoors, Road Trip, Group Friendly more »
Parks Acadia National Park

Hike
  • Acadia National Park

    Hike Bubbles Nubble Loop

    • Activity Fee: No (Entrance fees may apply)
    • Reservations: No
    • Activity: Hiking
    • Pets: Yes with Restrictions
    • Location: The Bubbles
    • Duration: 1–2 Hours
    • Season: Spring, Summer, Fall
    • Time of Day: Any Time
    Visitors photographs a sunset over a lake

    This hike traverses the summits of North Bubble, South Bubble, and Connors Nubble and crosses varying terrain of forest paths, steep granite sections, and a level carriage road. Visitors can enjoy views of Eagle Lake, Jordan Pond, Pemetic and Sargent Mountains, and the Cranberry Isles.

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    • Activity Fee: No (Entrance fees may apply)
    • Reservations: No
    • Activity: Hiking
    • Pets: Yes with Restrictions
    • Location: Sieur de Monts Nature Center
    • Duration: 30–60 Minutes
    • Season: Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall
    • Time of Day: Day, Dawn, Dusk
    Boardwalk through a forest of white birch trees

    This forested path continues to a boardwalk with multiple interpretive signs and benches. It opens up to a meadow before looping back on an old fire road. Views of Dorr Mountain are interspersed in this walk along a birch and hemlock forest.

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    • Activity Fee: No (Entrance fees may apply)
    • Reservations: No
    • Activity: Hiking
    • Pets: No
    • Location: Dorr Mountain
    • Duration: 1–2 Hours
    • Season: Spring, Summer, Fall
    • Time of Day: Day, Dawn, Dusk
    View of a bay, islands, and a forest below from a mountain ridge line

    The Dorr Mountain South Ridge Loop is a 3.2 mile loop featuring views of Mount Desert Island from the top of Dorr Mountain after a steep ascent.

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  • Acadia National Park

    Hike Beehive Loop

    • Activity Fee: No (Entrance fees may apply)
    • Reservations: No
    • Activity: Hiking
    • Pets: No
    • Location: The Beehive
    • Duration: 1–3 Hours
    • Season: Spring, Summer, Fall
    • Time of Day: Day, Dawn
    person climbing up rocks with a ocean view in the distance

    This is a 1.4 mile loop trail that ascends a 450 ft cliff face. Exposed cliffs, iron rungs, and granite staircases climb this trail revealing scenic ocean views.

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  • Acadia National Park

    Hike Jordan Pond Path

    • Activity Fee: No (Entrance fees may apply)
    • Reservations: No
    • Activity: Hiking
    • Pets: Yes with Restrictions
    • Location: Jordan Pond
    • Duration: 1–3 Hours
    • Season: Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall
    • Time of Day: Any Time
    view of lake covered in ice

    The trail follows the shore of Jordan Pond providing iconic views of steep, glacially sculpted mountains and the glacially carved valley that is now Jordan Pond.

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  • Acadia National Park

    Hike Jordan Cliffs Loop

    • Activity Fee: No (Entrance fees may apply)
    • Reservations: No
    • Activity: Hiking
    • Age: 12 and Older
    • Pets: No
    • Location: Jordan Pond
    • Duration: 3–4 Hours
    • Season: Spring, Fall
    • Time of Day: Day, Dawn, Dusk
    View from cliffs of forest and pond below

    The Jordan Cliffs Loop offers a challenging 5 mile hike across steep slopes, iron rungs, and a strenuous climb up Sargent Mountain. Hikers are rewarded with panoramic views from two mountain summits and Jordan Pond nestled between the mountains.

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Bike, Paddle, and Drive
  • Acadia National Park

    Drive Park Loop Road

    • Activity Fee: No (Entrance fees may apply)
    • Reservations: No
    • Activity: Scenic Driving
    • Pets: Yes
    • Location: Paradise Hill Road Intersection
    • Duration: 1–4 Hours
    • Season: Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall
    • Time of Day: Any Time
    A road goes through brightly colored leaves around a mountain above a lake.

    Wind your way through forests, past lakes and mountains, and along the shoreline on scenic Park Loop Road. The 27-mile (43 km) road also provides access to popular areas such as Sieur de Monts, Sand Beach, Otter Point, Jordan Pond, and Cadillac Mountain.

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  • Acadia National Park

    Bike Carriage Roads

    • Activity Fee: No (Entrance fees may apply)
    • Reservations: No
    • Activity: Biking
    • Pets: Yes with Restrictions
    • Location: Carriage Roads (throughout Acadia National Park)
    • Season: Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall
    • Time of Day: Day, Dawn, Dusk
    Two people with bicycles looking over a ledge on a bridge

    Winding through the heart of the park, the 45 miles of historic carriage roads have crushed rock surfaces perfect for miles of bicycling.

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  • Acadia National Park

    Paddle Jordan Pond

    • Activity Fee: No (Entrance fees may apply)
    • Reservations: No
    • Activity: Paddling
    • Pets: Yes
    • Location: Jordan Pond Boat Ramp
    Two people, wearing jackets and hats, paddle a silver canoe in water surrounded by trees.

    Paddle Jordan Pond in the center of Mount Desert Island.

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  • Acadia National Park

    Paddle Eagle Lake

    • Activity Fee: No (Entrance fees may apply)
    • Reservations: No
    • Activity: Paddling
    • Pets: Yes
    • Location: Eagle Lake Boat Ramp
    Trees line a waterway under a cloudy sky

    Explore Eagle Lake by canoe or kayak.

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Last updated: October 6, 2021