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15 Best Dog Friendly Hikes at Acadia National Park

March 6, 2026

15 Best Dog Friendly Hikes at Acadia National Park

Three dogs hiking the Little Long Pond trail in Acadia National Park, Maine — a brown mixed breed and two huskies on leash on a sun-dappled wooded path along the turquoise shores of Little Long Pond, highlighting Little Long Pond as a peaceful and dog-friendly walk in Acadia National Park on Mount Desert Island near Seal Harbor, Maine, perfect for hiking with dogs in Acadia
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February 24, 2026

The 18 Best Things to Do in Bar Harbor, Maine

18 Best Things to Do in Bar Harbor, Maine - sunset over a tranquil harbor near Acadia National Park captures the magic of Maine's coast, from lobster boats at anchor to pink granite shores and golden skies
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Happy Birthday @that_nomad_brian 🎂😘 Brian’s birth Happy Birthday @that_nomad_brian 🎂😘

Brian’s birthday weekend itinerary: take a walk, photograph the little things we notice, declare the day a success. 🙌 This is what 42 looks like out here and honestly I wouldn’t trade it. 

Happy birthday to my favorite person to do nothing with. 🎂

What’s the most “intentional” you’ve been about doing nothing lately?
100 years ago today, Congress authorized the creat 100 years ago today, Congress authorized the creation of Shenandoah National Park. It took another decade to officially establish it in 1935, but a century after that first signature, it’s still one of the most dog-friendly parks in the country. 🌲

Almost 500 miles of trails, and fewer than 20 of them are off-limits to dogs. That’s almost unheard of for a national park.

⚠️🚫Some of Shenandoah’s most famous trails (looking at you, Old Rag and Dark Hollow Falls) are completely off-limits to dogs. Swipe to slide 8 so you don’t drive all that way for nothing.

Save this for your Blue Ridge road trip 🐾

Shenandoah, here’s to the next 100. 🌲

Photos 1 & 3 by @mistiblue00
40 things felt ambitious. 11 felt honest. 🎂 I’m w 40 things felt ambitious. 11 felt honest. 🎂

I’m writing this from a 40-foot travel trailer somewhere between who I used to be and who I’m becoming, covered in husky hair, listening to a 90s playlist that has somehow become “throwback” music, and thinking about how 40 is the age I spent my entire 20s being afraid of.

Turns out it’s just Tuesday.
Here’s what 40 trips around the sun taught me:
✦ The right person makes the hard things easier and the good things better. (Hi, @that_nomad_brian)

✦ Second chances can be the whole point.

✦ You’re allowed to outgrow the life you built. That’s not failure, that’s the assignment.

✦ Dogs are not a metaphor for unconditional love. They’re the literal definition.

✦ “I’ll figure it out” is a complete sentence and the bravest thing I’ve ever said out loud.

✦ Time really does make you bolder. (Stevie was right. Stevie’s always right.)

If 30-year-old me could see this, she wouldn’t believe the life we have now! I’m so proud of it 😅💚
Two years of laughing like this 🌲 Wouldn’t trade a Two years of laughing like this 🌲 Wouldn’t trade a single mile.

Two years of making it worth the wild. One thing about me: I’m going to laugh at/with Brian at least 100 times a day. And apparently I had a very distinct uniform over the past year 😅🤣

The @huskiesontheroad and I love you @that_nomad_brian 🌲
If you stopped scrolling for this, we’re the same If you stopped scrolling for this, we’re the same kind of person🌲

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