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I stayed in Bar Harbor for six months and I still I stayed in Bar Harbor for six months and I still got my first Acadia October wrong. 😅

Here’s what nobody tells you: One facility at a time, across the back half of October closes down for the season. The shuttle goes first. Then campgrounds. Then Jordan Pond House. Then the visitor center. And suddenly all that gorgeous foliage has arrived…along with some closed doors.

If you don’t know the order, you can spend your day driving Park Loop Road desperately hunting for parking and never actually getting out of the car.

Trust me. I’ve done it. 🤦🏻‍♀️

Know the schedule, though, and you get the perfect fall version of Acadia: low golden light, fewer tour buses, fall color, and Cadillac Mountain reservations disappearing by the end of the month.

So I wrote it all down.

Sixteen pages. Every 2026 date verified. Foliage timing (and the best way to track it), the full closing calendar, where the light hits, what’s still open after October 25, 3 different itinerary suggestions, and how to do it all with a dog.

Going to Acadia this fall? This is the guide I wish I’d had the first time. 🍁

Comment FALL and I’ll send you the link to both the blog post and the guide. 🍁🧡🍁
They’re called red dogs, and you can actually watc They’re called red dogs, and you can actually watch them stop being one.

Bison calves are born bright cinnamon-orange, nothing like the dark brown adults. They’ve been called “red dogs” for generations because, well…look at them. 😂

Every one of these was photographed the same evening in Lamar Valley. The bright ones are younger. The darker calves are already changing, brown faces and legs, that shoulder hump starting to come in.

Same herd. Same evening. Calves born weeks apart.

By fall, you won’t be able to pick them out.

And because Lamar during calving season turns everyone into an amateur wildlife photographer: 25 yards. A cow with a calf is not the time to test how fast you can run.

Zoom lens. Not zoom feet.

📍 Lamar Valley, Yellowstone National Park 🦬
Acadia has 45 miles of roads where cars are absolu Acadia has 45 miles of roads where cars are absolutely not invited.

And honestly? More national parks should take notes.

John D. Rockefeller Jr. built Acadia’s carriage roads between 1913 and 1940 because he wanted to explore Mount Desert Island without sharing it with automobiles. Crushed stone, 17 stone-faced bridges, roads carefully curved around the landscape instead of bulldozing through it.

Basically: a billionaire built the world’s prettiest bike path and we all get to use it. Cool.

🚲 Class 1 e-bikes permitted 

Eagle Lake is the classic - about six miles around the water, with views that fully justify the hype.

But Witch Hole Pond is my favorite. Smaller, quieter, marshy, beaver-y, and usually a whole lot less “excuse me, are we all stopping here?”

And if you really want to get away from the crowds, head out on the quieter side of the carriage road system.

Rent a bike in Bar Harbor and go.

I highly recommend @coastalkayakingacadiabike they rent bikes specifically for exploring Acadia’s carriage roads and can help you figure out what route (and what bike) makes sense for your day.

It’s one of the best things to do in Acadia that doesn’t require a reservation, a permit, or a 4am alarm.

Just a bike, some crushed gravel, and 45 miles of “wait…why doesn’t every national park have this?”

Save this for your Acadia trip. 🚲
I’ve been to 22 national parks, which is obviously I’ve been to 22 national parks, which is obviously enough to have strong opinions and not enough to be an official National Park expert. 

So naturally, I ranked them.

These are my completely unscientific national park rankings, based on scenery, dogs, road-trip vibes, questionable decisions, and how personally offended my knees felt afterward.

Basically, I’ve spent a lot of time driving around the country looking at rocks, wildlife, mountains, and occasionally wondering why I thought that hike was a good idea.

And if you’re a fellow millennial who plans trips around national parks, takes the scenic route on purpose, and thinks a good road trip is a perfectly reasonable personality trait…

Hi 👋🏻 We should probably be friends. 🥾🏕️
Unpopular opinion: Bryce is better than Zion, and Unpopular opinion: Bryce is better than Zion, and I am fully prepared to defend this position 😂🏜️

Everyone books Zion. It’s the one on the list. The one your coworker did last spring. The one with the 7am shuttle line, the permit lottery, and the hike everyone has the same photo from.

It’s incredible. It’s also basically a logistics internship.

Bryce? You just drive there.

Pull over. Walk 20 feet. And suddenly you’re standing over thousands of hoodoos glowing orange and pink as the light moves across them.

If I had one day:

→ Sunrise Point for sunrise. Yes, the name is that literal.

→ Sunset Point later in the day. Same amphitheater, completely different light.

→ Wall Street + Queen’s Garden. The one to do. You drop into the hoodoos instead of just looking at them. Under three miles and wildly worth it.

→ Bryce Market & Grocery for lunch. Not fancy. Actually good. And you don’t have to drive 40 minutes for food.

I’ll give Zion the hiking variety. And nothing at Bryce touches the Narrows ir Angels Landing…

But if you want to stand somewhere that looks like the planet got bored and started making things up?

Bryce. Every time.

Tell me I’m wrong. 🧡

📍 Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah
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