The Crown Jewel of the North Atlantic Feb 26, 2020

The Crown Jewel of the North Atlantic

Welcome to Acadia National Park on Maine"s rocky, scenic coast. The 49,075-acre park covers about half of Mount Desert Island, smaller nearby islands, and a section on the mainland. The oldest national park east of the Mississippi River and the only one in Maine, Acadia packs a lot of geographical variety into its relatively small size. You"ll find miles of craggy coastline like the shore in our homepage image, woodlands, wetlands, and mountains. The park"s Cadillac Mountain is the highest point along the North Atlantic seaboard and a great spot to take in the sunrise.

© emptyclouds/Getty Images

palette

Today in History

Feb 26, 2018A leafy seadragon in the waters off Wool Bay, Australia
Feb 26, 2019Snow on the temple
Feb 26, 2021Lighting the way to new beginnings
Feb 26, 2022Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve
Feb 26, 2023Tambopata National Reserve, Peru
Feb 26, 2024Grand Canyon National Park turns 105
Feb 26, 2025Castle Stalker, Argyll, Scotland

More Desktop Wallpapers:

Apr 21, 2019The Easter Bunny’s story
Apr 12, 2020Who created the Easter Bunny?
Jan 18, 2019An opulent backdrop for a historic event
Apr 24, 2019Cool water in the Quinault
Aug 24, 2019Get the bear facts
Oct 28, 2020A grotesque scene
Apr 13, 2024Apple trees in spring, Germany
Mar 11, 2020Anybody out there?
Aug 18, 2024Huntington Beach Pier, California, at sunset
May 14, 2019Cannes, France, in the spotlight
May 22, 2021Blue paradise on the Costa Brava
Dec 28, 202350 years of the Endangered Species Act
Dec 8, 2020A fortress in the sky
Mar 28, 2019Let us introduce you…
Feb 28, 2025Tibetan New Year
Jun 6, 2021On this shore, history was made
Jan 16, 2019Up on the glacier
Jul 8, 2018Travel Sunday: Flamenco in Granada, Andalusia, Spain
Dec 16, 2022Atlanta Botanical Garden
Sep 29, 2018Vietnam’s new bridge deserves a big hand
Apr 15, 2018The ‘Living Forest’ in Biscay, Spain
May 29, 2019A ‘circus of chaos’ for Stravinsky
Dec 23, 2018Make your list and check it twice
Nov 18, 2025Male hooded merganser, Oregon
Jun 9, 2020Gem State views
Dec 2, 2023Angkor, Cambodia
Aug 12, 2020King of the dinosaurs
Apr 5, 2024The Bahamas
Jun 12, 2020Big sky at Big Bend
Jan 27, 2025Zoroaster Temple, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona