Maine: Acadia National Park
Acadia was first established as Sieur de Monts National Monument in July 1916 by President Woodrow Wilson but then was renamed Lafayette National Park in February 1919 when it became the first national park east of the Mississippi. It was not until January 1929 that it officially was named Acadia National Park. Named after the French settlers who were expelled from Atlantic Canada by the British, Acadia is the nation’s easternmost national park and one of the first places in the United States to see the sunrise each day.
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Rocky coastlines, sea caves, crashing waves, picturesque lighthouses, granite mountains, colorful tide pools, moss and evergreen mix in a New England-style gumbo. The weather at Acadia can be notorious as far as clear nights for shooting go, but we got more than two nights of clear skies. We camped at the Seawall Campground, which allowed us to be shoreside within walking distance. We explored the path to an unmarked sea cave during our first day; it was underwater at high tide. Later we retuned past midnight, and I was able to access the cave in the low tide hours and shot well into the morning twilight. The next clear night we went to Cadillac Mountain to get an overview of the harbor and shoot the International Space Station flyby. Acadia gives you wings.
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