Acadia

Located close to Bar Harbor off Route 3, the Hulls Cove Visitor Center is Acadia’s main visitor contact station and transportation hub from May into October. It is a popular, and often crowded, first stop for many visitors. It is adjacent to an entrance for the park's iconic 27-mile Park Loop Road and it serves as a key stop for several routes on the fare-free Island Explorer bus system. From a large parking lot, visitors must climb 52 steps to the main entrance. There is a separate accessible entrance.

The Islesford Historical Museum is expected to reopen in 2021 showcasing both the upgrades and a community-curated exhibit helping to tell the stories of the Cranberry Isles.

The Schoodic Institute Welcome Center at Rockefeller Hall is located on Schoodic Peninsula off the one-way loop road. Exhibits about the old Navy base and park information can be found here.

Information, Camping, Island Explorer buses, and park passes.

Sieur de Monts Nature Center has visitor services, hiking information, and interactive exhibits. It acts as a trailhead for many hiking trails starting in the Sieur de Monts area. Park rangers are present during the spring, summer, and fall months.

Thompson Island Information Center is located off Route 3 on a small island between the mainland and Mount Desert Island. It is a small, seasonal facility usually staffed by a park ranger and local chamber of commerce representative. Park passes are available for purchase here.

Village Green Information Center provides park information, park entrance passes, and access to Island Explorer shuttle buses in downtown Bar Harbor.

During winter and spring, the park shares winter visitor operations with the Bar Harbor Chamber of Commerce, 2 Cottage Street, at the corner of Cottage and Main streets (GPS coordinates = 44.398633, -68.204933). Hours are 8 am to 4 pm weekdays. There will be early closure at 3 pm the day before Thanksgiving Nov 22 and noon on Dec. 31, and full-day holiday closures on Nov 23, Dec 24, Dec 25, Dec 26, and Jan 1. Telephone operations continue at (207) 288-3338 during regular hours, except holidays.