Acadia National Park Archives - Traveling Huntleys

Last Updated: May 2026

We timed our visit to Acadia National Park deliberately. By waiting until after Labor Day, we traded peak-season crowds for cooler air, changing foliage, and the kind of unhurried pace that lets you actually absorb a place. Between two very different campgrounds — one perched close to the wild, uncrowded Schoodic Peninsula and the other deep in the Southwest Harbor woods — we spent a full week exploring granite headlands, tidal pools, carriage roads, and the sweeping panoramic views from Cadillac Mountain.