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2024 - Maine and Atlanta, GA | Acadia (ME) | All Travel | Maine | National Parks | Specific Destinations | Travel Tips | United States

5 Stops to Make on the Acadia National Park Scenic Drive
ByNadya B May 10, 2025May 18, 2025

[Acadia National Park, Sep 2024] The 27-mile Acadia Park Loop road will present a unique challenge – which stops to make and which to save for later? Many visitors begin their visit to the park with the scenic drive. It helps you get oriented and it is a great introduction to this park’s beauty. Any…

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2024 - Maine and Atlanta, GA | Acadia (ME) | All Travel | Maine | National Parks | United States

Bubbles Nubble Loop and the Famous Popovers
ByNadya B April 12, 2025December 19, 2024

[Acadia National Park, Sep 23, 2024] For our second day in the park, I had two trails on the docket. I also hoped to make it to Jordan Pond House right as it opened at 11 am so we could have their famous popovers! This was an experience I didn’t want to miss, but it…

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2024 - Maine and Atlanta, GA | Acadia (ME) | All Travel | Maine | National Parks | United States

Portland to Bar Harbor and Acadia Scenic Drive
ByNadya B March 29, 2025March 4, 2025

[Bar Harbor, Maine, Sep 21, 2024] After visiting with Martha in Portland, it was time to make the 3-hour drive to Bar Harbor. The fastest route goes north to Bangor before veering east. Martha recommended we take the upper part of the coastal route instead. So we put Belfast, ME in our GPS and headed…

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2024 - Great Basin NP | All Travel | Great Basin (NV) | National Parks | Nevada | United States

Easy Hikes and Lehman Caves in Great Basin
ByNadya B March 8, 2025August 3, 2026

[Great Basin National Park, Aug 31, 2024] I woke up early and drove the 4 hours from Salt Lake City to Great Basin National park. I gained an hour as I crossed from Utah to Arizona, which gave me more time in the day despite the long drive. I was at the visitor center in…

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2024 - Great Basin NP | All Travel | Arizona | Great Basin (NV) | National Parks | United States

On My Way to Great Basin National Park
ByNadya B March 1, 2025August 11, 2026

[Portland, OR –> Salt Lake City, UT, Aug 30, 2024] Great Basin National Park is one of the least visited and most underrated of the 63 managed by the NPS. The park preserves about 120 square miles of the Great Basin, the largest area of contiguous contained watersheds. All the water within the Great Basin,…

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