Acadia National Park, Bangor

Acadia National Park Camping at Acadia is just awesome and fun but does have its drawbacks. The bus service from the park to the Loop and into the town of Bar Harbor is really a great service as driving around Bar Harbor is truly an adventure/nightmare depending on how you look at it. When cruise ships are in there are thousands of people walking the town which can be a nightmare for a driver but great for meeting other people from around the world and the streets definitely favor tourists. The campground is one of the oldest parks in the country and is very nice and extremely clean and the rest rooms meticulously kept during our 12 day stay. My main complaint is noise... they will assign you a site (you can’t pick your own) and if you end up in the beginning of the park as we did you are in for an enormous amount of noise from rude campers having to park in overflow parking or an enormous amount of motor homes and diesels that come in all hours of the night. They should divide the park by keeping motor homes and people with generators in the front half and put campers with pop-ups and tents in the rear of the park. Quiet time is 10pm – 8 am but was never enforced with people lighting off generators and engines anytime from 2 am to 8 am. We stayed 12 nights and were awakened every night many times. Make a reservation as they refused a camper because he did not have them, yet they had numerous sites open ... he had to go out an make a reservation and then they let him in the next day ..???? There are coin showers off of the campground that were clean with hot water but be careful you could be someone’s surprise snapshot. They are private but could have their moments. There is so much to do with in 1 hours drive such as fishing, all kinds of boat rides, whale watching tours, hiking trails, scenic drives, or by the bus, many good restaurants, history…. Etc … I will go back there again… but hope to be able to pick my own site as you can in all the other National Parks.