Release
Date: Immediate
Contact:
Wanda Moran, 207-288-8804, wanda_moran@nps.gov
HULLS
COVE VISITOR CENTER TO OPEN
Bar
Harbor, Maine - Hulls Cove Visitor Center in Acadia National Park is
scheduled to open on Tuesday, April 15, 2014. The visitor center will
be open from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm daily. In addition to informational
services, the visitor center features an audiovisual orientation
program every half-hour in the auditorium. Educational material,
including books and maps, may be purchased at the Eastern National
sales area. For those who cannot walk the 52 steps to the visitor
center, there is an accessible entrance. When entering from Route 3,
this entrance is reached by going straight at the four way stop
instead of turning right into the visitor center parking lot.
At
this time, all hiking trails are open with the exception of two where
peregrine falcons are nesting. They are the Precipice Trail,
including the mountain section of the Orange & Black Path
(formerly the East Face Trail), and the Valley Cove Trail, north of
the Flying Mountain Trail. Caution is advised on the open trails, as
there is still ice and snow on most.
Because
of the extensive winter season, park personnel have been working to
get the ice and snow off Park Loop Road and are hoping to get the
entire road open by April 15. Bikers are encouraged to use caution
when biking Park Loop Road at this time. The carriage roads within
the park are still ice covered in many places and so haven’t closed
because of wet conditions as happens every year about this time. They
will probably close within the next couple of weeks and stay closed
until they dry out. Keep checking our website for current
information, or call 288-3338. The website is www.nps.gov/acad.
You can also follow us on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/AcadiaNPS or
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AcadiaNPS
The
Sand Beach Entrance Station on Park Loop Road will open on May 1. All
passes will be available at that location. Between now and May 1,
passes may only be purchased at park headquarters on Route 233, every
day from 8 am to 4 pm.
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