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Acadia National Park Maine __** Park Profile **__ [|Location] : Maine

==== **Climate:** Acadia's weather is largely a product of latitude and marine influences. On a daily and annual basis, Mount Desert Island temperatures are more moderate than those of inland Maine. The Maine coastal climate has been ranked second only to the Pacific Northwest in annual precipitation. This moisture occurs in every form at Acadia. Ice storms are regular in winter and early spring, and rain is frequent in every month. Fog is common during June, July, and August ====

==== ==== || || Jan || Feb || Mar || Apr || May || June || July || Aug || Sept || Oct || Nov || Dec || || Average Day Temperature in Fahrenheit || 32 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">33 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">41 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">52 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">64 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">72 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">77 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">76 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">68 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">58 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">48 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">37 || || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Average night temperature in Fahrenheit || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">14 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">15 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">25 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">33 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">42 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">51 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">57 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">56 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">49 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">41 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">33 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">19 || || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Average rainfall in inches || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">4 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">4 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">4 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">4 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">4 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">3 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">3 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">3 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">4 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">4 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">6 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">5 || || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Average snowfall in inches || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">16 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">17 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">11 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">3 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Trace || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">0 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">0 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">0 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">0 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Trace || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">2 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">12 ||  ====

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==== **Most popular sites:** Cadillac Mountain- 1530 ft high, highest mountain on the east coast north of Brazil Historic Trails- 125 miles of hiking trails, 45 mile carriage road system Leaf Peeping- or people seeking the beauty of fall foliage, amazing color in the fall Tidepooling- a unique opportunity, another aspect of life to view  ====

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**__History:__**
==== Native Americans had lived on the land for thousands of years. The French and the British fought over the land from 1613 to 1759, the British won control. Over time families started to settle on the land and eventually rich tourists were attracted to the beautiful landscape. In 1901 a public land trust was formed to protect Acadia from logging and urbanization. The president of Harvard University, Charles W. Eliot formed the trust and asked George Bucknam Dorr to be its director. Dorr was key in the preservation of the land because he was very wealthy and used his money and a good portion of his life working to preserve the land for public use. In 1919 it became the first national park east of the Mississippi it was called Lafayette National Park. The name was changed to Acadia National Park when a family would only donate the land if the name was changed from its French one. A fire in 1947 destroyed 17,000 acres (and some of the original homes) but has then since then no major disasters have occurred. ====

** Environmental Issues **
====  Acadia so far has not had any environmental issues. But a major concern for Acadia is climate change. Acadia has been classified “ as one of the 25 units of the national park system most endangered by climate change <span style="color: #464646; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">. ” The sea levels would rise and the likelihood of fires would increase. The weather could be worse when climate change could produce stronger storms. ====