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New book celebrates 25 years of hiking Acadia National Park

Hiking Acadia National Park

The fifth edition of “Best Easy Day Hikes Acadia National Park,” published by Falcon Guides, just came out in May.

Almost 25 years after publication of our first Falcon guide to hiking Acadia National Park, we’re celebrating with our new book – the newly published fifth edition of “Best Easy Day Hikes Acadia National Park.”

It’s gratifying to look back and realize that our 10 Falcon guides were written with a great deal of help from people who are authorities at hiking Acadia National Park, particularly Gary Stellpflug, retired longtime foreman of the Acadia National Park Trail Crew, and Charlie Jacobi, retired resource specialist with Acadia. Both took a lot of time providing interviews and reading the books before publication to assure they are accurate, comprehensive and meet park regulations, rules and policies.

We also are grateful to Friends of Acadia staff and volunteers, past and present, for their assistance on the books.

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