October surge puts Acadia on pace for busiest year ever

October surge puts Acadia on pace for busiest year ever

Despite the 43-day federal government shutdown, Acadia National Park had its busiest October ever and is on pace to set a new annual record for total visits. With nearly 600,000 visits tallied last month — when many buildings in the park were closed to the public and only a skeleton crew was on duty — Acadia National Park almost reached 4 million visits for the year by Halloween. The only time Acadia has surpassed 4 million visits in any calenda…