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Acadia National Park
Ranger-Guided Education Programs

Acadia's education staff offers a variety of curriculum-based programs for grades three through eight. All programs are day programs, except for the residential Schoodic Education Adventure (SEA) program. Program offerings differ in the fall and spring.

Third Grade

  • Carriage Road Explorers (Fall)
  • What Do Rangers Do and Junior Ranger Day (Spring)

Fourth Grade

  • Animals of Acadia (Fall)
  • SEA Residential Program (Fall)
  • Carroll Homestead (Spring)

Fifth Grade

  • Island Life (Fall)
  • SEA Residential Program (Fall)
  • Where in the World Is Tuzigoot? (Spring)
  • Shoreline Discovery (Spring)

Sixth through Eighth Grades

  • Fire and Ice (Fall and Spring)
  • SEA Residential Program (Fall)
The wide carriage road is lined by the spring foliage of birch trees.  

Did You Know?
Acadia National Park's carriage road system, built by John D. Rockefeller Jr., has been called “the finest example of broken stone roads designed for horse-drawn vehicles still extant in America.” Today, you can hike or bike 45 miles of these scenic carriage roads in the park.

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Last Updated: December 13, 2007 at 14:01 EST