Acadia road reopens partly
Acadia’s Park Loop Road largely reopens to motor vehicles on April 15, but the section between Kebo Street and Sieur de Monts will stay closed through June 12 except for Memorial Day Weekend. (unofficialnetworks.com) The park’s advisory asked visitors to plan routes and parking around that extended partial closure. (unofficialnetworks.com)
Most of Acadia National Park’s Park Loop Road reopened to motor vehicles on Wednesday, April 15, but a one-mile stretch near Sieur de Monts will stay shut until June 12. (nps.gov) The National Park Service said the closed section runs from Kebo Street to Sieur de Monts and is closed to all uses, including walking and cycling. Drivers are being detoured onto Mount Desert Street and Main Street, then along Route 3 back to the loop at Sieur de Monts. (nps.gov) The park will briefly reopen that stretch for Memorial Day Weekend, then close it again until June 12. The closure began April 13, two days before the rest of the seasonal road network reopened to private vehicles. (nps.gov; nps.gov) The work is tied to two construction projects. The park said crews are replacing an undersized culvert to help restore Great Meadow and connecting new park housing to the Town of Bar Harbor’s wastewater system. (nps.gov) That route matters because Sieur de Monts is one of Acadia’s main visitor hubs, with the Nature Center, Wild Gardens of Acadia, the tarn, and trail access into Great Meadow. It is also the first major stop on the Park Loop Road for many visitors entering from Bar Harbor. (nps.gov) April 15 is the normal seasonal opening date for Park Loop Road and other paved park roads, so the partial closure lands at the start of Acadia’s spring visitor season. The park’s operating schedule lists Park Loop Road as open from April 15 through December 1 in 2026. (nps.gov) Visitors are also navigating another road project on Cadillac Mountain. The National Park Service said Cadillac Summit Road is closed through April 30 for construction on the Cadillac East-West Connector Trail, a paved path linking the summit parking areas and visitor zones. (nps.gov) Park officials told visitors to check current conditions, plan routes before arriving, and expect heavy use as the summer season ramps up. For now, the loop is open again, but anyone heading for Sieur de Monts will need to build the detour into the trip. (nps.gov; nps.gov)
