Acadia National Park
National park in the US state of Maine.
Attractions near Washington
39 mi from Washington, Acadia National Park leads the list
About 4.1M people a year visit Acadia National Park. There is no place to visit inside Washington; there are 19 within 40 miles. The mix takes in 12 museums, 2 gardens and a national park. Further afield, Portland Head Light is 60 mi from the centre.
Attractions nearby
33
within 60 miles
The big one
39 mi
Acadia National Park
National park units
2
parks & monuments
Ski areas
1
Camden Snow Bowl
Big draws
1
100K+ Wikipedia readers a year
National Park · 39 mi east
Acadia National Park
National park in the US state of Maine.
The towns around it, and where to stay →
The map
The layout
The outermost point is Acadia National Park, at 39 mi.
Orange: Washington. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
Everything nearby
Every place to visit
These 33 are all within 60 miles.
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3Popham Colony
Short lived English colony in present day Maine, United States.
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9Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum
Railway museum in Portland, Maine, United States.
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13Frances Perkins National Monument
Historic house in Maine, United States.
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Bowdoin College Museum of Art
Museum at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine.
Fay Hyland Botanical Plantation
Arboretum and botanical garden in Orono, Maine.
Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.
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Sources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · photos via Wikimedia Commons
Photo credits
Acadia National Park: Plh1234us, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Portland Head Light: Aniarku, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Cadillac Mountain: The original uploader was NightThree at English Wikipedia., CC BY 2.0 · Fort Knox: Unknown, Public domain · Fort Gorges: Dirk Ingo Franke, CC BY 3.0 · Pemaquid Point Light: WestportWiki, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Bass Harbor Head Light: G. Edward Johnson, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum: No machine-readable author provided. Gwernol assumed (based on copyright claims), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens: CMBG editor, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Farnsworth Art Museum: Panoramio user MementoMori, CC BY 3.0 · Frances Perkins National Monument: Robert Reed, NPS employee (per the same source), Public domain · Maine Maritime Museum: Maine Maritime Museum, CC BY 3.0 · Maine State Museum: Stilfehler, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Bowdoin College Museum of Art: Charles Follen McKim. Uploaded 28 September 2005 to en:Wikipedia by Hugh Manate, Public domain · Joshua L. Chamberlain Museum: Reroche at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Monument Square: Needsmoreritalin, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Colby College Museum of Art: Colby Mariam, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Abbe Museum: AbbeMuseum, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Peary–MacMillan Arctic Museum: Tndou, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Bates College Museum of Art: Xin Deui, CC BY-SA 4.0 · L. C. Bates Museum: W.A. Judge, Public domain · Penobscot Marine Museum: John Smith, Public domain · Viles Arboretum: eddie welker from Laurel, MD, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wiscasset Jail and Museum: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Farnsworth Homestead: Unknown, Public domain · Payson Park: Daderot, Public domain · Redington Museum: Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Fay Hyland Botanical Plantation: Jalnet2, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Islesford Historical Museum and Blue Duck Ships Store: Thomson M, CC BY 3.0
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