Acadia All American Road

A National Scenic Byway

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Activities and Events

• June 10 - 13, 2010 Acadia Birding Festival
  

  Explore Mount Desert Island and its birds through numerous events and venues. With our expert guides you can greet our Warblers on early morning birding walks, visit with Atlantic Puffins and Pelagic birds at sea, and observe Peregrine Falcons at an active nesting site in Acadia National Park. Our combination of  expert lectures and slide shows, walks, adventures and Art will connect you to our unique Down East Maine Ecology, many and unique bird species, diverse Gulf of Maine habitats and local birding hotspots. Paul Kerlinger will be the keynote speaker presenting "Migratory Birds, Wind Turbines and Communication Towers" at the College of the Atlantic. The 2010 Acadia Birding Festival is a nonprofit event celebrating thriving ecosystems and the important ecological connections between Land and Sea in the Gulf of Maine bioregion.

• Starlight on the Acadia All American Road - Working to protect our night sky
  • Island Astronomy Institute Night Sky Research and Outreach Program
  • Hancock County Planning Commission Night Sky Technical Assistance Documents
  • Bar Harbor Land Use (inc. Lighting) Ordinance
  • Trenton Land Use Ordinance
  • Friends of Acadia - Journal Article on Dark Skies (page 8)
    
• Meeting Agenda, Minutes and Notes

Documents

• Acadia All American Road Corridor Management Plan (Rev 02/23/01) (HTML)
• Acadia All American Road Corridor Management Plan (Rev 02/23/01)(1.6 MB PDF)
• Trenton Byway Extension Corridor Managment Plan (Rev 12/16/08) (6 MB PDF)
• Trenton Byway Extension Nomination Form (Rev 12/16/08) (450K PDF)
• Master Byway Extension Map - Low Resolution (Rev. 12/16/08) (204K JPG)

Maps

• Historical Sites
• Land Use Zoning
• Points of Interest
• Trenton Factored Average Annual Daily Traffic Volumes
• Trenton Federal Fuctional Classification
• Trenton Level of Service
• Trenton Road Shoulder Information
• Trenton Traffic Safety - Crashes

Photographs

• See the Milky Way (Poster)
• Trenton Photo Survey

Press

• 10/19/09 Trenton Added to the Acadia All American Road
• 10/27/08 National Geographic Magazine recognizes Acadia’s Dark Sky

Links

Non-Profit and Voluntary Organizations

• Americas Byway Resource Center
• Friends of Acadia
• Hancock County Planning Commission
• Island Astronomy Institute Night Sky Project
• Schoodic National Scenic Byway

Chambers of Commerce

• Bar Harbor Chamber of Commerce
• Ellsworth Chamber of Commerce
• Southwest Harbor - Tremont Chamber of Commerce
• Trenton Chamber of Commerce

County, State and Federal Agencies

• Acadia Gateway Center Project
• Acadia National Park
• Hancock County Soil and Water Conservation Service
• Maine Coastal Program
• Maine Department of Transportation
• Maine Office of Tourism
• Maine State Planning Office

Town Governments

• Bar Harbor
• Ellsworth
• Lamoine
• Trenton

For more information about this website, contact:

Jim Fisher, AICP
Hancock County Planning Commission
395 State Street
Ellsworth, ME 04605
(207) 667-7131 (207) 667-2099 (fax)
jfisher@hcpcme.org
www.hcpcme.org