Maine's craggy coast hides 47,000 acres of ego-checking wilderness. Your screensaver wishes it looked this good.
This documentary captures the beauty of Maine's Acadia National Park, as well as detailing the history of the location which happens to be the first area east of the Mississippi River to be declared a National Park.
Cinematography
Sunrise on Cadillac Mountain hits different when you know it's America's first.
Production
Surprisingly thorough for a 60-minute park promo—Rockefeller dirt included.
Director
Ron Meyer
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Acadia was originally named Lafayette National Park in 1919, renamed in 1929 because apparently 'Lafayette' wasn't Maine enough.
The documentary barely mentions that Bar Harbor burned in 1947, destroying 67 'cottages'—aka Gilded Age palaces—while the park survived. Convenient narrative choice.
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