InnSpring - Inspiring - (what a difference an "i" makes). Please forgive the word play. Spring in Acadia is inspiring and what better place to learn more than at Mira Monte Inn - hosted by a native of Bar Harbor who knows the trails and wild plants like old friends.

The spring sun, rising at 4:30 AM, steadily warms the bare granite ledges of the mountains and shore. By mid afternoon, the warm updrafts are replaced by a chilly sea breeze blowing onshore from the ocean. This combination of air currents can be the inspiration for a great vacation. Flowering trees and shrubs such as the gorgeous wild pears, cherries, apples, mountain ash, native viburnums and rhodora burst forth throughout the hills, meadows and roadsides - responding to long hours of daylight. Yet their leaves, responding to the cool afternoon breeze, unfold more slowly than on the mainland. Insects don't like the cool breezes either and are slower to hatch.

Mainers learn to go to the shore in the morning - when it's warm, and to go hiking or biking in the afternoon when it's cool and sparse on insects. Always, there are spectacular views that summer visitors never see because they are hidden by summer foliage. Acadia's 100 miles of hiking trails and 50 miles of carriage roads provide opportunities for climbing, hiking, walking, or biking unequalled anywhere else in New England. Imagine walking through the forest of blossoms with vistas of mountains, lakes and the ocean and being surrounded by the music of all the arriving and migrating spring birds and you will know why we call this the inspiring InnSpring Package.

Our friendly knowledgeable staff will help you design your special package to suit your needs