40: Acadia Fun Facts

Exploring the National Parks

Dirt In My Shoes

Science, Society & Culture:places & Travel, Nature, Places & Travel, Society & Culture

4.8 • 653 Ratings

🗓️ 9 August 2023

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of Exploring the National Parks, we are diving into the fun facts of Acadia National Park! This park is probably cooler than you think, so we are excited to share what makes it such an incredible park (aside from the gorgeous views!) with you. Let’s take a deep dive into the fascinating history that shaped this national park into the awe-inspiring location that it is today. Join us as we cover: The massive amount of geological history missing from this park The three major unconformities in Acadia The fascinating science behind one of the most striking features of this park How glaciers shaped this park into what it is today John’s theory of how this park ties into Greek mythology The human history of Acadia The moment when things started to change historically in this park The story of how Acadia became a national park and how we can give back Thanks for joining us for these Acadia fun facts! We hope this inspired you to finally plan that trip out to Acadia because it is just magical! If you want help planning your next trip, head over to DirtInMyShoes.com. Check out the full show notes here.

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0:00.0	The area right there was very hotly contested between the British and the French.
0:05.7	Because of the lobster.
0:07.2	Because of the lobster.
0:08.3	Yeah.
0:08.4	Exactly.
0:09.3	Everyone wanted the best lobster.
0:10.9	Yeah.
0:13.2	This is the Exploring the National Parks podcast with Dirt in My Shoes.
0:17.9	My name is Ash and I'm a former park ranger and the founder of Dirt in
0:21.7	My Shoes. I think that the parks are best seen from the trail and I'm here to make
0:26.4	national park trip planning easy. And I'm John. I carry the kids on the trails, I tell stories
0:32.2	and notice all the things that Ash doesn't care about much like rocks. Join us as we show you around America's spectacular national parks.
0:41.4	We're sharing our favorite places, fun facts, adventures, and misadventures.
0:45.5	And we'll even throw in a little trip planning.
0:48.3	Let's start exploring.
1:01.9	I love this national park that we're doing this fun facts episode on because it gives me a chance to pull out all of my sea shanties.
1:06.5	It's just so much fun.
1:10.5	You would be amazed how many sea shanties John knows.
1:11.4	Oh my gosh. And as a side effect of that, how many sea shanties are a six-year-old knows?
1:19.4	It's true.
1:20.8	Oh, I have a whole Pandora station dedicated to sea shanties and Irish pub rock,
1:26.2	and both stations have a lot of the same songs eventually
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