This place is wonderful. The owner Tracy is so welcoming to visitors and everyone in her class…read more She makes you feel right at home. She has a warm personality and she always smiles. I took the Yoga (wonderful), Piyo (which kicks your butt) and TRX (which should stand for; tough, rough and xscuse me while I scream). The instructors are very helpful. I bought the 10 class card and I love going to all the classes.

After a week and a half off of CrossFit, I really needed my fix. While vacationing with the family…read morein Maine again as we have every other year for the past 10, I was pleasantly surprised to see CrossFit Acadia on the side of the road. It took a few days to find the time to make a drop in workout and I'm very glad I did. I made an 8AM Thursday, and joined owner Ursula and 3 other members. All introduced themselves to me and I was introduced prior to the warmup. Made me feel quite welcome, and Ursula was very happy to see a "new" member come through the door. The two dogs made themselves known to me too...the new guy will pet me and we will lick him! Started with a warmup with several movements some of which I was not familiar with but Ursula was more than happy to demonstrate. Moved into 3x Bench Press and the time moved quickly. WOD today was 1/2 Murph - bookend 800m run, 50 pull-ups, 100 push-ups and 150 squats. Two members went all out with a weight vest! I did not make the 15 minute cutoff, but I finished in 25:38 to a round of "Good job" and "Nice work!" Felt good! CrossFit is always scalable to your abilities. You use the weight that works for you, use bands for pull-ups, lower boxes for jumping; whatever works best for you. I felt extremely comfortable at CrossFit Acadia and even got some WOD reminders to keep good form from Ursula. Ursula has a great gym which already has expanded in the 2 years she has been open. You'll feel that you'll get the individual instruction you need and the members I met were very friendly. No egos here! Lastly, I wanted to buy a shirt but CrossFit Acadia did not have my size. Ursula offered to ship one to me when the new ones came in. How's that for customer service! If you want to know how to run a gym, check out CrossFit Acadia. I wish Ursula and her gym the very best in business and I'll be back in 2 years! If any of you ever come my way in Philadelphia, PA, come check out my gym, CrossFit Prime. Tell them Mike G. sent you!

This Crossfit "box" ( ie gym) has it's act together…read more Located on a long, meandering hill outside Ellsworth, Crossfit Acadia's physical presence is small. The light blue pole building is as unassuming as most Crossfit boxes are. What makes this place special are the people who enter its doors. Owners Nick and Ursula both welcomed me, a travelling stranger, as warmly as all their local athletes. Both have a heart for Crossfit - both in the mechanics of doing tough workouts well and in building the sense of community that can really set this style of fitness apart from almost all others. Crossfit is tough. Sometimes very tough. To quote Crossfit Manayunk's video (search it on youtube): "sometimes you will give 110% and it just won't be enough". I have no doubt that at this box the trainers would be right there with you. Nobody is left to flounder here. I've never had a bad visit to a box but I can honestly say that my exploration of Crossfit Acadia was one of the best. The physical establishment is appealing (how do they fit so many Concept 2 rowers in that small space?), the coaches skilled and the customer/athletes friendly and welcoming. Humans of any fitness level can benefit from Crossfit and if you are fortunate enough to live within driving distance of this affiliate - I highly recommend you consider stopping by. Do it and you will never be mediocre again!

Dropped in on vacation with my son for a kids class and was very impressed,they are very good with…read moreexplaining things so the kids can grasp them and it shows in their students skill level. Definitely highly recommend.

It only takes a person or two to ruin the experience, but I got hurt here, even after doing Jiu…read moreJitsu for years, there always seem to be people who want to rip quick submissions. The instructors were fine, but it is not as good of a place as other gyms I've been to.

I was told this is the only place in the bar harbor area where you can rent kayaks and canoes that…read moreare already on the water (so you don't have to tote them around on your car!). You can rent the kayaks for 3 hour blocks (I rented in the 2pm-5pm timeframe) and the total was $35 - Very reasonable in my opinion! I believe you can make reservations, but we just showed up on a random afternoon and they had plenty of kayaks available for us to rent. Definitely consider adding this kayak outing to your Bar Harbor trip!

Such a great deal for a beautiful kayak/canoe ride in Acadia. They're also very dog-friendly so it…read moremade for the perfect kayak trip. The views are great and the water is very calm. If you want to switch up your hiking excursions, this is a great spot to go to do so.

We had the best time at Golf of Maine mini golf! The course has a good mix of holes, the decor is…read morefantastic, the owner was so sweet and welcoming, and it's well taken care of. Would highly recommend stopping here with the whole family or on a date if you want to do something different while in the area.

This mini golf course opened last year in Southwest Harbor and what a welcome addition to the…read morescene. When you are looking for a fun family activity - on an off day from all the nature adventures in the area - this is a great choice! The course is built into a hill next to two different food options (bbq and seafood). As you work your way through the 18 hole course, you gradually travel up and then back down the hill. Each hole is very well designed - and tougher than some other courses I've played. Holes are more authentic to a true golf course - with pins in the holes, "tee boxes" at each start, and even sand traps and roughs! By this, I mean texturally and colored different turfs from standard mini golf. It can stop your ball dead in its tracks! The course has a coastal Maine theme throughout-with a lighthouse, boat, sea life, etc. adding whimsy to the experience. I'll definitely be adding this to my activities list on my annual trip to the area.

So much fun bringing up the lobster traps and seeing what was caught! We had a large group that…read morethey accommodated nicely. Linda was extremely knowledgeable and engaging! The weather wasn't stellar but they had plenty of blankets and coats to hand out.

This was the highlight of our trip to Bar Harbor. My husband and I did the 0900 tour with Linda and…read moreCaptain Dan and we had such an incredible and phenomenal time. We sat in the second row in the middle, but no matter where you sit they will make sure to swing the boat around for everyone to see the different wildlife on the water. They do an excellent job of including everyone from kids to adults of all ages, regardless if you sit in the front or the back. We had multiple instances of holding lobsters, banding them, throwing the caught ones back into the water. We were taught about the history of lobstering in Maine and the very many rules that go along with it. There are plenty of educational photos to go along with all the stories and huge amounts of photography opportunities. We were able to do some bird watching, lobstering, and also saw porpoises and seals. Linda and Dan have such a great bond and amazing energy, they truly have a passion for their craft and it truly shows. If you are even remotely considering this tour, just do it already. I will never forget all the joy this day brought us.

We had a nice day here, driving the loop, hopping into the cold water and hiking beehive…read more The hike was the most memorable. Dare seeker kind of heights with no railings. I had with me a fanny pack that impeded my movement - the cliff side overhangs were small enough for me to feel a wee nervous about the pack's width further from the safety of the rock face. My husband had a metal water bottle he had to keep one hand on. Also quite a bit of a burden. Should have left it so he could have both hands on some of these scrambles. My pre-teens loved the steps and ladders made from bent metal bars forced into rock. It was like a jungle gym with real life stakes. And the view! It was gorgeous. Worth the climb, even if the journey wasn't stupendously adventurous.

To Acadia National Park Management,…read more I am writing to express my frustration with the parking situation we encountered today at the Visitor Center. We arrived in our motorhome specifically looking for the designated RV parking, only to find that cars were occupying the spaces marked for RVs. Because of the size of our motorhome, we cannot simply pull into a regular automobile parking space, so when cars take the limited RV spaces, it can leave us with nowhere to park at all. What made this especially frustrating was the inconsistency in parking enforcement that we observed throughout the park. Along the Park Loop Road, we noticed vehicles receiving warning stickers when they were parked improperly or were sticking only a few inches into the roadway. Yet at the Visitor Center, we did not see a single car parked in the designated RV spaces receive a ticket, warning, sticker, or any other indication that the parking restriction was being enforced. If Acadia National Park is going to designate certain spaces specifically for RVs, those spaces need to be enforced. RV parking is already extremely limited, and cars have many more parking options available to them than visitors traveling in motorhomes. We understand that Acadia is extremely busy and parking is challenging. However, that makes consistent enforcement even more important. It is difficult to understand why minor parking violations elsewhere in the park appear to be actively enforced while cars occupying spaces specifically reserved for RVs are allowed to remain without consequence. We hope the park will address this issue by monitoring the RV parking area more closely, clearly marking it as RV-only parking, and enforcing those restrictions just as consistently as parking restrictions elsewhere in the park. Visitors traveling by RV should have a reasonable opportunity to use the parking spaces that the park has specifically designated for them. Thank you for taking this concern seriously.

The course is beautiful and challenging! The real secret is the Links Pub! Food is over the top…read more I mean wow! Friendly staff and delicious food.

We really enjoyed golfing at Kebo Valley! It was very very close to downtown Bar Harbor, the views…read morewere great, and the condition of the course was great. If you are playing only 9 holes, the layout of the course makes it difficult (you end up 1.5 miles from the clubhouse and need to weave through the other holes with people hitting into you). The course is also very expensive compared to what I am used to. But if you are in Bar Harbor I would recommend playing this course!