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JOIN FRIENDS OF ACADIA

There are two ways for you to join Friends of Acadia:

Sign up online using our secure server.

Print and mail in our membership form.

If you choose to print a membership form, please mail your completed form, with payment, to:

Friends of Acadia
P.O. Box 45
Bar Harbor, ME 04609



Friends of Acadia has over 3,000 members from all over the world. We rely on tax deductible gifts from our members to fund important ongoing projects and new initiatives to preserve and protect Acadia National Park and the communities that surround it on Mount Desert Island.

Membership funds make the following accomplishments possible:

  • Finance the propane-powered Island Explorer bus system and develop the
    Acadia Gateway Center, the planned off-island transportation hub
  • Organize thousands of volunteers who work more than 10,000 hours in the
    park and surrounding communities each summer
  • Fund the Acadia Youth Conservation Corps, a group of high school students
    who work on trails and carriage roads
  • Award $250,000 in grants to the park and surrounding communities
    for conservation and preservation projects
Member Benefits include:
  • Subscription to Friends of Acadia Journal (3 times a year)
  • Information about volunteering in Acadia National Park
  • A Friends of Acadia window decal
  • The profound satisfaction of helping protect one of Earth's most magnificent places

Memberships begin at $35. If you choose to join at a higher level, you will receive additional membership benefits.


Friends of Acadia is a nonprofit organization recognized under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Your membership contribution is tax deductible to the extent provided by law.

For more information on membership or to learn more about specific Friends of Acadia preservation, protection and educational programs needing support, send queries to: membership@friendsofacadia.org

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