A Census of Vehicles and Visitors to Cadillac Mountain: August 1, 2002
Jacobi C and National Park Service, Acadia National Park. 2003. A Census of Vehicles and Visitors to Cadillac Mountain: August 1, 2002. Report Number 2001-11. Bar Harbor, ME
'The purpose of this study was to repeat a snapshot census in 2001 of the amount and type of visitor and vehicle use of Cadillac Mountain for one day during the busy summer season.' Census methods and findings are described in detail.' More than 1,700 vehicles drove to the summit of Cadillac Mountain on this day carrying an estimated 4,930 persons. Adding an estimated 223 trail hikers for the day gives an estimate of 5,153 people visiting the summit on this day. This was about 1,000 fewer people and about 300 fewer vehicles than the census on August 14, 2001. /STUDY LOCATIONS:/ /MOUNT DESERT ISLAND/Cadillac Mountain/
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Jacobi, Charles; National Park Service, Acadia National Park
- Date of Issue
- 2003-03
- Units
- ACAD
- Keywords
- Cadillac Mountain, Census, crowdedness, Mount Desert Island, Tourism