BAR HARBOR, Maine - Acadia National Park has become the first national park in the country to sell its entrance passes online.
Acadia spokesman John Kelly says the pilot program allows visitors to purchase annual and seven-day passes in advance at no additional cost.
"Acadia national park is a little tricky in itself because there isn't any one single entrance that people can go to and get their pass," Kelly says. "So this allows visitors to have their pass no matter where they're going in Acadia, any time day or night."
Kelly says passes may also be purchased at park visitors's centers, campgrounds and at several non-park locations. The National Park Service says that over the next few months, four other national parks across the country will also begin testing selling entrance passes online.
The website for purchasing passes is www.yourpassnow.com.
