Acadia National Park is a 47000-acre Atlantic coast recreation area primarily on Maines Mount Desert Island. Its landscape is marked by woodland rocky beaches and glacier-scoured granite peaks such as Cadillac Mountain the highest point on the United States East Coast. Among the wildlife are moose bear whales and seabirds. The bayside town of Bar Harbor with restaurants and shops is a popular gateway. In 2010 the United States Mint began issuing 56 quarter-dollar coins featuring designs depicting national parks and other national sites as part of the United States Mint America the Beautiful Quarters Program.