Acadia National Park’s Hulls Cove Visitor Center (HCVC) has struggled with issues of crowding and congestion, yet there has never been an indoor visitor use study at the HCVC. This research aimed to understand visitor movement at the Visitor Center. We used a four-pronged approach that included traditional surveys, timestamp cards, Bluetooth Listening, and Ultrawideband Tracking. Through these methods, it was determined that the primary areas of congestion in the Visitor Center were the park information desk and the park store. All four methods reinforced the finding that interaction with park rangers is a significant reason for visitors to come to the Hulls Cove Visitor Center.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Honor, Samuel
• McDermott, Dillon
• Youn, Cassandra
• Boucher, Cameron
• Lindsay, Sophia

Subject

• Industry
• Infrastructure
• Innovation
• Learning

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-080223-102304
• 112573

Keyword

• Mobility
• Indoor
• Visitor Center
• Hulls Cove
• Tracking

Advisor

• McCauley, Stephen M.
• Bianchi, Frederick W.

Year

• 2023

Center

• Acadia National Park, Maine Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• Acadia National Park

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• 4 - Quality Education
• 9 - Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Date created

• 2023-08-02

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Source

• E-project-080223-102304

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2023-08-22