TURNER — Eight-year-old Acadia Arsenault lives on Acadia Way, vacations at Acadia National Park and rides a car with “Acadia” stuck to the bumper.

Her name, it seems, is everywhere.

“I was going to buy a GMC Acadia,” said her grandmother, Catherine Lelansky, “but my daughter told me, ‘Enough’s enough.'”

But the name is spreading, anyway.

On Tuesday, the National Park Service and the U.S. Mint are scheduled to release an Acadia National Park coin. And Acadia — the girl, not the street or the SUV — will be there to accept one of the first newly minted mementos. As many as 1,000 people are expected to attend the event, planned for the park’s Hull Cove Visitors’ Center.

“I’m a tiny bit nervous, but wicked excited,” said Acadia, who was nicknamed “Long Version” by her granddad for her chatty nature. She said she doesn’t know what she’ll say when handed one of the coins.

But she’ll think of something.

“I think I’ll keep my quarter in my really special coin box, which I’m starting now,” she said.

Acadia’s inclusion in the event began with her great-grandfather, Joseph Lelansky, 80.

For at least 62 years, he has been visiting the park at least once a year. His daughter, Catherine, went all her life as did Acadia’s mom, Jenna.

“It’s the most beautiful place in the world,” Jenna Lelansky said. “I couldn’t think of anything more beautiful to name somebody.”

And when the Lelanskys were asked to rename their little Turner road, “Acadia Way” was their first choice.

Catherine, Jenna and Acadia continue to visit the park, along with Acadia’s “Great-Grampa Joe.” They were planning to visit this July, but when he asked a park ranger buddy if he could reserve a few of the coins, the ranger suggested something else.

Acadia will be presented one of the first coins. Each bears the image of Mount Desert Island’s Bass Harbor Head Light.

Plans call for a 9:30 a.m. ceremony. Attendees will be given the chance to purchase $10 rolls of the coins at face value, according to a park service statement.

The park service has been releasing the quarters at a pace of five each year since 2010. It is scheduled to continue until 2021.

Acadia said she was uncertain what she would be asked to do Tuesday, but she is accustomed to the park and its crowds. She has camped, hiked and biked there. The precocious girl has also performed, climbing onto the stage of an outdoor amphitheater and improvising little songs.

Hikers would stop and watch.

“Acadia would sort of capture these people,” Jenna Lelansky said. “At first, I was like, ‘OK, honey. They have somewhere to be. They have somewhere to hike.’ Then I decided, ‘You know what? Do your thing.'”

dhartill@sunjournal.com