Acadia Campground Help

We stayed at Blackwood inside the park. Seemed to be fairly centrally located. Campground was quiet and sites were separated with nature.Blackwood

We were in Acadia NP in late June and stayed at Blackwood. The campground was very clean and well maintained. It seems that no matter where you stay, you are a quite a ways from Bar Harbour. We ran into construction in and around Bar Harbour and also near the entrance to Acadia. None of the maps are worth much due to the detours not letting you know how to get to the park entrances because many roads on the maps don't have names on them.
The park itself was beautiful. We took the carriage tour and enjoyed it.

KOA just inside entrance and Desert Island 1 & 2 there also.

Bar Harbor KOA, 20 minutes outside park, 30 outside town of Acadia. Pricey, gorgeous sunsets, lobster bakes and pancake breakfasts on site, lots of kids activities and the shuttle bus stops there.

We liked Schoodic Woods campground because all of the sites have electric and some have both electric and water.

The Bar Harbor Campground was great. They don’t take reservations, but it’s a big place. Also don’t take credit cards, but I think they may take checks. They pass on the administrative savings - it’s less expensive than many others. Very close to BH, I think the closest available, and a very convenient free shuttle into town and the park leaves from in front. We had a cooked lobster dinner delivered to our site there.

All of the above mentioned CGs are great places - some with great costs, both financial and non-financial (limiting factors). Choosing a location is a balancing act between location, cost, hookups, scenery, availability, rules, site size, etc.

We landed at Smuggler's Den on the west-central portion of the island. Although I would have loved to see the sunsets from my site like you can at the KOA, I didn't want the $140+/night cost. I can see the sunset for free, then travel back to my site. I would have loved to be closer to BH (BH Campground), but the "no reservations" limitation didn't work with my schedule. I would have loved to be lost in nature (Acadia NP), but I travel with others who require electricity (no generator here), so that is not an option. I would have loved being away from it all (Schoodic) but our group enjoys being a bit closer to the action.

Bottom line, find your limitations, do your research like you are here, and pick the place that has the definites that you can and can't live without.

We're 0 for 2 on KOA's. If we go back I'll probably try Desert.

Bar Harbor is a zoo that we drove through and immediately departed and this was in October. . Lots of great places to eat that are not in Bar Harbor.

Bar Harbor is a zoo that we drove through

That's part of it's fun! Yes, crazy especially when the cruise ships are in, but the people watching is extraordinary!