Favorite Maine Campgrounds

We spent two summers camp hosting at Cobscook Bay State Park in Maine on hwy 1, near the Canada border. About an hour south of Calais. It is a wooded park, with several sites on Cobscook Bay. A good place to watch tides. No electric sites, but a shower house with hot showers. Lots of sites.

http://www.woodalls.com/ can help you out.

We really liked Wild Duck. Stay away from Bayley's in Scarbourough.

We liked Libby$. We stayed at Mt. Desert Narrows near BH. Nice off season, probably would not like it during high season.

Sunset Point campground, GS park in Harrington. We would definitely stay there again.
We left our fw there for a day trip into Canada last year. After coming out of Acadia np.

Our favorite in the Bar Harbor area is Smugglers Den In Southeast Harbor...

There are miles of wooded trails adjacent to the campground.. Southeast harbor is about 15 minutes from Bar Harbor... There are some amazing scenic opportunities...

If you are into beer and Barbeque visit the Atlanta Brewing Company

JohnnyT

I stayed at Sunset Point on my last trip up there. Loved it. My favorite place, Ocean Wood, is gone now. Won't be another like it. I really got to like the Schoodic area.

Our favorite is The Moorings in Belfast. Sites right on the bay. Very few amenities but the nature more than makes up for it.

The Moorings

Chewonki in Wiscasset.

Ah....Maine in September - it doesn't get much better than that. We head Down East nearly every year after Labor Day. The summer crowds are gone, the weather is fantastic and reservations are unnecessary.

Here are some of our favorite campgrounds:

Lobster Buoy CG in Thomaston.

Camden Hills State Park

Winslow Memorial Park in Freeport

Recompense Shores Campsites also in Freeport. It's a neat place with sites overlooking the rockbound coast, but it has gotten rather pricey, so we don't go there anymore.

No trip to Maine is complete without a stop at LL Bean in Freeport. In addition to the two campgrounds mentioned above, you can also park overnight right in town, down across Main Street from the Bean complex.

Up in the Bar Harbor area we prefer Seawall Campground down at the south end of Acadia NP.

On your way to Bah Haabah, a great stop is the The Big Chicken Barn Bookstore on Route 1 between Bucksport and Ellsworth. You cannot leave empty-handed!

Have a great trip!

Ted H.

Lobster Buoy looks right up my alley. Thanks! I hadn't see that one before. I am planning on the state park in Camden. I always drive past it on my way to Acadia and I think it's time to stop and see the area.