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    4.2 (56 reviews)

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    Lisa S.

    It doesn't have 50 amp service nor sewer hookup. However, when you're mins from the entrance of Acadia NP and you have THE most gorgeous views, does that even matter? They also had live entertainment and beer tasting at the pavilion and a small "shack" that serves fresh lobster and ice cream sandwiches every night. Could you ask for anything more?

    The view from our KOA on a clear day. What a view!!'
    Justin V.

    The view was stunning! We lucked out and were here when it wasn't foggy. It was super foggy the day we left. The site is spacious. The staff is extremely friendly and helpful. The people are lovely to talk to. The only issue for me is this KOA is like 1200 miles from my house. Guess that means we have to come back ;)

    amazing views of the sunset.
    Darlene L.

    Great day at KOA stands true at this location. What a wonderful place! Clean and well maintained. This is a perfect place to park your rig while enjoying the area. Pull-through sites are spacious enough to get in and out easily. They also have little cabins to rent if you don't have a RV. They have lots of dog pick up stations around and a nice dog play/run area. Large playground for the kiddos. The Red Lobster Airstream houses a little place to get some food...depends on day to what is available. I can't wait to come back and stay here again!

    Kelly B.

    Nice campground! Friendly staff! Right on the bay! Amazing sunsets right from the campground! Highly recommend!

    Our campsite for the weekend.
    Sam D.

    We aren't the KOA type of campers, but given the beginning of the season and the late planning, we had no choice. Pros: 1. Clean facilities. 2. Decent store (doesn't open until 8am--kind of late for campers). 3. They escort you to your tent site. 4. Each tent site has a cleared-out fire pit and a picnic table. 5. Sensored lights that come on in the dark on the walk to the bathroom at night. Cons: 1. LOUD road behind tent sites. 2. No privacy. 3. A long walk to the bathroom from tent sites. 4. Only 2 shower stalls, although this could be a pro because they were more private than the camp sites. By escorting you to your tent site, they lead you to believe that the road is a private road. Turns out--it's not! We figured this out from the busses and cars flying by our tent site. I don't know much about people who use RV's, but after taking a trip to the bathroom (it's next to the RV section), I noticed there were hundreds of them packed in like sardines. Again, not sure if this is normal, but it didn't look like they had much privacy. Security does drive-bys a few times during the night. KOA got the job done, but it wasn't very conducive to my style of sleeping/camping.

    Rushi K.

    Had a great time here. Super Friendly staff, very clean camp grounds and phenomenal Oceanside view. Highly recommend.

    Our view of the sunset from our site.
    Lindy C.

    This campground is nice and clean. We had a beautiful site right on the river/bay. We only stayed one night. We accumulated about a half a bag of trash. The next morning when we entered the dump station there is a large dumpster which I assumed was for trash. There was no sign that I saw stating otherwise. I threw our bag of trash in said dumpster. As I reentered my vehicle, an employee cam flying around our van in a golf cart and scolded us for throwing our trash in the dumpster. He said it was for ash and debris from the fire rings. He acted like he wanted me to go in after it even though he said I didn't have to after I asked. If it's not for trash, make a sign saying so. If there is a sign, make it bigger so people can see it.

    Never seen one more glorious!! Step away from our KOA RV site.
    Nancy E.

    What a special place! We've traveled The best spots of 32 states now and this KOA is second only to our visit to the Olympic Peninsula. We got the best campsite for our needs with trees over us and secluding our slide-out side while giving gorgeous ocean view from our awning side. And the sunsets are breathtaking! Children and young at heart enjoy exploring the coast with tide pools steps from our door. We didn't have sewer hook up but they have a honeypot service. Water pressure is a little low at times but never posed an inconvenience. Adventures of every sort within short enough drives that we could come back and forth for our dog's needs. Acadia's sights, Bar Harbor or my favorite the Southwest Harbor area. I sure hope we can return soon!

    Looking for a place to camp near Bar Harbor? This KOA has beautiful views, wonderful amenities, and great activities - especially for kids. But what makes this place stand out is the friendly and helpful staff that works here. Thanks for making our Maine vacation so memorable.

    Christine T.

    Loved the views and wished we could have stayed longer. The campground has a resort feel where they friendly greet in the store and escort you to your campsite. Delivering wood and ice is greatly appreciated. Nice bathrooms and showers. I'm glad that I booked an oceanfront site, the experience is completely different compared to being in a woods site. Beautiful sunset. It was pricey but worth it for the views. The site next to us was open one night, which made it even nicer.

    View from our RV this Saturday morning in August.
    Mike T.

    Great location! No joke, it's right on the ocean. You have direct access and can even swim in it a bit as the water isn't too deep or cold. In fact it's actually much warmer here than on some of the beaches in Acadia Park. Super clean showers, with nice warm water and a local radio station playing in the mornings. Beautiful sunsets too. Our spot was a little pricey for a campground, over $90 but considering the location of the park and the season not unreasonable. Staff is very friendly and helpful, they go out of their way to help even with small issues.

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    It's a short drive to Acadia national park, a Bar Harbor, and a wonderful lobster pound just over the bridge.

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    Mt Desert Narrows Campground

    Mt Desert Narrows Campground

    3.0(35 reviews)
    1.2 mi

    This was our first visit ever to ME and it was awesome! The front desk staff were all extremely…read morefriendly and helpful! We had accidentally had 2 types of RVs listed under our reservation and so we were originally assigned a pull in site. We actually have a 40 ft Fifth wheel toy hauler so they easily made and adjustment and gave us a back-in WF site! We stayed here for the past 3 weeks and it has been great! We have nice shade trees, easy to access the dump station and bathhouse. The park is clean and everyone is so nice here! Great stay and only 7.5 miles from Acadia and tons of yummy food!!! Great location!!! Would definitely stay here again!!!

    We came hearing SO much about this place and quickly became very disappointed. To start the RV spot…read morethey gave us was muddy (grass areas with no gravel or concrete pads to put your rig on). We were able to maneuver the RV in our given spot but our little car spun mud, ugh! Second, we were told that for a one time charge of $25 the "honey wagon" would come around for dumping. (Since we were spending 18 days in this location without a sewer hookup, that was important to us). Turns out we were given the wrong information and it's each time used. Third strike, the park is full, leaf peeping season. The toilets have been shut down in our section for three days! Three toilets out of service for three days! As well as three washers in the laundry area leaving only two to use, did I say the park is full!? Not sure when these will be fixed, just says "soon". Simple remedies to the challenges this park is facing at this time: First, if you have had a horrific amount of rain (which they did with hurricane Lee), get some sand, something to toss down on the mud pit! At the very least, give your guest another spot! We were there two days before the park filled. We looked, most spots were dry, with no skid marks. Second, make sure your office help has all the correct information. Or put it in writing some place so your guests get the correct information. This is kind of a big deal. Third, toilets need to be fixed asap. I get being down a day or two but three! And who knows when it will get fixed! Be honest, don't put a sign up that says, will open "soon". How about, "sorry for the inconvenience, we had a hurricane disturb our park and have been working hard to get back up to speed. This will be fixed as soon as possible. Thank you for understanding", I understand, I'm disappointed, but I understand. P. S. I'm from Florida!

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    Bar Harbor Campground - Ice and wood are sold on the premises

    Bar Harbor Campground

    4.1(34 reviews)
    4.6 mi

    Pros: We loved the wooded sites and the proximity to the…read moreocean views! The playground was also awesome! We had an easy time getting to and from Acadia and were able to enjoy the local ice cream as well. Spacious sites and well maintained Cons: The pool was a bit crowded but clean. The bathrooms were operated on a quarter, which was a bit annoying, but overall we had a great stay and would be back!

    I grew up at this CG then took my family. After the Robbin's sold out to "corporate run" ,…read morerequiring reservations instead of "first come first served", (& the CG was always filled peak season!), it is not the same. Tried it under new corporate run in 2025 for first time & had to pre-select our site but then with the old system, once you were on your site, it was yours. You pulled in and chose whatever open available site & then went to the office to register. Now you also have to choose ahead of time how many days. With this being said we wanted to stay an extra night. But, now we had to pack everything up & move the RV to another site (of their choice) for just 1 extra night because someone was coming in for the site we were already on for the past 5 days,... (that they also were forced to choose ahead of time). ‍ The old original system worked beautifully! Do not like the new requirements or the new jacked up prices. Miss the Robbin's family owning & running the CG.

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    Wooded sites!

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    Bar Harbor / Woodlands KOA - This shows our campsite, the way we blocked the opening with the car, and how the lookout is from the site (very open).

    Bar Harbor / Woodlands KOA

    3.3(13 reviews)
    1.2 mi

    This was our second stay at the campground. We returned because we had a decent experience the…read morefirst time a few years back. Bad Experience: Prior to booking our reservation, we called and spoke with someone about our specific gear needs and they recommended a few sites that we should request in order to fit and feel comfortable. While there was an additional fee to reserve a specific site, we were told to book online and enter the range of sites we preferred and one of those would be reserved. You can imagine our frustration and panic when we arrived to what I would call one of the smallest tent sites in the campground - one that wouldn't fit our 6 person tent, let alone our second tent, our screen house, and leave space for a car. We expressed our frustration with the woman at the counter who apologized for the misinformation we were given. She then explained that for an additional charge, we could upgrade to an RV site because all of the large tent sites were reserved. Mind you, we just drove 2.5 hours and it's now dinner time so driving back home wasn't quite an option. I was not impressed to find out that as a result of one of their employees providing us misinformation, we could pay even more for a larger site. I would have just paid the small fee to book a specific site had I been told this was going to happen to us. People make mistakes, that's understandable - though it's frustrating to leave us in a position to be forced to pay more as a result. After further negotiations, the woman at the counter did upgrade us and provided us a small discount - resulting in us paying an additional $15 above the original reservation. Note: this experience won't prevent us from visiting again in the future. We've just learned that we are better off booking over the phone and paying the fee to reserve a specific site. The Good: - the campground and facilities are clean and well kept - the staff are friendly - the pool is nice, clean, and kept at a nice warm temp on cooler days - the campground offers fun activities to entertain families - the Island Explorer is a free shuttle bus that will bring you into town so you don't have to compete for parking - it's located about 20 minutes from Acadia NP and from Bar Harbor with plenty of stores in either direction for all of your forgotten items

    This place is good but there are pros and cons. The pros…read moreare the unisex shower rooms; they are huge single rooms that have a spacious shower, toilet, sink, and hot water constantly that is included with your stay. But on the other hand there is typically always a wait because in Bathroom area only has 8 and if people aren't going in with there significant others it fills up fast. There is also free WiFi which is nice. The amenities were great The camping site was extremely small. We could barely fit our small 3 person tent. The fire ring was only steps from the area we could put the tent. And then there was the opening to the field that we could see other tents as well as the play area for people. It was hard to get any privacy, I could clearly hear my neighbor tenters, and we didn't have many trees so it made it hard to hang things. We made the most of our site but the next morning when our neighbors left we asked if we could switch to that site because it was more secluded and they wouldn't let us which was a little disappointing. The pool was closed the whole time for some reason (I didn't know why). The place is pretty nice, the people are nice, but I was hoping for a better site. I am used to camping deep in the woods so this is just a personal opinion but I prefer more privacy but I didn't know!

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    Narrows Too Campground

    Narrows Too Campground

    2.4(9 reviews)
    1.7 mi

    Summary: we will not be staying at this campground again, nor will the friends we were camping…read morewith, and we will be recommending AGAINST this place to anyone that's interested or that we think might be interested in traveling to this fantastic part of the country. Mirroring comments from other users, we were packed in to campsites barely wider than our rigs with awning nearly touching the rig in the next site. We also really enjoyed tripping over the neighbors sewer connection - as an added benefit. There are ZERO activities, nothing for kids - this is the first campground I've been to that has no playground. Nothing. That might be intentional based on the staff interactions - my take is that they are not kid people. Or people people, in some cases. The pool was OK, but we were concerned about the contradicting pool rules that were posted so were quite on edge. As other commenters have stated, the staff seem to arbitrarily enforce non-existent or non-posted rules. We were harassed by one staff member for driving near an area that was posted 'No Parking'. I spent some time with that person trying to understand the connection but gave up. Note that vehicles were accessing this area during our entire stay. This resulted in a smug manager visiting our site - and under implied threat of getting kicked out, we offered an apology for the interaction. If we had been camping alone, I would have left that moment and enjoyed one of the many other campgrounds in the area. This was an absolutely HORRIBLE experience that we will not experience again. At least they made some effort to change their signage while we were there, I assume, as a result of our wonderful interaction, but it's still unclear and does not convey their ambiguous intention. Or maybe that's what they intend. Oh, and the dog park - here's another Narrows too rule - dogs MUST be restrained on a 6' leash while in the dog park. Despite the absolutely beautiful surroundings, this site is a NO GO for us. We chose this place because it was the cheapest. Don't do it. Advise against it. Spend another $20/day elsewhere and you will likely get some positive customer service, among other standard campground amenities. Thank you.

    This was our third visit here and on each visit the place is more run down. Where they used to…read morehave 3 RV sites they've squished in 5. Our neighbors hook ups were literally under our awning. I tripped over them and the black rubber pieces that lay under the very sparse gravel constantly. Literally fell down on both knees tripping over this black rubber and going home with bruises. The site we were on, although the view was pretty if you looked straight ahead, was so tight that we couldn't use our awnings and one poor couple couldn't even extend all of their slides. For 4 nights we had a couple next door whose dog barked and wailed every night while they were out. There was no cable hook up at all although we paid for it, the internet was completely unreliable and often non existent, the laundry was filthy as were the bathrooms and the pool fencing in very poor condition. This is by no means a camping resort, it's a campground that I would describe as bare bones. Of all the "social events" they listed such as lobster bakes and ice cream socials etc....... None ever happened. For $150.00 a night? Definitely not worth it. They did refund one nights stay after we complained. But if I'm honest I'd say the sites are worth maybe half of that. Unfortunately, what we thought was our go to place in Bar Harbor has become our where not to go place. We will not return. And according to several of our fellow campers, neither will they.

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    Cottonwood Camping & RV Park - This was a short drive as Cottonwood is only about 8 miles from the coast, just west of Englishman Bay.

    Cottonwood Camping & RV Park

    5.0(6 reviews)
    36.2 mi

    Folks, I don't really know what to say other than 'you just gotta come here!'…read moreI love this place! I came through on a hum last year, stayed for 2 nights and 3 days. Told Shirley (the owner) I would be back "next year" to help out, and here I am, Aug. 8th, 2019, sad to leave after spending 4 weeks in the grand teepee, helping out around the camp. Off route 1, into the woods, to grandmama's RV we go! But it is so much more... tent sites, group sites, great trails, and great vibe from the surrounding community. But what you really want to know is; this is a great base for exploring coastal Maine & Downeast. Now understand 2 things... Downeast is on the coast, but when the term 'downeast' is used, it is very much a reference to the culture of the folk who grew up and live here and have also known it through the generations of their family. Once you get here, you're in the thick of what "coastal Maine" really is without the crowds of Bar Harbor, Acadia National Park, etc.. from Cottonwood you will find within 20 mins. Never crowded beaches with all the beauty of those other places... and you can also make a day trip of getting to Easport or Calaise and just breath in New Brunswick! Oh yeah, bring your passport... One of the other things I love about camping here, are the various small sites that are suitable for bicyclers and bikers who travel with minimal gear and need to stop for short stays. Even though its right off the road, once in, you're cast into the woods! Oh yeah, and I can't think of another camp with such a great bath house along this route... Cottonwood Camping is truly a great experience and my pick as a base for exploring Downeast, Coastal Maine, the far north on the east side of the U.S. Shirley Cotton makes it happen! She is the BOMB!!

    I can honestly say this place was easy to find and very photogenic. Easy to recommend.read more

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    Cottonwood Camping & RV Park - Inside the big teepee, where I stayed for 4 weeks.

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    Inside the big teepee, where I stayed for 4 weeks.

    Mount Desert Campground

    Mount Desert Campground

    4.4(57 reviews)
    4.0 mi

    Nice setting for families. Big campground focused on cramming in sites. Not the quietest place…read more Hearing others snoring in next tent, etc. less sites and more trees between them would have been better.

    This is an excellent campsite and it's right in the heart of Acadia which can't be beat…read more Important to note that it's tough to snag a reservation during peak season. We stayed July 4th weekend and when we booked in January this was one of the last tent sites available. Granted it was July 4th, but still something to think about. There are a few lucky tent sites that overlook the water which would be incredible. Maybe next time we can book earlier and snag one. Each site has everything you will need -- a platform for your tent (perfect incase it rains), an electrical outlet, running water, a picnic table and a firepit. It is clean and well-kept, and you are never too far from a bathroom / shower facility. Just note that the shower is $1 for 5 minutes and you'll need quarters. There is a main house where you can buy wood and other supplies. During non-covid times they also have a gathering place where you can buy snacks. I believe the rate is around $50 dollars a night but I'm not sure if the rate changes depending on the weekend, and I wouldn't be surprised if it was higher than normal over July 4th. This is a wonderful campsite and I'd happily return. In comparison, I've also camped at the Oceanside KOA in Bar Harbor and this campsite is way better. Be sure to check it out!

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    Mount Desert Campground - The floating docks

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