We have been coming to Walnut Grove Campground for 15 years and went back again last weekend. We noticed a drop in maintenance and there were lots of empty sites. Little or no staff were seen around the property. Bathrooms are outdated and in need of repair. Definitely not being maintained as well as when the campground was privately owned. Since the national chain Spacious Skies took over several seasonal campers have left dissatisfied with the changes and price increases. read more

They must've sold out to someone else- Because very unfriendly/unwelcoming staff. All women- not good maintenance- lawn mower clanking loud early Sunday morning; no hot water for 3 days (no shower- was told to use the pool!). Stayed in cabin with the worst used bed that had springs poking us all night. Stayed 7 nights and never slept well. Not one single hook in the cabin to hand anything; just a broken dresser. Not even a night stand/table. Everything just had to sit on the floor (where pincher bugs got on clothes!) TV didn't work; no remote. Pretty on the outside and inside....still----Don't recommend!!! read more

Beware, don't camp here! Our cable didn't work because the line was cut. My husband needs his cable because he likes to sit outside and watch TV so it was important to us. I let them know our cable doesn't work and they didn't respond until the next day. The next day said they would come down and check it out and never did. I had to walk to the office later in the day to find someone to come by to look at the cable. Shelley said she'd credit us $50 and we agreed. But, instead of crediting our card, she charged us an additional $50 on 7/8. On 7/9, I let her know and and asked her to process a $100 credit now (original $50 credit and additional $50 charge). On 7/10, she replied "of course, sorry". Here we are a week later on 7/17 with no refund or credit for the additional charge. Every time I try to call the office during the day, it goes to voicemail. I finally got ahold of Shelley after 7 phone calls and a VM, and coincidentally, she she told me processed $100 credit this morning but it went to a "Spacious Skies wallet" (whatever that is) but never even bothered to call or email to let me know that and don't believe that to be true. She said she didn't have my credit card on file. I told her that's strange since she had my credit card on file to manually process a charge of $50 (vs. crediting me $50) on 7/8. I told her I'd give her my credit card over the phone to credit me today. She said she was with a customer and would call me back after finishing with the customer but she never did. I have called numerous times since with no answer and texted with no response. Additionally, we showed up on July 3 around 5:00 pm to check-in for July 4th weekend and the office was already closed (on a holiday weekend). We didn't know what to do and after walking around the office area a few times and contemplating if we should call someone so we could figure how how we are supposed to check in, we found our check-in brochure and car pass were left in a bin near the door with everyone's else's coming to check-in. We had an issue with our hot water tank in our trailer so we had to use the showers near the office. There are no lights around the office or bathrooms. You have to use your hands to guide you so you don't trip up or miss any steps or bump into chairs or tables on the porch trying to get to the bathrooms/showers - its' pitch black and a safety hazard. One light or a motion light would have been nice for guests rather than leaving people in dark around a shared common space. Also, there is a gate but it is never closed and anyone off the street can drive in. After reading other reviews, I am not surprised to see I am not the only one who views management as fraudulent. read more

Perhaps my review is going to be a bit uneducated as it's our very first stay at a campground but I quickly learned while searching for a place for us to stay that you either get a beautiful spot with not so great customer service and vise versa, we chose to go where the customer service was the priority. Upon arrival we checked in and was immediately greeted by owners Bruce and Patty. Talk about feeling right at home! Bruce and Patty have been so incredibly accommodating that I didn't feel the need to wait until our check out day which is two days from now to give this positive review. I imagine they've set the bar so high in regards to customer service that even if we were to stay on grounds with lake access which this location doesn't have, it wouldn't even matter because knowing all of our needs are being cared for really makes it worth it. All hook ups are provided so no worries there. The grounds in my opinion are beautiful. Each trailer has its own space without feeling over crowded. As far as I can see each lot has a tree to call it's own which is nice. There is a pool with a diving board on site, a playground, mess hall, store, and shop. Firewood can be purchased for use with your individual fire pit. Bruce is there to answer any questions you may have. Being newbies, owning our very first travel trailer, he happily provided some tips regarding our travel trailer. Important knowledge for our future adventures. We have felt extremely welcome since driving through the gate. I must say, this experience thus far has been nothing but positive and would recommend this campground to anyone staying in the area! read more

Spacious Skies Campgrounds - Walnut Grove - Our camp site - Campgrounds Near Me - Alfred, Maine

Well it's unfortunate that I can not recommend Spacious Skys; Walnut Grove campground. I spent the last 4 nights there with no complaints or issues, I rather like them actually. Checked out this morning and drove to my next camp location. A couple of hours later my credit card informed me of a 25.00 fee charged to me by Walnut Grove. I called and spoke to Aaron about the charge and was told it was a "Damage fee" for leaving trash, cans & plastic in the firepit. I politely explained to him that I had not used nor even looked at the firepit during my stay. If there was trash etc left behind it was by the campers before my arrival. He promised me he'd look into the matter. Several hours later he called me back to inform me that the maintenance man stated he had cleaned the firepit out prior to my arrival. Therefore the trash was mine. Aaron asked if I had any picture of the pit to prove it was there on my arrival - I did not (I don't normally take photos of my firepit). So it was my word against the maintenance guys. The 25.00 charge stands. I feel like they stole that money from me - I guess I could have asked them to prove it was my trash?? Anyhow, if any of my camping friends are looking for a place to camp in the Portland Maine area think twice before staying here - there are plenty of other choices. Update: I got a call from corporate customer care. Included an apology and a full refund of the 25.00 plus a discount at any of their 15 campgrounds. I believe Aaron and the maintenance folks will be having a training session with corporate on customer satisfaction read more

Defiently recommend this campground.. booked a 5 night stay with my family and my sisters family and the staff where so unbelievably nice.. the bathrooms where the cleanest bathrooms I've ever seen in a public setting every single time I've used them.. I absolutely love how all the ammendities are in the middle of the campground so our children where able to just run across our site and jump on the trampoline and play in the park! The sites you pay for are a nice size.. we will defiantly be coming back here read more

Last minute trip with my boyfriend, 6 year old daughter and her friend. So glad w chose this place! So many family friendly activities and super affordable. The owners are soooooo nice and easy going. Big pool, playground, rec hall and lots of inexpensive activities for the girls. Only 20 minutes away from Wells Beach too. They had halloween this past weekend while we were there. The morning of trick or treating we paid $4 for the girls to get little tote bags to color for that night. That night after they got dressed up and went trick or treating at all the sites we went on a haunted tractor/hay ride and after that they had a DJ and karaoke. We also enjoyed an ice cream social this weekend and breakfast Sunday morning. We are already booking for next Memorial Day. We stayed in the deluxe cabin which was really really nice and way cheaper than a hotel that wouldn't have offered us everything the cabin and grounds did. Lots of camper and tent sites too. I strongly recommend it to everyone! read more

Spacious Skies Campgrounds - Walnut Grove - Campgrounds Near Me - Alfred, Maine

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-Clean pool -playground was not safe, just grass under old equipment -was there over a weekend and no activities were going on -atv trails, but you can't ride your atv around park only to and from trail -on most full hookup sites the hookups are very far away from each other, you need a really long sewer hose or a really long water and power cord --- I think this place is more suited to an older group of people without children, when I read the other review I was surprised it was the same place. The owners are not very hospitable towards families. Maybe it has gone downhill since the other reviewer stayed. read more

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BEWARE OF SPACIOUS LIES In my humble opinion, Spacious Skies is the worst new Camping Franchise on the East Coast. As seasonal campers who had been at Spacious Skies Walnut Grove for several years with the previous owners, we were excited for change. We were hoping for new features at the campground and new functions. Our previous owners had gotten burnt out, they were ready for retirement and sold the campground to Spacious Skies right under our noses. We got a facebook message stating the new owners were coming in 2 days and our current owners were on their way out. When we met Ali Rasmussen, CEO of Spacious Skies, we were assured that our little piece of heaven would have changes, but nothing drastic, Walnut Grove was her first campground purchase and she was learning a lot about running a campground from many of our seasonals. Walnut Grove is a fairly small campground in Alfred, Maine, and as of the purchase in 2021 we had approximately 75 seasonals and about 20 some odd transient sites. We were proud of our campground! We may not all have hung around together, but we knew each other and respected each other. We all mowed and maintained our own sites, We sponsored our own events, and many of our seasonals helped with maintaining the campground without any compensation. Most seasonals had been there from over 10 years up to 30 plus years. End of season 2021 was when the real fun began..."Agreements" (Contracts) did not come out until late August/ early September with only about a month to decide whether to stay or go. Prices increased about 30 percent. If you have been a seasonal, you know that it is extremely difficult to find another campground that late in the season to move to, and many of our seasonals were from out of state, so taking their campers, etc, home was not an option. Then after agreements were signed and an deposits were paid, an addendum to the "Agreement " came out, certain campers were advised that they would have to move to other sites throughout the campground. Effective season 2022. So even though they had signed an "Agreement" for their site, they had to move. Some campers moved their campers the beginning of season 2022, some waited until the end of the season. Many seasonals left, somewhere between 20 and 30. Season 2022 was chaos. Staffing was changing constantly, the security gate was frequently left open. Transients would have guests sneaking in, nobody was policing the campground, they were not keeping track of which cars should be there and which shouldn't. Prices changed, ice , which was about 3 dollars a bag in 2021 was now almost 6 dollars!! The anxiety of WHEN "Agreements" coming out was THE conversation of the season. Once again, contracts came out September 14 with about 2 weeks to sign and put in a deposit (Due Oct 1,2022. (Seriously??) Prices went up (as expected) but then it was disclosed that the were only going to be 36 sites designated for seasonals and which needed to apply and be approved. Many would have to move again. Decks needed to be reduced to 8 foot by 4 foot, no more screen rooms, no more sheds or clotheslines. Needless to say, we left. We were starting to see the signs in 2021 and decided to start looking for a new campground. We found another family run campground that wanted and respected Seasonal Campers. I cannot begin to describe the emotions. We were a family. A very loving family. There has been tears, and anger. So much sadness and anxiety. Expensive decks were being burnt, possessions thrown away, because there was not time to sell. Many seasonals were snow birds from Florida and had to get back. It has been extremely stressful. People who are aged in their eighties and nineties have had to relocate from sites they have occupied for over 20 years. Some seasonals have had to stay because they once again did not have time to find another campground within the time allowed with the late contracts to be able to find another place to move to. I find this whole situation to be terrible business practices, there was never clear communication from Corporate to the campground. For somebody who claims to be a seasoned and well traveled camper, Cleary Ali Rasmussen has no idea what she is doing. Ask any family run campground, your seasonals are your lifeline. They don't trash campgrounds, they respect and love their homes away from homes. I intend to post this review on any site I can find to warn people of staying at Spacious Lies, I mean Skies. Christie Rosenberg Berwick, Maine read more

Camped here as seasonal for two seasons. Very very nice location very cool passing the woods for a TV jogging walking birdwatching not very family orientated city concerns the Pools safety concern with vehicle traffic towards the end of the second year there started a major decline cleanliness and safety declined even father on a personal note my camper had three tires flattened because of a safety concern that I voiced about gunshots being fired at night close to the camp once this was identified it was downhill from there I do not recommend this place unless intend on spending most of your time on the trails read more

Nice family camp ground. Far enough from coast to avoid the traffic but close enough to hit the beach in 20 - 30 minutes. Wooded sites are much larger than most camps. They are true wooded sites with almost no sun but a lot of pine sap. We had plenty of space for pop-up, 10 foot easy up and a couple of bikes. Play ground is older but still okay. Pool is 4 foot to 10 foot with a diving board. It is almost empty during the week !!! Weekdays, late in the season, the park is very very quite with mostly seasonal campers. Weekends gets busier. Noise is controlled during quite hours. With rates that are less than half of the coast camp grounds this is a great deal. read more