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Best Campgrounds near Arundel, ME

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Arundel, Maine and its surrounding areas provide a variety of camping options, with several established campgrounds catering to different preferences. Red Apple Campground, located within Arundel, offers full hookup sites for RVs as well as tent camping areas, while nearby Sandy Pines Campground in Kennebunkport provides more upscale options including glamping tents and cabin rentals. Most developed campgrounds in the region operate seasonally, typically from May through mid-October. The coastal proximity creates a popular destination for summer visitors looking to experience Maine's shoreline while having comfortable camping facilities.

Campground availability in the area follows a distinct seasonal pattern with most facilities closing for the winter months. "This campground is located near Kennebunkport in Arundel, Maine. Campsites are well-spaced and have level asphalt pads," noted one visitor about Red Apple Campground. Advance reservations are strongly recommended during the peak summer season from June through August when occupancy rates are highest. The camping season generally runs from early May through mid-October, with some facilities extending slightly later into the fall. Most campgrounds in the region require cash payment, and visitors should be prepared for this policy when planning their stay.

The campground experience near Arundel combines coastal Maine charm with relatively well-developed facilities. Hemlock Grove Campground receives positive mentions for its forested setting, with one camper describing it as having "perfectly maintained grounds with clean updated bath house and laundry. Cozy forested campground, felt private despite having neighbors." Many campgrounds in the region feature full hookups for RVs while still maintaining wooded settings that provide privacy between sites. Family-friendly amenities like swimming pools, planned activities, and proximity to beaches are common. Several campgrounds also offer cabin rentals for those seeking more comfort while still enjoying the outdoor camping atmosphere. The region's campgrounds tend to balance natural settings with convenient access to coastal attractions in Kennebunkport and Old Orchard Beach.

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Best Camping Sites Near Arundel, Maine (206)

    1. Sandy Pines Campground

    22 Reviews
    Cape Porpoise, ME
    6 miles
    Website
    +1 (207) 967-2483

    "Beautiful setting, lots of trees, bordering on beautiful marsh area. Many different types of campsites: rent, RV, seasonal RV, cottages, glamping tents and cabins etc."

    "Sandy Pines is located a very short bike ride from Cape Porpoise, home of Nunann's Restaurant , Mussette, Lost Fire and Pier 77."

    2. Sun Outdoors Saco Old Orchard Beach

    22 Reviews
    Saco, ME
    8 miles
    Website
    +1 (207) 282-0502

    "Just a stones throw away from Old Orchard Beach, fantastic Sandy Maine beach. Staff was friendly. Only thing I would say is there were a lot of people!"

    "Mainly pancakes and bacon. The only problem I had with this campground with no fault of there own is the noise at night."

    3. Old Orchard Beach Campground

    12 Reviews
    Ocean Park, ME
    7 miles
    Website
    +1 (207) 934-4477

    $100 - $145 / night

    "Old Orchard Beach is a fun, family-oriented campground located in the fun little beach town of Old Orchard Beach."

    "Easy access to area stores, eats. Very accommodating. Clean showers, laundry, arcade."

    4. Bayley's Camping Resort

    17 Reviews
    Saco, ME
    11 miles
    Website
    +1 (207) 883-6043

    "Right next to the road. So yes lots of family glamping fun. But not for those looking for a more visceral Maine camping experience."

    "The campsites are on top of each other all the way around. Of course, as we always find in the RV community, everyone was very nice."

    5. Wild Duck Adult Campground & RV Park

    16 Reviews
    Saco, ME
    11 miles
    Website
    +1 (207) 883-4432

    "Spent three nights in a nice sized, quiet spot, on the camps’ outside loop. The park is well located, near the beach, shopping, and with access to Portland."

    "This adult only campground is peaceful and quiet, with the sounds of birds and the trees being the main thing you hear - it is quite relaxing.  "

    6. Paradise Park Resort

    8 Reviews
    Saco, ME
    10 miles
    Website
    +1 (207) 934-4633

    $63 / night

    "Great campground, it is walking distance to Old Orchard beach and has large sites. Many family activities including fishing, 2 pools, a dog park, and a snack shack."

    "Walking distance to Old Orchard Beach, this campground has something for everyone. While the site are fairly small and crowded, it harldy matters because of all of the amenities at the campground."

    7. Red Apple Campground

    6 Reviews
    Kennebunk, ME
    4 miles
    Website
    +1 (207) 967-4927

    "This campground is located near Kennebunkport in Arundel, Maine. Campsites are well-spaced and have level asphalt pads. Ours came with picnic table and fire pit."

    "Price was a little high, but the location was great and the amenities made it a very worthwhile trip!"

    8. Hemlock Grove Campground

    5 Reviews
    Arundel, ME
    2 miles
    Website
    +1 (207) 985-0398

    $44 - $58 / night

    "Campground is beautifully set in the woods off of main road . Our site was towards camp store and road so had a bit of road noise but wasn’t bad . Sites are spacious , level , with gravel pads ."

    "Maine Diner was fantastic! WiFi worked great, cable tv also. No pool but the beach is nearby."

    9. Wild Acres Sun RV Resort

    7 Reviews
    Ocean Park, ME
    8 miles
    Website
    +1 (207) 934-2535

    $60 - $400 / night

    "Extremely crowded, close sites, and heavy car traffic in walking and bike areas. Sun night was way quieter than Fri and Sat night."

    "Good first: it’s the closes campground to the beach around. Quick walk to the sand and just a little further to the pier. Clean and neat facilities. Great activities for the kids."

    10. Thousand Trails Moody Beach

    10 Reviews
    Ogunquit, ME
    12 miles
    Website
    +1 (888) 707-1477

    "Consider the Thousand Trails membership when booking this site. Our annual membership fees basically covered what it would cost to camp here for two weeks."

    "We stayed in the newer area with larger spots near the entrance to the park. There are activities and food within walking distance."

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  • alicianlv The Dyrt PRO User
    Sep. 9, 2025

    Bradbury Mountain State Park Campground

    Bradbury Mountain Campground

    Bradbury Mountain Campground

    Nice trail that borders campground. Saw group of cyclists and hikers use it during stay. No WiFi but T-Mobile accessible. Toilet is rustic, short wooden walls surrounding vault toilet. Various sized campsites yet not crowded. Kitchen area is a cool feature & offers campers use of community utensils & pans (although we didn't need to use). Kitchen has hot water to wash dishes and microwave to warm food. Town of Freeport is popular and LL Bean has huge shopping campus.

  • JThe Dyrt PRO User
    Sep. 6, 2025

    Beach Rose RV Park

    Nice park

    Owners were helpful on arrival, level concrete pad full hookups. Sites close together but quiet.

  • Utshob A.The Dyrt PRO User
    Sep. 2, 2025

    Bear Brook State Park Campground

    Convenient and fun

    The park was easy to get to, only about half an hour from Manchester. It has kayak rentals and a very well stocked camp store, that was close to the camp sites. Our campsite was only about a hundred feet away from the camp store but still felt private.

    Our campsite also had a fire pit and a picnic table which were great.

    The size of the sites varies quite a bit though as well as their isolation, some were out in the open.

    For cell service: ATT seems to have pretty decent coverage but not Verizon.

  • Julie C.The Dyrt PRO User
    Aug. 26, 2025

    Wassamki Springs Campground

    Great Family campground!

    The amenities here make it a wonderful place for kids and adults!!   Nice,  clean and quiet!    I stayed on a spot by the water, that was totally worth the upgrade.

  • Kaileigh K.
    Aug. 25, 2025

    Sandy Pines Campground

    Amazing location and campground amenities

    We had an amazing long weekend at Sandy Pines and will definitely plan to return. I loved that there was a tent only area that felt a little more secluded and quiet with some nice privacy between sites. The playground and pool were a hit with the kids. The bathrooms were always clean and single user, some had showers as well. The proximity to goose rocks beach was a major plus!

  • R
    Aug. 15, 2025

    Sun Outdoors Wells Beach

    Zero wifi or cell signal

    Stayed back in 2023 with travel trailer and experienced almost zero wifi signal as well as verizon cell signal. Returned this past week and found no improvement whatsoever. This on back half of property. Manager stated they are awar and working on it. (For 2 years?). Could not plan anything, check weather unless you walked or drive up front. Light globes at various sites next to campers lit all night and were annoying so covered with bag. Some sites are just bad..huge pine tree at 428 caused camper to park his angled. Fire wood being sold is all pine & burns up immediately.

  • Cassie G.
    Aug. 12, 2025

    Winding River Campground

    Fun laid back place. This campground has a lot of potential. Some info on their website and Facebook isn’t accurate.

    I would like to share my experience this past weekend at Winding River in Exeter NH. My family of 3 Stayed at tent site 523 in the Oak area. We also had family at 553 and 554 and Cabin 2.

    About site 523: I clearly had one of the largest and most private tent sites. It was set back with a long driveway tucked between 522 and 524. It’s a very steep drop into the river making most sites a little nerve wracking with a little one. Online it said water available nearby. Most sites had a hookup but there wasn’t a one on my site. It looked like there may have been one to share on the road, but I didn’t end up needing to figure that out.

    Tent sites 522 and 524: Along with most of the tent sites these sites were very close to each other, much smaller and closer to the road. I wished my family members had gotten 552 and 553 as they blended together nicely if you are tenting in side by side spaces. The ground was very rocky making staking tents down difficult. They were right next to the bathroom which was convenient but loud. Ventilation in the bathroom was not good so the doors were propped open much of the time and loud hand dryers.

    Shower:

    • This is the smaller of the two bathrooms in the campground. There are 2 showers there. Each with a single insufficient curtain and no hooks on the wall or bench to place things down. Water was hot enough, pressure was ok if you set it to the high power massage-like setting.
    • The showers in other bathroom (near the town center area) had a door and two curtains. Some had hooks (some of which were broken). I almost tripped going in and out of these bathroom stalls because they are raised up but there is no marking on the ground to indicate that.

    Cabin 2: Ac worked well. There was a good sized bed downstairs, smaller beds in two lofts. I was surprised the couch didn’t pull out. Fridge and all dishes were nice and clean. All the cabins seem to have different back porch setups. This porch was smaller than C1. There was a propane grill that smelled rancid with sooo much caked on The burners. The location of the ceiling fan under the other lights in the ceiling gave them a flashing effect that really bothered me.

    Pros:

    • Lower price compared to other campgrounds (but I don’t feel like I got everything advertised on the website)
    • Two playgrounds, both were nice.
    • Water slide was fun
    • We arrived Thursday at the gate and were told how to get to our site, to set up and then come over to the office which was nice.

    Cons:

    • The river is very low and yucky so none of the boating or fishing advertised was possible. likely causing the massive amount of mosquitos.
    • The whole arcade building was was “out of order”
    • The laundry room had two washers (one was broken) and two dryers 2.50 each per load. Not sufficient for a campground this size (especially when people leave their clothes in the machine for 30 mins after they’re done!)
    • Camp store was poorly stocked (multiple empty coolers).
    • Ice $3 per SMALL bag.
    • Wood $10 per bundle and rules say you can’t bring from off-site. I saw people with huge metal bins of wood but was never offered that option when I payed for multiple bundles.
    • Camp store closes at 3 on Sunday and doesn’t open until 11 am during the week (which is also checkout). This made it a little confusing when I wanted to return the golf cart. They have a small area with icecream that is scooped and maybe a kitchen. I never saw it open but I think the sign said open morning to 12 and then again in the evening.
    • The pool was green and cloudy on day 3. I called the office and was told they had just shocked it and that was a result of the copper. I am not informed enough on pool safety so I opted out of swimming on the hottest day of our stay. My son was bummed.
    • Planned activities were only scheduled for Friday and Saturday, when online mentions “daily”. During adult kareoke there were plenty of kids and really poor wifi (wasting so much time between songs).

    And just to add:

    • Staff I encountered was friendly enough, but It would be nice if they wore shirts to identify themselves.
    • Golf cart was great, but cost more than the site per night.
    • Pedal go-carts were available for rent (I didn’t ask a price).
  • Rae Y.
    Aug. 11, 2025

    Saddleback Campground

    Uncomfortable feeling for my girls

    I made everyone stay in the trailer every night , we just didn’t feel comfortable with our girls being out after dark. There was def a lot of questionable rif raf that were definitely on something and it was obvious that there were a few girls there that were working.   Always men working on vehicles.  Family will not go back. Don’t want my daughter around that

  • RThe Dyrt PRO User
    Aug. 9, 2025

    Sebago Lake State Park Campground

    Campground on Beautiful Lake

    I was lucky to score a nice site mid week just before the 4th of July. My site was large and fit my large tent but it was clear that it can get muddy based on the deep tire tracks left on the site by a previous camper. The selling point of this campground is the lake for sure. Sebago Lake is beautiful. Sites are very close together. Luckily many of the sites around me were not occupied but I get the feeling that is rare. Bathrooms were clean. Beach areas were very nice for relaxing.

Guide to Arundel

Camping near Arundel, Maine, offers a mix of beautiful landscapes and family-friendly activities. Whether you're looking for a peaceful retreat or a fun-filled adventure, there are plenty of campgrounds to choose from.

What to do:

  • Kayaking and Canoeing: Many campers enjoy the water activities available at Pawtuckaway State Park Campground. One reviewer mentioned, "Lots of great spots on the water, easy to put a kayak in from."
  • Hiking: Explore the trails at Bear Brook State Park Campground. A visitor shared, "The campground has a beach, a playground, a ball field, and a store."
  • Beach Days: Enjoy the sandy shores at Wolfe's Neck Oceanfront Campground. One camper noted, "Classic Maine oceanfront camping. Decent sized sites and well-maintained outhouses."

What campers like:

  • Clean Facilities: Campers appreciate the well-maintained restrooms and showers. A review for Sebago Lake State Park Campground stated, "The bathrooms and showers are well maintained."
  • Family-Friendly Atmosphere: Many campgrounds cater to families. One reviewer at Bayley's Camping Resort said, "The kids' activities are top-notch, and the nightly entertainment is also outstanding."
  • Scenic Views: Campers love the beautiful surroundings. A visitor at Winslow Park And Campground mentioned, "The views were beautiful."

What you should know:

Tips for camping with families:

  • Bring Activities: Keep the kids entertained with games and outdoor activities. One parent at Sandy Pines Campground said, "There are two playgrounds, a pool, bocce court, and more."
  • Choose the Right Site: Look for sites that offer some privacy. A camper at Bayley's Camping Resort mentioned, "Depending on your site location you may get more privacy."
  • Plan for Meals: Having a meal plan can make things easier. A visitor at Wolfe's Neck Oceanfront Campground appreciated the camp store for quick snacks.

Tips from RVers:

  • Check Site Sizes: Make sure your RV fits the site. A reviewer at Bear Brook State Park Campground noted, "The sites were 4' apart in the section I was staying in."
  • Be Prepared for Noise: Expect some noise from neighboring sites, especially in family-friendly campgrounds. One camper at Bayley's Camping Resort said, "The campsites are on top of each other all the way around."
  • Bring Change for Laundry: If you plan to do laundry, bring quarters. A visitor at Bayley's Camping Resort mentioned, "Make sure you bring change because it’s quarters only."

Camping near Arundel, Maine, has something for everyone, from families to solo adventurers. Just remember to plan ahead and enjoy the great outdoors!

Frequently Asked Questions

What camping options are available near Arundel for weekend getaways?

Weekend getaways near Arundel offer diverse camping experiences within short driving distance. Sandy Pines Campground provides a perfect weekend escape with drive-in sites, modern amenities, and proximity to Kennebunkport's attractions. For beachgoers, Old Orchard Beach Campground offers family-friendly camping within walking distance of a seven-mile beach, amusement park, arcade, and pier. Those seeking a quieter adult-oriented experience can check out Wild Duck Adult Campground, which offers peaceful sites while maintaining good access to beaches, shopping, and Portland's attractions.

Where are the best campgrounds in Arundel, Maine?

Arundel and the surrounding area offer excellent camping options. Red Apple Campground stands out as a premier choice in Arundel itself, featuring well-spaced sites with level asphalt pads, picnic tables, and fire pits. The campground hosts special events like jazz nights, creating a welcoming atmosphere. For those wanting proximity to coastal attractions, Hemlock Grove Campground near Kennebunkport provides a convenient base to explore both Arundel and the popular coastal towns nearby, with full hookup options and well-maintained facilities.

Are there any seasonal campgrounds in Arundel that offer special rates?

Thousand Trails Moody Beach offers significant savings through their membership program, which can effectively cover what would normally cost two weeks of camping. This makes it an excellent option for seasonal visitors planning extended stays in the Arundel area. The campground provides good proximity to Orchard Beach and Portland. Bayley's Camping Resort near West Scarborough also offers seasonal packages with competitive rates for those looking to make the area their summer base. Most campgrounds in the region typically provide discounted weekly and monthly rates during their operational season, which generally runs from late spring through early fall.

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