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Beautiful view of the water right from the site!
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Greenland Cove Campground in Danforth provides 50-amp electrical hookups, water connections, and sewer hookups for RVs, operating from May 15 through October 1. Big Lake RV Park & Campground features 24 motorhome sites with electric, water, and sewer connections, accommodating larger rigs with adequate pull-through spaces. Birch Point Lodge Campground offers RV sites with electric hookups, water, and sewer, though the pull-through sites can present challenges. Travelers heading to Our Vision Farm will find a single RV site with 30-amp service, water, and sewer hookups in a more secluded setting. "Pull-through sites are a joke! There are six sites per road with literally no where to pull off of the camp road to set up your RV site. The sites are SUPER unlevel and we had to use so many leveling blocks."
Between Danforth and Millinocket, RV travelers should note varying terrain conditions affecting site levelness. According to one visitor, "sites are grass with very little gravel and can be very soft," with some campgrounds requiring tractors to extract stuck RVs after heavy rain. Cell service varies significantly throughout the region, with stronger Verizon coverage near Millinocket but limited reception in more remote locations. Several campgrounds feature sanitary dump stations rather than full sewer hookups at each site, with some offering portable waste tanks ("blue boys") for campers to manage their own tanks. Most parks welcome pets with standard restrictions, though seasonal closures are common with most facilities shutting down by mid-October. Advance reservations are strongly recommended during summer and fall foliage seasons when motorhome traffic increases substantially.
Best RV Campgrounds near Danforth (20)
1. Big Lake RV Park & Campground
"A great realatively new campground opened in Big Lake Township, Maine near the town of Grand Lake Stream."
from $49 / night
Check Availability2. RV, Quad camping
from $15 - $25 / night
3. Wilderness Edge Campground
"It is pet friendly & they will check on your pets or even walk them! Water & electric sites are well spaced, roomy, quiet, & in the trees."
"We stay at Wilderness Edge every time we visit Millinocket. The campground has all of your basics and is a great gateway spot for Baxter State Park or ATV trails. "
from $14 - $50 / night
Check Availability4. Our Vision Farm
"We spent a few weeks here in the fall while passing through Maine. There is a private forested area on the property that is perfect for hiking and foraging."
from $25 / night
Check Availability5. Birch Point Lodge Campground and Cottage Resort
"Great place to spend time on the lake"
6. Debs Place
from $35 / night
Check Availability7. Greenland Cove Campground
"Called and got a reservation day-of as my husband and I were driving through. We had a pleasant stay on a great site with a beautiful view and managed to get showers in and laundry done, too!"
8. Pleasant Lake Camping Area
9. Houlton/Canandian Border KOA
"There are many little areas to walk and explore in the campground. We have a TT and our campsite had wifi, a fire ring, and full hookups."
"KOA’s are not always known for their tent sites but this one has a decent amount of them and the DMZ area between the RV’s and the tents is adequate so your not pitching your tent right next to an RV:"
10. Big Moose Inn Cabins and Campground
"It was a little tight backing in yet the site was big. We had water & electric and the dump station is in town on the way out."
"Ours was a few minutes walk from the lodge. It is extremely dark at night, has plumbed bathrooms. The lodge is nice and North Trading Post is a good spot for coffee, snacks and gifts."
from $14 - $37 / night
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Drive Time
- 1 hr 32 min from Bangor, ME
- 2 hrs 56 min from Lewiston, ME
- 3 hrs 34 min from Portland, ME
- 4 hrs 37 min from Manchester, NH
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RV Park Reviews near Danforth, ME
47 Reviews of 20 Danforth Campgrounds
Nancy W.
LegendBig Lake RV Park & Campground
A true 5!!
A great realatively new campground opened in Big Lake Township, Maine near the town of Grand Lake Stream. This area is legendary for their superb fishing and hunting and was a favorite of outdoor enthusiasts like Theodore Roosevelt. The campground is suitable for any size RV, has full-hookups, very well kept, direct lake access, and the owners are extremely friendly and helpful. The campground was built in a farm field so there are no shade trees. There are back-ins and pull thru sites, the latter of which are very long and can accommodate RVs towing cars or large trailers. The roads are gravel and easily navigable for large RVs. There are no signs along the road leading to the campground, but Google Maps directed us to the right place. Most sites are level– we found a couple of pull thrus that would be a challenge for us to get level. All campsite pads are gravel and the patios are nice thick grass with picnic tables and fire pits. Hookups are well-placed and worked well. The bathrooms are new and extremely clean and were tended to daily. Bathrooms are private and have a toilet, shower, and sink in each one.
There is a nice store and check-in facility conveniently located in the campground. Access to Big Lake is a short (1/4 mile) walk from the campground down a mowed path. There is also a public launch a short distance away that would accommodate trailerable boats. The campground is fairly remote with the closest “big” town of Calais about twenty-five minutes away. The town of Grand Lake Stream is much smaller with a restaurant/general store. There are nice hiking trails nearby and we loved paddling the Musquash Stream which is full of bird life and lots of beaver lodges. We highly recommend the Big Lake RV Park and Campground and would definitely go back!
Sandra L.
RangerWilderness Edge Campground
Beware this campground reverted to prior owner.
I stayed here for 3 full seasons when it was managed by the Shamps, as an incorporation.However they stopped the purchase and now it's being managed by original owners. The same owners who refused to allow inspectors onto the property, had sub par facilities and trespassed employees. Yet, the shamps upgraded the roads, bathrooms, showers, and all plumbing. So the place looks nicer than ever, although still fails some inspection line items. There is black mold in the tent side bathhouse, the touletstalls are smaller than legal size, and all the sites are laid out with the posts on the wrong side,( so bring extra power corda) or you must setup facing the road, not the woods. Also be aware there is NO Lake or rivers on this campground, the website is deceiving. Yes you can rent canoe or kayaks, but you also need to have a car/truck to take them to water. The camp is pet friendly, ATV friendly, and lots of ATV trails nearby. There is no ADA accessable toilets anywhere, but there are some larger showers, just no bars/railings, or accessable sprayers on the shower. The one that was there, , has been used as a maintence closet for at least 4 years,and gas unusable toilet . The laundry machines are good,for small loads. 1 washer- 1 dryer. Stayed April thru October for 3 years. I will NOT return under this owner, and do not recommend this place anymore.
- Anne L.
ScoutWilderness Edge Campground
Nice campground near Millinocket
Clean campground, clean bath house with laundry.
- Sandra L.Ranger
Wilderness Edge Campground
Comfortable family campground & RV park
Quiet wooded sites, glacier stones,dirt roads, clean bathrooms. Nice hot showers. Rustic cabins are half walled with screens, ATV trails easy access, pool, pet friendly, beautiful place.
Michelle L.TravelerNew England Outdoor Center
Beautiful location and friendly staff
This is a rustic campground in a beautiful setting. The staff is very friendly and helpful. They kept everything clean. The campground is really a base of operations for NEOC’s whitewater rafting, so in the morning and afternoon, you have groups of rafters come in getting ready for or returning from their trip. You can book rafting trips with them, and the guides who worked there were awesome.
The campground is on a small lake, and they have a bunch of kayaks and canoes kept at the side with oars and PFDs. Sign a waiver, and you can take them out, no hassle. From the lake, there is a great view of Mt. Katahdin.
There is a pavilion with pool tables and indoor fire pit that you can go hang out at night as well as tables where you can sit out back overlooking the lake. There’s even a pub area indoors. No camp store so make sure to get what you need in town.
Only one issue that prevented me from giving them five stars: they advertise that there are flush toilets and showers but no hot water when the generator isn’t running. It runs for a few hours in the morning and then from about 3-9 pm. The problem is that the restroom doors are locked when the generators are off, so there are no flush toilets or potable water when the generator is off. There are outhouses throughout the campground, but that wasn’t what we were expecting. They could also use a couple of speed limit signs on the main road bc cars go pretty fast in that area.
Overall, a great campground for any hiking or rafting in the area!
Meghan B.LegendGreenland Cove Campground
Greenland Cove Campground
Called and got a reservation day-of as my husband and I were driving through. We had a pleasant stay on a great site with a beautiful view and managed to get showers in and laundry done, too!
- Douglas O.Scout
Katahdin Shadows Campground
Nice camp ground
Nice big camp ground, clean bathroom and shower. Close to interstate 95.
- Meghan B.Legend
Shin Pond Village Campground
Shin Pond Village
Nice, quiet stay in an RV site along the woods. Washed off in the showers then enjoyed tasty food and beverages at the restaurant/bar on site. Despite what the website says, there was no laundry here--an employee said it's been a few years since they had that available, unfortunately.
Guide to Danforth
The Danforth area sits near Maine's eastern border with New Brunswick, Canada, with nearby East Grand Lake spanning both countries. Most motorhome-friendly campgrounds in the region operate from mid-May through early October, closing before winter temperatures drop below freezing. Local elevation ranges from 400-700 feet above sea level, with campgrounds typically situated on uneven terrain that requires careful site selection.
What to do
Lake activities: Shin Pond Village Campground provides access to both Upper and Lower Shin Ponds for kayaking and canoeing. "Shin Pond rents Polaris UTV and snowmobiles, canoes, and kayaks in the summer and snowmobiles in the winter. We went on a UTV ride one day and were treated to some beautiful views," notes one camper.
Hiking trails: Multiple short trails can be accessed within 30 minutes of Danforth. "Just a few miles down the road is a short hiking trail leading to Shin Pond Falls and another trail that runs along the Seboeis river which is a beautiful hike," reports a visitor who stayed in the area.
National monument exploration: Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument can be reached within a 90-minute drive from most Danforth-area RV campgrounds. One camper shares: "The campground is close to the northern entrances to Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument and Baxter State Park which is the major reason why we stayed there. We loved exploring these parks where you have access to beautiful hiking trails and lakes and ponds and is not as crowded as the southern areas."
What campers like
Clean facilities: Many campgrounds maintain well-kept bathhouses and common areas. At Wilderness Edge Campground, a visitor appreciated the "clean (like super clean) showers and bath house, fire pit and picnic table at each site and cabin, super helpful, friendly hosts and last minute gear avail at the office."
Quiet atmosphere: The relative seclusion of Greenland Cove Campground appeals to many. "We had a pleasant stay on a great site with a beautiful view and managed to get showers in and laundry done, too!" notes a recent visitor.
Helpful staff: Campground personnel often assist with local knowledge and services. At Katahdin Shadows Campground, guests appreciated the "SUPER friendly staff. Arcade and well stocked store. Heated pool, campfires, tractor rides. Lots of permanent sites, but friendly, outgoing people!"
What you should know
Site conditions: Many campgrounds in the region have grass sites that can become problematic in wet conditions. A camper at Shin Pond Village Campground reported: "Sites are grass with very little gravel and, as we found out, they can be very soft. We pulled into our site (#21) and before we knew it our 45' (47,000 lbs) RV was stuck."
Limited services: While most RV campgrounds near Danforth offer water and electric, full hookups aren't universal. One visitor noted: "There is no sewer but there is a dump station and a 'blue boy' for you to use and dump your own tanks. They do not have a pump-out service."
Connectivity challenges: Cell coverage varies significantly throughout the region. "No cell or internet reception with our Verizon phone. The campground does have wifi but the signal was not strong enough to get reception reliably at our site," reported one camper staying near Patten.
Tips for camping with families
Campground activities: Some larger RV parks near Danforth offer organized events. A visitor to Sleeping Bear Campground mentioned: "I happened to stop in on a Friday night they were doing a bean bake with a BBQ, live music, and games for the kids!"
Playground access: Several campgrounds maintain play areas for children. At Katahdin Shadows, families can take advantage of "kids enjoyed riding bikes and using the game room. Pool was clean and in a central location."
Site navigation: Family-sized sites may require advanced planning. "A bit crowded but very family friendly. Lit site markers made it easy to find your site. Not great site vehicle parking. We went on a holiday weekend with lots of events planned. Family hayride was fun."
Tips from RVers
Site leveling: Prepare for uneven terrain at many rv campgrounds in Danforth, Maine and surrounding areas. A guest at Birch Point Lodge Campground warned: "The sites are SUPER unlevel. We had to use so many leveling blocks to assist our auto-leveling system!"
Pull-through limitations: What some campgrounds call pull-through sites may not function as expected. A visitor cautioned: "There are six sites per road. There is literally no where to pull off of the camp road to set up your RV site. The RVs must be set up in the road!"
Smaller RV advantages: Compact rigs generally have more site options. At Our Vision Farm, which offers just a single RV site, a visitor with a smaller rig noted: "Power/water/sewer worked great. We had full cell reception with T-mobile and Verizon. Farm dogs were very friendly and got along with our puppies."
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