1 campground with availability this weekend
Several campgrounds near Kennebunk offer cabin camping with varying levels of amenities. Sandy Pines Campground in Kennebunkport provides cabin rentals with comfortable beds and clean facilities. Red Apple Campground features cabins with water and electric hookups, each with a fire pit and picnic table. A recent review noted that "cabins are on a remote lake, perfect for star gazing—rustic but comfy beds." Most cabins include basic furnishings but limited kitchen facilities, with bathroom access typically in shared campground facilities rather than inside the cabins themselves.
Rustic and deluxe cabins are both available, depending on the location. Thousand Trails Moody Beach in Moody offers cabin rentals that accommodate families looking for a camping experience without the tent setup. Old Orchard Beach Campground provides cabin options with seasonal availability from May through October. According to one visitor, "The cabins are adorable and the bathrooms and showers are the cleanest I've ever seen camping." Reservations are essential during peak summer months, with most locations booking several months in advance. Pet policies vary by campground, with some allowing dogs in designated cabins for an additional fee.
Most cabins require visitors to bring their own linens, towels, and toiletries. Basic cooking supplies might be provided at some locations, but guests should plan to bring their own pots, pans, and utensils. Fire pits are standard at most cabin sites, making outdoor cooking an option. Campground stores at locations like Bayley's Camping Resort stock essentials like firewood, ice, and basic food items. The town of Kennebunkport, just minutes from many of these cabin campgrounds, offers grocery stores and markets for more substantial supply runs.
"Cleanest nicest bathrooms and showers I’ve ever seen camping. Also fun game areas and a beautiful store which has good food too! The sites are very nice and not too close together."
"They have plenty of sites for everything, new bathrooms/showers, lots of upgrades to plumbing and electricity , as well as newly renovated common areas, like the pool."
"The campground offers RV sites, cabin rentals, park model sites, and simple tent sites."
"Easy access to area stores, eats. Very accommodating. Clean showers, laundry, arcade."
from $100 - $145 / night
"There are cabins and rentals as well. Fire pits and charcoals grills at all wooded sites. Family friendly facility with a playground. Lounge closed for Covid, pool closed for season."
"Pet friendly also. You will love it here."
"Heated bathrooms and hot showers. A heated pool too! Every site has water and electric hookups, a fire pit, and picnic table."
"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."
"Perfectly maintained grounds with clean updated bath house and laundry. Cozy forested campground, felt private despite having neighbors. Conveniently located and safe."
"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 ."
from $44 - $58 / night
"The camp store is fully stocked, there are fishing ponds, golf cart rentals, numerous pools and hot tubs, daily activities, weekly poolside entertainment, playgrounds, mini golf, café, game room, arcade"
"Kayaking in the marsh, they have kayak rentals too. The pools and Jacuzzi's are clean and beautiful. Golf cart rentals make getting around the huge camp ground a breeze."
"My wife and I enjoy riding our bikes on rail trails. This quiet campground is about a mile from the Eastern Trail through the Scarborough Marsh. This campground is small but well maintained."
"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."
"9 days at the cabin, entertainment was awesome, great riding along the coast line, staff was no less then the best. Will be returning soon."
from $40 - $50 / night
"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."
"There are multiple pools and playgrounds. One pool has a hot tub for kids. There’s also paddleboats available to rent."
from $63 / night
"It seems that most of them on the coast of Maine are. "
"Our plan was to spend two nights for a rest from driving. The day spent here was to wander along the coast and bask in the sea air. So this was a pretty good campground for that purpose."
ScoutVery Clean. They mow something everyday. Asphalt roads. Easy access to every spot. Extra clean showers and restrooms. They have activities for all ages. But no dog park. Why not? They have plenty of room.
TravelerPark is nestled in the woods with a lot of activities outdoors. Walking trails for people and dogs. Great laundry, bathrooms, office/store, cafe. The roads into the sites are tight but they guide you. We have a 30’ trailer and 20’ truck, I wouldn’t bring a trailer longer than 35’ in unless you are really good in tight spaces. Site 110 is a great pull thru.
RangerLOVE this campground. Beautiful grounds with campsites nestled in a hemlock pine forest with lots of forest all around. So peaceful. Full hookup. Nearby Kennebunk and Kennebunk Port. No hiking trail on the grounds but many a short drive away. Pickleball and disc golf nearby. Only bummer was we wish we stayed longer. We would love to return for a week or more!
ScoutThis was a cool agritourism campground. A little pricey but the cleanest campground I have stayed at over the last month and a half traveling around the great lakes area and then into New England. I'm traveling solo but definitely a cool spot if you have kids, the outhouses are kept as spotless as one could hope for and there are is a cool loop trail around the property that has educational stops. Camp store has local produce and food from the farm, there are trails where you can go down to the shoreline.
GuideThere are no bad camping spots at this charming, scenic, squeaky clean campground. If you love water views, walking trails and exploring low-tide. Run, don’t walk and make a reservation today!
GuideBeautiful park! Real contact with nature, super safe... get ready to walk.
GuideThis is a nice campground with 90% permanent upscale sites. Don’t let that deter you, the nightly spots are concentrated have excellent natural surroundings. Decent size spaces and mostly level. Workers were nice and many things to do.
Scout⭐**Gunstock Campground: Apparently Your Reserved Site Is More of a Suggestion**
I don't believe I have**ever** left a negative Google review. I generally think that when something goes wrong, you contact the business, give them an opportunity to make it right, and most businesses are genuinely interested in doing exactly that.
Gunstock Campground has cured me of that quaint notion.
I reserved a full-hookup campsite for two nights. I was unable to make it there the first night, but arrived shortly after 7:00 a.m. the next morning. The camp store, where registration takes place, wasn't open yet, so I headed out for my planned hike— about six miles through the Belknaps, including summiting Rowe twice and Gunstock.
By the time I returned, I was utterly exhausted, starving, and actually feeling weak. My ambitions for the afternoon were modest:**eat something, take a shower, and collapse at the campsite I had paid for.**
The staff at the camp store greeted me warmly, checked me in, and sent me on my way.
I drove to my site. There was already a camper in it. Not merely*parked* there, mind you. They had apparently moved right in. They were hooked up to**my site's water and electric**, with water spraying from their ill-fitting hose connection and forming a rather impressive puddle underneath the camper.
I returned to the camp store to report that someone had apparently activated Gunstock's new**"Choose Any Site You Like"** camping plan. A staff member went down to speak with them and came back to tell me they were "packing up." Excellent! My mistake was assuming" packing up" meant**leaving**. It did not.
Apparently these campers had actually reserved a site**two rows away** that had**no water or electric**. Yet somehow, sometime after arriving the previous night, they had accidentally found themselves two rows over, in my clearly different site, connected to utilities their reservation didn't include.
We've all made mistakes. I've occasionally parked one space away from where I intended. I've never accidentally parked**two rows away, hooked myself up to someone else's electricity and water, and spent the night.**
But perhaps I lack imagination.
After they had now consumed about an hour of my afternoon— which, incidentally, is an hour I normally bill at attorney rates— I went back toward my site expecting to find it finally vacated.
And it was! Because Gunstock had moved these folks to another site**two spaces away from me**, apparently allowing them to pay for the upgrade they had already been test-driving. So the people who knowingly or unknowingly occupied my reserved full-hookup site, used the utilities, and delayed me from getting into the site I paid for were rewarded with...a nearby full-hookup site.
They never walked over to apologize. At that point, I no longer felt comfortable staying. It's difficult to relax at a campground when you've just discovered that site assignments appear to operate somewhat on the honor system— and that when someone helps themselves to your reserved site and utilities, management's solution is apparently to make sure *they* remain comfortably accommodated nearby. So I left. On my way home, I called Gunstock and asked for a refund. Surely, I thought, this would be the easy part. After all, I had paid for two nights, hadn't used the first, couldn't get into my site when I arrived for the second, waited while unauthorized occupants vacated it, and ultimately left because the entire experience had become so unpleasant.
Nope. Instead, the staff member **defended the other campers**. I was told they arrived late and "mistakenly" took my site. I was even told they supposedly **hadn't used the utilities**. This was particularly fascinating information for me to receive because **I PERSONALLY SAW THEM HOOKED UP TO THE WATER AND ELECTRIC.** I also took photographs. Including the enormous puddle underneath their camper from the leaking water connection. But apparently my eyewitness account and photographs were no match for the alternative version of events.
For my inconvenience, however, Gunstock did give me a coupon for a **free Bavarian pretzel**. So there is that.
I paid for a full-hookup campsite. Someone else occupied it and used the hookups. I lost roughly an hour waiting to access what I had reserved. The other campers were accommodated with an upgraded site nearby. I left because I no longer felt comfortable staying. And when I asked Gunstock to make the situation right, they refused to refund me and instead argued with me about things **I had personally witnessed and photographed**. The most disappointing part isn't that another camper took my site. Campers can behave badly. Businesses can't control everything their customers do. **What a business CAN control is how it responds when that happens. ** Gunstock had every opportunity to turn this into a mildly annoying story about a camping mix-up. Instead, they turned it into my first negative Google review.
But hey... **I do have that free pretzel coupon.**
ScoutWe just came back from a big family weekend there. We had 5 sites with 19 people(including children). This is by far the most rundown campground I've stayed! Only 1 bathroom facility was functioning. Of the 3 times I tried taking a shower, I only succeeded 1 time. The other 2 times(once at night and once the following morning at 6am) I only got drops coming out of the hot and cold faucets. I tried the only 2 stalls. Speaking of bathrooms...these have not been updated since the 60s-early 70s when I was camping with the same style bathroom facilities. The children's playground should be condemned!!! At least 25% of the wood is rotted. Some steps are missing from ladders. My granddaughter was swinging in the childs swing, the bottom unlatched and she fell through the bottom. If she wasn't monkey like in holding on she would have done a face plant to the ground. After looking at the swing, I found the plastic latch broken! 2 positives: the campsites are very nice! and the beach is great! Bottom line, these owners are not putting any money back into the campground and it's facilities. They are running it into the ground. I won't be coming back again!
Cabin rentals around Kennebunk, Maine range from basic to deluxe accommodations within a 30-minute drive of town. The region receives about 49 inches of precipitation annually, with summer temperatures averaging 70-80°F during peak cabin rental season from May through October. Winter cabin availability is limited as most campgrounds close after Columbus Day weekend.
Kayaking on marshlands: Paradise Park Resort offers proximity to paddling opportunities with rentals available. "This campground is very cute, oriented to families and couples. There's also paddleboats available to rent," notes one visitor from Paradise Park Resort.
Explore Eastern Trail: Wild Duck Adult Campground provides access to local trails. "It is within a mile of the Audubon center office, where you can either put in your own kayak/canoe or rent one," explains one camper. "It is 1.3 miles of the Eastern Trail, a multi-use gravel path which is a better place to walk, bike, or run."
Live entertainment options: Red Apple Campground features seasonal performances. "During the week we were there, we enjoyed a wonderful evening of jazz by a local trio of musicians. The campground also offered complimentary beer and wine that evening," shares a camper who visited in July.
Mountain biking access: Sandy Pines Campground connects to local preserves. "For those so inclined, there is great mountain biking either through the Tyler Preserve down to Cape Porpoise or North through the Emmitt Smith Preserve," notes one reviewer.
Clean facilities: Hemlock Grove Campground maintains high standards. "Friendly staff! Perfectly maintained grounds with clean updated bath house and laundry. Cozy forested campground, felt private despite having neighbors," writes one satisfied guest.
Shuttle services to beaches: Many Kennebunk-area cabin rentals offer transportation to nearby shores. "There is a trolly that will take you to the city for $2, but if you have a bicycle it is a quick 15-minute ride to the beach," mentions a camper from Old Orchard Beach Campground.
Proximity to coastal towns: Dixons Coastal Maine Campground offers strategic positioning. "This is a nice smaller campground, nice clean bathrooms, friendly staff. The location to the coastal beaches of York, Wells, Agunquit and Kennebunkport is the main reason we stayed here," explains a visitor.
Adult-only options: Wild Duck Adult Campground provides a quieter experience. "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," reports a July visitor.
Cash-only policies: Some establishments have specific payment requirements. A Red Apple Campground visitor notes, "Well, it all started when we pulled in first thing they only take cash. So I worked that out then they pulled us into a super tight pull through spot."
Seasonal operations: Most cabin rentals near Kennebunk operate on limited schedules. Dixons Campground runs "May 11 to September 24" while Hemlock Grove Campground is available "May 15 to Oct 15."
Water considerations: Location affects water access. "In theory, you can launch a kayak from the campground, but I would not recommend it. There is a culvert under Rt 9 that you need to pass under which is dangerous," warns a Wild Duck visitor.
Insect preparation: Wooded settings mean insects are present. "The mosquitoes were TERRIBLE. In the time it took after we parked the camper, to when I could dig the bug spray out of our truck I was covered in bites," warns one Wild Duck camper.
Entertainment options: Bayley's Camping Resort offers numerous activities. "This park has so many amenities and things to do that it is a destination in itself and you and your kids will be busy the entire time. The camp store is fully stocked, there are fishing ponds, golf cart rentals, numerous pools and hot tubs, daily activities, weekly poolside entertainment, playgrounds, mini golf, café, game room, arcade, and more."
Pool access: Temperature-controlled swimming is available at several locations. "The playground and pool were a hit with the kids," notes a Sandy Pines visitor, while another mentions, "It has big rig friendly. There is a small, but very well-kept dog park. There is a pool and hot tub. There's also pinball, Pac-Man, and pool table!"
Reservation timing: For family trips, booking well ahead is essential. A Paradise Park guest advises, "We were in a tent and enjoyed it but there are also many mobile homes and RVs. We were there the first week of June and could walk up and get a site that day but they said that late June you need to schedule your stay in advanced."
Playground quality: Inspect play areas before allowing children to use them. "The kids playgrounds are dangerous with huge pieces of concrete protruding out of ground around the base of slides and swings. Lots of stubbed toes and cut feet," warns one Bayley's Camping Resort visitor.
Site selection: Old Orchard Beach Campground offers varied camping areas. "We were in the more wooded area of the campground but the sites were still pretty wide open! Really nice clean pool and hot tub!"
Parking configurations: Site layouts vary significantly between campgrounds. At Thousand Trails Moody Beach, "The 30 amp sites are very close together. The campground layout is quite unusual, with campers parked lengthwise along the road. This means that you share the space where you sit outside with the camper behind you."
Site surfaces: Preparation for specific ground conditions helps with setup. "Our gravel site was perfectly level with no potholes and the roads leading to our site were easy to navigate in our 45' motorhome. The patio was gravel and there was some grass between campsites," notes an Old Orchard Beach camper.
Hookup availability: Connection options vary by campground. At Hemlock Grove, "We had a fifth wheel and they had 50amp hook up with water and sewer. It's very shady and there's a laundry but only cold water. The WiFi worked great, cable tv also."
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