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Campgrounds near Springvale, Maine range from family-oriented resorts to adults-only facilities, primarily offering established camping with full hookups. Sandy Pines Campground in Kennebunkport and Cole's Mine RV Resort in Lebanon exemplify the diversity of options, with accommodations spanning from traditional tent sites to cabins and glamping setups. Most campgrounds in the area provide water and electric hookups, fire rings, and picnic tables, with several featuring lake access or swimming pools.
The camping season in this region typically runs from early May through mid-October, with most facilities closing after Columbus Day weekend. "This place is well laid out and very well taken care of. The pool is heated and has an amazing water slide," noted one visitor about Cole's Mine RV Resort. Advance reservations are strongly recommended, particularly for weekend stays during July and August when family-friendly campgrounds reach capacity. Many campgrounds offer a mix of daily, weekly, and seasonal rates, with some primarily serving seasonal campers who return year after year. Road access is generally good throughout the area, with most campgrounds accessible via paved roads suitable for large RVs.
Several visitors highlight the range of amenities available at mixed-use campgrounds near Springvale. Potters Place Adult Camping Area in Lebanon stands out for its age restriction policy (21+ only), creating what reviews describe as a "rustic and quiet" atmosphere with "tons of walking trails through the woods, and around the pond." Bunganut Lake Camping Area offers a popular swimming beach and boat access, though some reviewers note it can become crowded on holiday weekends. Pine Ridge Campground, while welcoming to all ages, tends to attract a predominantly adult clientele seeking a peaceful environment. The proximity to coastal attractions remains a draw, with one camper noting that Spacious Skies Walnut Grove provided "a great stopover for Maine hotspots" including Kennebunkport and Portland.
"Started with really expensive sites, and we had 4 of them next to one another. Rained the whole time we were there. Wouldnt even consider a discount, nothing."
"This is a glampground, keep this in mind, if your looking for a peacful Shangri-La seek another campground, if your looking to let loose and enjoy an amenity filled experience around other people, give"
from $64 / night
Check Availability"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."
"Owner was around and super nice! Amazing place. My family has stayed here many times and will again!"
from $40 - $85 / night
Check Availability"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."
"It is built on a hill so some sites are a bit of a walk to get to. Linda will try to get you the best/easiest site for your type of camping."
"The lake looks amazing though it rained all weekend so we didn’t get to utilize it. The store has anything you may have forgotten for fair prices. We had a great time!"
"Tons of walking trails through the woods, and around the pond. A very relaxing place. The owner Tom is one of the nicest guys you’ll meet. Oh, and he provides firewood for free!"
"Minutes away from scenic hiking, fruit orchards and more. Check them out and leave them some love."
from $44 - $68 / night
Check Availability"IT is 9 miles from Wells Maine which is on the ocean. LOTS OF GREAT restaurants there and nearby, like Ogunquit Maine and York Maine, etc. "
"Campground is superior in its warmth, cleanliness, dog friendly and access to points of interest."
"We were able to book last minute and got a great tenting site, next to a running river that was great to sleep to. Very buggy, but it's outside, what do you expect?"
"Staff was very friendly and extremely cautious about their surroundings. Plenty of things to do to stay busy during the rainy days."
"I was on a long road trip and only stayed a few days mainly to see the nearby Maine hotspots - Kennebunkport and Portland. The campground is not fancy, but clean and well maintained."
from $44 - $999 / night
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ScoutThis is our 2nd year as seasonal campers and it is wonderful. The seasons sites are very spacious and most have plenty of shade/sun. The transient site are not as spacious but have grassy areas and plenty of sun. There are no tent sites at this time
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.
TravelerA mix of seasonal and short term campers. Here for 3 nights I did not feel out of place at all - quite the opposite. Staff are very nice, campground is quiet, clean and has lots of amenities(laundry, games- pool, table tennis, badminton, small kids playground, kayak rental for the placid river, swimming area at the river"beach"). All sites have water and hookup. Couple of excellent tent spots right on the river. I had a small space down by the river for my tent trailer and found it quite spacious. Sites overall are somewhat close together but not overly and it remains peaceful. About 30 minute easy drive to the coast (Portsmouth, Hampton Beach etc.).
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 stayed midweek and the park was 1/2 empty. Lots of kids activities. Wonderful bathrooms and showers. Great laundry. Close to Freeport but not the water
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!
Camping near Springvale, Maine offers options throughout York County, with most locations situated within 30 minutes of downtown. The region experiences average summer temperatures between 65-80°F from June through August, with nights cooling to the 50s. Most campsites near Springvale maintain sandy or graveled terrain, with pine forest coverage providing natural shade at select locations.
River activities: Salmon Falls / Lebanon KOA offers tubing opportunities along the adjacent river. "There's a nice river you can float down so that was nice! I would get a campsite by the river instead of where we stayed in an open field," advises one visitor.
Mountain biking: Sandy Pines Campground connects to multiple trail networks. "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 Joe R.
Water recreation: Bunganut Lake Camping Area provides lake access for swimming and boating. "The lake looks amazing though it rained all weekend so we didn't get to utilize it," mentions a camper who visited during inclement weather.
Nature trails: Potters Place Adult Camping Area features extensive walking paths. "Tons of walking trails through the woods, and around the pond. A very relaxing place," according to Shannon G.
Privacy between sites: Some campgrounds offer more secluded spaces. "I loved that there was a tent only area that felt a little more secluded and quiet with some nice privacy between sites," reports Kaileigh K. about Sandy Pines Campground.
Clean facilities: Beaver Dam Campground maintains well-kept bathrooms and grounds. "The facilities are spotless," notes one reviewer, while another adds, "Bathrooms are modern and spotless. Owners on site are wonderful."
Wooded sites: Many campers appreciate tree coverage. "The sites are nice size with gravel. They are under trees so we could watch the colors change," writes Marilea G. about her fall visit to Sandy Pines.
Adult-focused environments: Several campgrounds cater to older demographics. "This is a beautiful campground with easily accessible sites, meticulously maintained grounds and it's super quiet," observes Shannon G. about Potters Place Adult Camping Area, which restricts entry to those 21 and older.
Advance booking requirements: Summer weekends fill quickly at most campgrounds. "We found this campground when searching kind of last minute for somewhere to go for the week of the 4th and I can say it did not disappoint," notes one camper about Sandy Pines Campground.
Site surface variations: Not all descriptions match reality. "They advertised the site as a grass site, but it was all sand," reports Ben J. about Salmon Falls / Lebanon KOA.
Weather considerations: Rain can impact some campgrounds significantly. "The campsite behind ours got totally flooded and the peoples stuff was soaked," notes a camper at Salmon Falls / Lebanon KOA during a rainy weekend.
Seasonal population: Many campgrounds host long-term campers. "Many of the sites were used by long-term campers, which turns the campground into a nice little neighborhood - everyone I greeted waved or said hello," shares Ann B. about Spacious Skies Walnut Grove.
Water activities: Sun Outdoors Saco Old Orchard Beach provides transportation to nearby attractions. "Great location trolley will pick you up from the campground and take you to Old Orchard Beach," explains Jill P., adding, "Kid activities were done regularly."
Entertainment options: Some campgrounds schedule regular programming. "Outdoor movies were fun," notes Jill P. about Sun Outdoors Saco.
Pool facilities: Several campgrounds offer swimming pools. "The playground and pool were a hit with the kids," mentions Kaileigh K. about Sandy Pines Campground.
Family-friendly layouts: Certain campgrounds cater specifically to families. "The playground/pool area has something for all ages," explains Laura K. about Bunganut Lake Camping Area, adding, "My daughters first stop was the adorable library! Books, games and movies galore!"
Site selection: Pine Ridge Campground attracts a predominantly adult crowd. "While not an adult only campground, it's mostly comprised of adults only," explains Becca H., calling it "peaceful and quiet all the time."
Hookup availability: Most RV parks offer various connection options. "We had a full hook up site, mixed in with a bunch of vintage campers," notes Joe R. about Sandy Pines Campground, adding, "While the sites are not super spread out, they are not right on top each other either."
Size restrictions: Some campgrounds have limitations for larger rigs. "The only reason I give if 4 instead of five stars is that there are only a few transient sites that can handle a camper over 30ft," advises Steve K. about Sandy Pines Campground.
Seasonal considerations: Fall visits offer different experiences. "We stayed here to see the fall colors. The park is laid out very nice," reports Marilea G., noting Sandy Pines makes "a quiet place with friendly staff."
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