Best Tent Camping near Stow, ME

Recent Tent Reviews in Stow

1161 Reviews of 47 Stow Campgrounds

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  Kim L.

  Guide

  

  Nov. 4, 2024

  Lafayette Place Campground — Franconia Notch State Park

  Well managed campground

  Very nice campground. Plenty of space for 2 vehicles in campsite. Sites are spacious and and shaded. Flush toilets well stocked and clean. Showers available at camp store. Very nice and helpful staff. Surprising that campground does not allow pets. The campground is close to main road and was noisy at night. Visitor center and Flume Trail are nearby.

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  Kt

  Scout

  

  Oct. 28, 2024

  White Mountains Camping on Little Larry Road

  Little larry!! Amazingly peaceful spot.

  Have stayed at all upper sites. Beautiful serene and quiet. Site 4 and 5 get some cell service. Upper two top sites beware of bears especially the right side site. Game trail heaven. Amazing little larry brook. Great flat sites except top two. Highly recommend

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  Kt

  Scout

  

  Oct. 28, 2024

  Town Hall Road Dispersed

  Great spot. Watch put for officer rowe!!!

  Great spot w an exception of local officer Rowe. Comes to site unannounced or invited then fabricates the visit.

  Other than that it's wonderful. Some really amazing river sites. Moose pond at top left fork has reception as well as lower gate.

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  Lee D.

  Legend

  

  Oct. 18, 2024

  Grafton Notch Campground

  Five years later, still five stars!

  General: Small (15-site) campground near Grafton Notch State Park (but not IN the park). No hookups. Not all will agree with me, but I am glad no generators are allowed.

  Site Quality: Sites are gravel, level, and have enough trees to afford privacy between sites. 

  Bath/Shower House: It is immaculately clean. Each gender has two stalls and one ADA-accessible shower. The shower has nice warm water and a great flow. There is also a very clean vault toilet. 

  Activities/Amenities: Horseshoes and cornhole in the lawn area in the center. Information on many local hikes. Rocky beach has tables where you can sit and relax. There are two dishwashing sinks, potable water, and a dump station. 

  What makes this campground shine is the owner, Mo. We’ve stayed in many campgrounds but hands down, Mo takes more pride in her campground than any other we’ve been in. Seasonal decorations, flower pots, and Mo is an on-site presence to answer questions, engage in conversation, and make sure the sites and all facilities are pristine. We stayed here five years ago and look forward to hopefully staying again in the future. About the only thing I can find fault with is the proximity to the road but even at that, road noise is minimal.

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  Heather E.

  Guide

  

  Oct. 14, 2024

  Moose Brook State Park Campground

  Wonderful campground near Mt Washington

  Loved this campground! Quiet and pretty private spots - outer loop a bit more. Great facilities w wash sink - nice camp store and not at all too close to town! 20 min drive to Mt Washington (be sure to check weather as we had rain at the campground which was ice on the mtn so we couldn’t go to top/they stopped us halfway.)

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  Meghan B.

  Ranger

  

  Oct. 11, 2024

  Blackberry Crossing

  Blackberry Crossing Campground

  Your typical first-come first-served National Forest campground with vault toilets and handpump water. The Albany Covered Bridge is a short walk away.

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  RebornBeast 9.

  Scout

  

  Oct. 9, 2024

  Town Hall Road Dispersed

  Amazing campsite

  Had everything we needed

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  Laura G.

  Scout

  

  Oct. 9, 2024

  Jigger Johnson Campground

  27$ x night for an RV

  Very nice place. Lots of spots for tents and RV, I believe all of them with fireplace. Quiet and clean.

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  Kevin H.

  Scout

  

  Oct. 7, 2024

  White Mountains Camping on Little Larry Road

  Adorable private spots

  We pulled in around 7:30 pm on a Sunday night and there were plenty of open spots. We took a huge one. Found a fairly flat area and stayed for the night.

  Just enough t-mobile / starlink signal to watch streaming and message, but wouldn't be enough for remote work so we went to the White Mountain National Forest Picnic area off the main road about 5 minutes away and had great signal

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  Nickolas H.

  Scout

  

  Oct. 5, 2024

  Town Hall Road Dispersed

  Great dispersed sites

  Great sites. Some right.on water. First come first serve, can get busy.

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  Lisa D.

  Traveler

  

  Oct. 2, 2024

  Apple Hill Campground

  Good for a one night stop

  Run down. Owner nice.

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  Dominique F.

  Traveler

  

  Sep. 30, 2024

  Hogan Road Pulloff near Appalachian Trail

  Easy access. Somewhat secluded.

  About 1km (.6 miles) of gravel road, easy enough for a big road bike, but don’t go any further as it gets rough. Plenty of trees to hang your hammock. Enough space to put up to 3-5 tents. No fire allowed. Would be really quiet if not for the road across the lake. I saw one truck in the evening and one in the morning.

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  Daniel B.

  Traveler

  

  Sep. 22, 2024

  Campton Campground

  Awesome Campground

  I found this place on The Dyrt app, so I came to check it out, I made a reservation online just to make sure I guaranteed my spot when I arrived, which I didn’t had to worry about either way because there was lots of empty spaces, but you never know, even though I made my reservation my spot didn’t have my name on it or any information about when I was suppose to arrive and leave, there was nobody there, but made me wonder if there was someone already there, besides that, it’s a great place to camping, clean, quite, bathroom was close by, shower and everything, besides all that I was able to use my phone with no problems, I have AT&T btw, there is a Dunkin, General store and a gas station like 3 minutes driving, which is great in case you forgot to buy something or are too lazy to make coffee and breakfast, I stayed for 2 night, can’t complain, and will come back for sure, I highly recommend this place, although I recommend to get the side from 33 to 57 it’s on the other side and not too close from the highway.

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  Jeffrey S.

  Guide

  

  Sep. 17, 2024

  Lost River Valley Campground

  Two stays up on Harley road sites

  August stay very nice site 210 facing east with views of loon mountain area. These sites are w/E/S. Second stay mid September site 225 good easterly view. Quiet and peaceful. Lower sites by river with wooded sites of all categories. Tenting to small RV’s.

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  Jeffrey S.

  Guide

  

  Sep. 13, 2024

  Lost River Valley Campground

  Really rustic feel with modern convenience

  Stayed here in August for a few nights now booking in September for three nights. Like sites on Harley road, with views of loon mountain and surrounding vistas. Very nice campground with lots of wooded sites some with river frontage. Very well appointed store. Lots of sites have electric and water. No RV over 32’ in lower sites over lost river bridge. Also cabins available throughout the grounds for those without RV/Tent. Close to town with stores , restaurants, gas stations

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  Kevin C.

  Ranger

  

  Sep. 13, 2024

  Sebago Lake Family Campground

  Beautiful Park Like Setting

  We came into the park on a Wednesday in mid September and found that over half the spaces were open. We grabbed a spot about 60 feet from the lake.

  The camping sites are large enough for a tent and a couple of vehicles. There are a few larger sites here and there. Sites are very close to neighboring camp sites so Privacy is poor

  There are very nice bathroom facilities with hot showers, dish rinsing sinks and hot showers.

  The view from the lake is amazing. We walked to the beach every morning with our chairs for coffee. VERY RELAXING!

  There is a building near the entrance of the state park that says its a store but it looks pretty old and closed.

  The young lady who delivered our park permit was exceptionally friendly and helpful. However, the people that clean the restrooms are about as polite as construction workers in Queens. They do have a garbage dumpster but it is located about a mile from the campground. Not very convenient for tent or van camping.

  Overall the price charged for the sites seems higher than the value received.

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  Eric H.

  Scout

  

  Sep. 13, 2024

  Moose Hillock Camping Resort

  Mixed Feelings

  My family and friends were drawn to this campground for its exciting pool and convenient location, and those aspects definitely lived up to expectations. However, our campsite was not level, and the sites were very close together with little privacy. We were tent camping but the area we were in, while a tent site, is best for RVs.

  The bathroom facilities could also use some attention– a loose toilet and a broken hand dryer weren't ideal. Overall, we enjoyed our stay, but these conditions kept it from being great.

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  Meghan B.

  Ranger

  

  Sep. 11, 2024

  Mount Blue State Park Campground

  Mount Blue State Park Campground

  The campground was nice and quiet during our stay, but the pit toilets near our campsite were quite rough--super smelly and an endless amount of flies flying out of the toilet.

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  Meghan B.

  Ranger

  

  Sep. 10, 2024

  Stony Brook Recreation and Campground

  Pleasant stay at Stony Brook

  The staff was very nice and helpful during our stay. There are a variety of sites to choose from and a bunch of things to do around the campground. The campground store also had a good supply of items, too. It sounds like the new owners are making improvements around the campground, so I'm excited to see how it comes along if I'm in the area again in the future!

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  Meghan B.

  Ranger

  

  Sep. 9, 2024

  Cold River

  Short and sweet

  Stayed for a night while passing through the area. Lots of space between sites and very clean facilities. Would stay again.

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  Meghan B.

  Ranger

  

  Sep. 9, 2024

  Sugarloaf 1 Campground

  Ideal base camp

  I was lucky to snag one of the couple remaining campsites on a Saturday afternoon. The sites are spacious, the bathrooms with flush toilets are clean enough, and the river nearby is a great spot to rock-hop if you're not too busy hiking the many amazing trails in the area.

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  Alexandre R.

  Traveler

  

  Sep. 8, 2024

  Guyot Shelter - Dispersed Camping

  Awesome campsite

  Great campsite!

  Bear box, food area, water source, cabin, Privy, and platforms.

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  Kaileigh K.

  Traveler

  

  Aug. 19, 2024

  White Lake State Park Campground

  Great Lake with nice campground amenities and feel

  We had a great stay at white lake state park. I was surprised that there was only a large log separating our site from the next one but luckily it was just my brothers family so it wasn’t awkward. Our sites (2-11 and 2-11a) survived a 2 hour monsoon with some water running through but other sites had some major flooding so just something to be cognizant of.

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  Bob G.

  Traveler

  

  Aug. 17, 2024

  Lafayette Place Campground — Franconia Notch State Park

  Good location and amenities, great staff

  We were there June 26-30, 2024 for a Hiker Trailer Campout. We had 17 trailers and 30 people. Lafayette Place was the perfect place for an event like that. The water points and restrooms were placed well throughout the campground. The quarter operated showers were nice and hot and very good pressure and flow. Our campsite (79) was a bit uphill from the road, but easily negotiable. As others have noted, there is a bit of noise from Rt. 93.

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  Bob G.

  Traveler

  

  Aug. 16, 2024

  Town Hall Road Dispersed

  Good dispersed camping

  The road was not as bad as I anticipated. There was room for my Jeep Grand Cherokee towing a squaredrop camper to pass the very few oncoming vehicles we encountered. There is a good mix of tent and small/medium camper sites. Many of the sites are right on the side of the road. 

  We went to the end of Town Hall Road and camped at the last site before you leave the WMNF. It was a very spacious site, set back from the road, a little bumpy getting into it.

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  Ralph C.

  Traveler

  

  Aug. 15, 2024

  White Birches Camping Park

  Wonderful Campground

  Great campground! Clean, well maintained, playground and heated pool. The view of the mountains was worth the price alone

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  Arno W.

  Guide

  

  Aug. 15, 2024

  Twin Mountain-Mt. Washington KOA

  Great place for families

  This campground is wonderful for camping with kids. It has a great playground and a small but nice and clean pool.

  The amenities are clean and well taken care of.

  Super nice staff is the finishing touch for this great campground.

  Spaces are reasonably spacious and in wooded area.

  We would definitely recommend.