Schoodic Woods Campground — Acadia National Park
Reviewed Jun. 11, 2018

One of the nicest I've ever stayed in...

It was such a nice campground that I almost don't want others to find out about it. This part of Acadia is relatively new - it was an old Naval base and the facilities were turned over to the park service in 2002. The campground has two loops. Loop A has small sites suitable for a small camper/tent camper or tents. All the sites have electricity and water - no sewer. There are some hike to sites for tents. Loop B has huge sites which can accommodate very large tour-bus like RVs. We had our 27' pop up and our truck and could have put another two vehicles in our site (B-11). Each site in this loop also has electricity and water, but no sewer. There is a dump station. The sites are all gravel which was great considering that it rained for the first two days we were there. It kept the mud down. The sites are pretty private - you don't really see your neighbors. The bathrooms have cold running water, toilets and an outside sink to wash dishes. They also have trash dumpsters, recycling and even dog poop baggies. The bathrooms do NOT have showers, which is a shame since it wouldn't have been much to add them. These are by far the BEST bathrooms we have ever used at a campground. So clean, new and well done. Our site was pretty far from the bathrooms, however, so if you usually like to be near the bathrooms, pay attention to the map. We enjoyed having the electricity and the water hook ups. The only negative (and it was slight) was that the water tasted a little bit funny - like it had some sort of chemical in it. We ended up getting water from the Ranger station to make tea and coffee with each morning. But it was fine to wash and clean up with. We were there in early June so there weren't any ranger programs, but the bus was running just for the Schoonic part of the park. The Ranger station was very nice and the ranger there was very helpful. It is about an hour drive to get to the main part of Acadia or Bar Harbor. We went there two of the five days we were there and I could see where it would get old to make that drive if we wanted to do more in the main part of the park. One other note - we were freezing! If you go in early June be prepared for colder temps. It was down in the low 40s almost every night and never got warmer than 60 degrees during the day. We used our heater every night. The bugs weren't bad yet (probably because of the cold), but the black flies were starting to come out. I can only imagine they get worse.

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  • Review photo of Schoodic Woods Campground — Acadia National Park by Kim R., June 11, 2018
  • Review photo of Schoodic Woods Campground — Acadia National Park by Kim R., June 11, 2018
  • Review photo of Schoodic Woods Campground — Acadia National Park by Kim R., June 11, 2018