Lake Maria State Park Campground

Stayed in B1 close to the road. The hike in is about a mile if you park near the group campsites; doable for carrying in firewood! There is a fire pit provided as well as a gear box and a picnic table. There are usually some leaves and smaller twigs around that can be used as kindling to get a fire going. Nice lake views and while the road has some traffic, it is quiet at night. The site has a nice area right next to the lake to put your tent. I have camped here in a 1p and 2p backpacking tent (photos of both included), and the area was big enough for a tent a bit larger than what I have. I have stayed at this same site twice and it is usually my go to for testing new gear as the state park is fairly close to home and the hike in is short. Be prepared with bug spray/repellant! The hike in and with the site being so close to water usually means dealing with ticks and mosquitos during the late spring to early fall months!

I like the primitive sites the best. Nice lake to hike down to as well. I went in August though and the mosquitos were awful.

It was November but that's when our anniversary lands and dang it we wanted to go camping so we did. Walk in site# BP6 was a hilly 1/4 mile hike one way but worth the view. We were right on the edge looking out over a small lake with towering trees all around us. Each BP site also has it's own private latrine house slightly apart from your site. Nothing fancy but it was clean and private. There are miles of trails at this park. We didn't get to see any of the endangered Blandings turtles but there were trumpeter swans, this is a huge migratory area for the birds.