Schoodic Woods Campground — Acadia National Park
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Reviewed Sep. 11, 2021

The Quiet Mainland Section of Acadia - Drop dead gorgeous

Schoodic Woods NPS campground is state of the art for the Park Service. Not only is this new Acadia campground wired for wifi and electric boxes, but the bathrooms are shockingly well-conceived. No showers, but excellent dish washing set-up. 

Sites are generally private and well-cared for. Rangers here seem more engaged & experienced than at Seawall on Mount Desert Island and actually circulate in this section of the park. Driving the one way loop is a joy compared to the loop road on Mount Desert … one feels that you almost have the park to yourself. This branch of Acadia requires a full hour's journey from the Mount Desert side by car. Sometimes there is a ferry that goes between Bar Harbor and Winter Harbor, but it was disabled by motor failure when I visited and wanted to ride to Bar Harbor.

I stayed in site A-49 on the edge of loop A. It was a good site with a large fire ring and was level but directly faces site A-50 where a halogen light was left burning all night long spoiling the dark sky effect. 

Most of Loop A seems to be for RV's with sites A-24 to A-36 and the A-50 section being more suitable for tents. Sites A-40 to A-50 seem to have more shade than sun but it's variable. I would include A-31;A-32; A 34 as shaded sites. My impression is that A-27; A-37; A-43 are mostly sunny. A-39 was small, sloped- not level.

SiteA-49
Month of VisitOctober
  • Review photo of Schoodic Woods Campground — Acadia National Park by LoneCamper C., September 11, 2021
  • Review photo of Schoodic Woods Campground — Acadia National Park by LoneCamper C., September 11, 2021
  • Review photo of Schoodic Woods Campground — Acadia National Park by LoneCamper C., September 11, 2021
  • Review photo of Schoodic Woods Campground — Acadia National Park by LoneCamper C., September 11, 2021
  • Review photo of Schoodic Woods Campground — Acadia National Park by LoneCamper C., September 11, 2021
  • Review photo of Schoodic Woods Campground — Acadia National Park by LoneCamper C., September 11, 2021
  • Review photo of Schoodic Woods Campground — Acadia National Park by LoneCamper C., September 11, 2021
  • Review photo of Schoodic Woods Campground — Acadia National Park by LoneCamper C., September 11, 2021
  • Review photo of Schoodic Woods Campground — Acadia National Park by LoneCamper C., September 11, 2021
  • Review photo of Schoodic Woods Campground — Acadia National Park by LoneCamper C., September 11, 2021
  • Review photo of Schoodic Woods Campground — Acadia National Park by LoneCamper C., September 11, 2021
  • Review photo of Schoodic Woods Campground — Acadia National Park by LoneCamper C., September 11, 2021
  • Review photo of Schoodic Woods Campground — Acadia National Park by LoneCamper C., September 11, 2021
  • Review photo of Schoodic Woods Campground — Acadia National Park by LoneCamper C., September 11, 2021
  • Review photo of Schoodic Woods Campground — Acadia National Park by LoneCamper C., September 11, 2021
  • Review photo of Schoodic Woods Campground — Acadia National Park by LoneCamper C., September 11, 2021
  • Review photo of Schoodic Woods Campground — Acadia National Park by LoneCamper C., September 11, 2021
  • Review photo of Schoodic Woods Campground — Acadia National Park by LoneCamper C., September 11, 2021
  • Review photo of Schoodic Woods Campground — Acadia National Park by LoneCamper C., September 11, 2021
  • Review photo of Schoodic Woods Campground — Acadia National Park by LoneCamper C., September 11, 2021