Schoodic Woods Campground- Acadia National Park, Maine

Started by DavidM, August 09, 2017, 12:31:37 PM

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DavidM

Following the MWP meetup, we headed to a brand new campground that is part of Acadia National Park in Maine- Schoodic Woods Campground. It is about 5 miles east of Bar Harbor, Maine as the crow flies, but much more by car. It is on the Schoodic peninsula which is mostly NP land now.

The campground just opened last year and was almost pristine. The land for it was donated and the anonymous donor made it a condition that his architect lay out and design the facility. As a result the campsites aren't jammed together like most national parks. OTOH being new, the surrounding vegetation is a bit scrubby and not as foresty as Blackwoods Campgound, the big one near Bar Harbor. As a result, some campsites are rather open. But if you look at the campground map on the Recreation.gov site you can usually pick one with no view of your neighbors.

We took a loop drive down to Schoodic Point and made some stops along the way. A pic of Joan and our dog overlooking the point is attached.

Even though the lower half of the peninsula is NP land, the northern part has a couple of towns with nice restaurants and lobster pounds. We had dinner at Bunkers Wharf restaurant which overlooks a nice cove full of lobster boats- pic attached. But they ran out of lobster that night- go figure.

So, if you are planning to camp in the main Acadia Park, consider a side trip and spend a night at Schoodic Woods.

David



gbpack

Looks great David. Will check it out whenever we get back to Acadia next!