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Jackman Landing Campground & Cabins

3 Cabins

At the point where Big Wood Pond flows into the Moose River in Jackman, Maine—in the wilderness lake country of Somerset County near the Canadian border where moose outnumber campers on most fall mornings and the trail systems extend into the unorganized territories of western Maine's deep woods—Jackman Landing Campground and Cabins provides RV sites, tent camping, and four-season cabins in a setting that functions as the outdoor recreation hub its ATV, snowmobile, fishing, and paddling access collectively demand. The campground's private boat launch accommodating pontoon-sized vessels, direct ATV trail connectivity from every site, and stocked fishing for lake trout, salmon, and bass turn the property into a genuine base camp rather than a simple overnight stop, and the four-season cabin construction extends the Jackman wilderness experience through ice fishing and snowmobiling seasons that most Maine campgrounds don't even attempt to serve. RV sites with water, electric, cable, and internet access serve the full hookup population, and tent sites with water and electric serve the lighter camping crowd that the Jackman wilderness reliably attracts through paddling and hiking seasons. Four-season cabins represent the newest and most significant accommodation addition to the property—fully furnished with complete bathrooms and kitchens, living rooms with dining areas, and the loft sleeping configurations that put six-person and eight-person capacity into cabins with private bedrooms. A thoroughly remodeled bathhouse with separate men's and women's facilities provides the shower infrastructure that serves tent and RV guests during the peak summer and shoulder seasons. The private boat launch—large enough to accommodate pontoon boats—gives guests with their own vessels immediate water access to Big Wood Pond without the marina stop that other Jackman area campgrounds require. A canoe is available to cabin guests on a first-come basis for guests who want the lake without hauling equipment to Maine. The Jackman area's ATV and snowmobile trail network is the recreational infrastructure that makes the campground's direct trail access from each site a meaningful amenity. Western Maine's trail systems connect from Jackman south through the Kennebec Highlands and north toward Quebec in a network of maintained ATV routes that constitute one of the most extensive off-road trail systems in New England, and the ability to leave directly from the campsite without loading equipment onto a trailer represents the specific convenience that serious trail riders specifically seek in a home base campground. Winter snowmobile access through the same trail systems makes the four-season cabin offer genuinely viable rather than aspirational—Jackman receives snowfall totals that guarantee riding conditions from December through March in most years. Jackman's Somerset County wilderness position provides the moose viewing, bear activity, and bird diversity of the untracked Maine interior—a landscape where birch and spruce forest on the plateau terrain creates the habitat that moose use as thoroughly as any part of eastern Canada. The Boundary Mountains visible to the north mark the Maine-Quebec border that gives the Jackman area its gateway-to-Canada character, and the Dead River and Kennebec River systems accessible from the region provide the whitewater and flatwater paddling that Maine's outdoor tradition has centered on for generations. Jackman Landing Campground and Cabins operates year-round for the full four-season outdoor calendar. Summer and fall are peak seasons for fishing and foliage; winter is snowmobile and ice fishing season; spring brings mud season and the first open-water paddling of the year. Reserve the eight-person cabin for fall, bring the ATV, and let the Somerset County wilderness do the rest.

from $150/night

Coos Canyon Campground and Cabins

20 RV Sites, 1 Cabin, 17 Tent Sites

Coos Canyon Campground and Cabins in Byron, ME, offers 20 full-hookup RV sites, 1 cabin, and 17 tent sites, with 20, 30, and 50-amp service and room for rigs up to 50 feet. Sites come in three categories — back-in, premium back-in, and premium pull-thru — all carrying water, sewer, and electric with a fire pit and picnic table. Laundry, a bathhouse with showers, a general store, a dump station, and WiFi cover the essentials, and trailer rentals are available for guests without a rig. Pets are welcome. Gold panning is the signature activity here — the Swift River runs past the campground at Coos Canyon, one of the best-known panning spots in New England, and guests work the gravel bars all season. A beach, walking trails, and river access fill out the rest, with swimming, fishing, paddling, hiking, biking, and birding, and off-road riding nearby. Byron sits in Oxford County in Maine's Western Lakes and Mountains region, about two hours inland from the coast. Rates for sites, the cabin, tent spots, and trailer rentals are on the booking page. The Maine season is short — reserve ahead for summer and for foliage weeks.

from $35 $31/night

Ladd Pond Cabins And Campground

6 RV Sites, 4 Cabins

Ladd Pond Cabins and Campground in Stewartstown, New Hampshire, offers six full-hookup RV sites and four cabins in the far northern Connecticut Lakes region, with 30-amp service and rigs accepted to 45 feet. Open all year with on-site fishing guides, this is a genuine four-season wilderness base in one of the Northeast's most remote environments. Six back-in sites run in water-and-electric and full-hookup configurations carrying 30-amp service, sized to 45 feet, with fire pits and picnic tables. Four cabins provide enclosed lodging. A general store and firewood handle the practical side. The operators note that in the event of a pandemic or government shutdown preventing your stay, you receive a voucher good for two years or as local law requires. Pets are welcome. Fishing guide services are the distinguishing amenity, and they matter here — this is remote water where local knowledge separates a productive day from a blank one. A pond on the property supports fishing, swimming, canoeing, kayaking, paddle boats, boating, and water sports, with hiking, biking, and birding from camp and off-roading nearby. Stewartstown sits in Coös County where New Hampshire narrows to a corridor between Vermont and Maine, and the Connecticut River's headwaters flow south from the Canadian border through boreal forest and cold-water ponds. The remote sporting camp tradition has drawn anglers, hunters, and wilderness campers here since the nineteenth century, and little about that has changed. Year-round operation makes hunting season, ice fishing, and summer angling all viable. With six RV sites, reserve well ahead in any season.

from $45/night

Moosehead Family Campground

24 RV Sites, 8 Tent Sites

Moosehead Family Campground in Greenville, ME, offers 24 RV sites and 8 tent sites, with 20, 30, and 50-amp service and back-in sites for rigs up to 45 feet. Sites come in two categories, back-in 20/30-amp and back-in 20/30/50-amp, each carrying water and electric with a fire pit and picnic table. There's no sewer at the site, so plan on the on-site dump station. A bathhouse with showers, a general store, a library, on-site dining, and a playground cover the essentials. Pets are welcome. The water access is what sets the place apart: a marina, boat docks, fishing guides working from the property, plus a pond, creek frontage, walking trails, sport courts, tennis, and basketball, with boating, kayaking, fishing, hiking, biking, and birding. Golf is nearby. The campground sits at 312 Moosehead Lake Road on Route 15, one mile south of Moosehead Lake and the town of Greenville — Maine's largest lake, the largest moose population in the lower 48, and the wilderness canoe routes of the Katahdin-Moosehead region. Rates for sites and tent spots are on the booking page. Maine's short summer means July and August book far ahead.

Spacious Skies Balsam Woods

115 RV Sites, 6 Cabins, 2 Tent Sites

Spacious Skies Balsam Woods in Abbot, Maine, offers 115 RV sites, six cabins, and two tent sites in the Maine Highlands, with 30 and 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 75 feet. Full-hookup and water-and-electric back-in and pull-through categories at both amperages join an outdoor pool, beach, boat ramp, and jumping pillow. One hundred fifteen sites span back-in 30-amp, back-in 30/50-amp, back-in water-and-electric 30-amp, pull-thru 30-amp, and pull-thru 30/50-amp categories, carrying water, sewer, and electric where noted with site WiFi, sized to 75 feet, with fire pits and picnic tables. Confirm your tier, as the water-and-electric category does not carry sewer at the site. Seventy-five feet is generous for northern Maine. Six cabins and two tent sites round out the lodging. A general store, laundry, propane fills and exchange, restrooms, showers, firewood, and a snack bar handle the practical side. All guests check in at the main office and sign the terms — e-signature in advance is encouraged. An outdoor pool and beach anchor the summer, with a boat ramp, pond, and river supporting fishing, swimming, and whitewater rafting. A jumping pillow, recreation center, sports courts, volleyball, basketball, horseshoes, gem mining, walking trails, hiking, biking, a playground, pavilion, and dog park fill the rest. Stargazing and birding are exceptional this far north. Piscataquis County is the heart of Maine's wildest country — Moosehead Lake, Katahdin in Baxter State Park, and the Appalachian Trail's northern terminus are all within range. The season is short. Reserve well ahead for July and August.

from $34/night

Riverbend Campground

23 RV Sites, 2 Tent Sites

Riverbend Campground in Leeds, ME, offers 23 RV sites and 2 tent sites, with 20, 30, and 50-amp service and back-in sites for rigs up to 40 feet. The four categories are clear about both service and position: 30-amp water-and-electric transient sites, 30/50-amp water-and-electric transient sites, and waterfront versions of each. All carry water and electric with site-delivered WiFi, a fire pit, and a picnic table. There's no sewer at the site, so plan on the on-site dump station. Laundry, a bathhouse with showers, a general store, firewood, propane fills and exchange, and a pavilion cover the essentials. Pets are welcome. An outdoor pool, boat docks, a boat ramp, and boat and kayak rentals support swimming, boating, paddling, paddle boats, paddle boarding, and fishing, with sport courts, basketball, horseshoes, walking trails, live music, and planned activities. Leeds sits at 1540 Route 106 in Androscoggin County, twenty miles west of Augusta, where the Dead River borders the campground before flowing into Androscoggin Lake — a river-to-lake connection that makes the water frontage unusually useful. A state park and golf are nearby. Rates for sites and tent spots are on the booking page. Waterfront sites book first.

from $35/night

Jellystone Park™ Androscoggin Lake

104 RV Sites, 8 Cabins, 5 Tent Sites

Jellystone Park at Androscoggin Lake in Leeds, Maine, offers 105 RV sites, eight cabins, and five tent sites across 150 acres with half a mile of private lakefront, carrying 30 and 50-amp full hookups and rigs accepted to 60 feet. Standard lakefront, deluxe back-in, and premium pull-through categories sit behind a gated entrance with a water park and disc golf course. One hundred five sites span standard, standard RV/tent, standard lakefront, deluxe back-in, and premium pull-through categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric on 30 and 50-amp, sized to 60 feet, with fire pits and picnic tables. The lakefront category is worth requesting. Eight cabins and five tent sites round out the lodging. A general store, laundry, dump station, restrooms, showers, and firewood handle the practical side, with a gated entrance controlling access. The lake carries the recreation. A boat ramp, boat docks, and beach give direct access for boating, fishing, canoeing, and kayaking, with a water park, outdoor pool, and inflatable water toys besides. Mini-golf, a disc golf course, jumping pillow, gaga ball, gem mining, arcade, craft room, recreation center, sports courts, volleyball, and basketball fill the grounds, with golf cart rentals, on-site dining, food trucks, and live music through the season. Pets are welcome. Androscoggin Lake sits in central Maine's western lake district — clear glacial water, loon-haunted shorelines, and mixed boreal forest. Spring and fall bring reduced rates, though attractions run weekends only. Summer is the peak — reserve well ahead.

from $34/night

Stetson Shores Campground

6 RV Sites, 11 Tent Sites

Stetson Shores Campground in Stetson, ME, offers 6 RV sites and 11 tent sites, with 30-amp service and back-in sites for rigs up to 35 feet. Sites come in three categories — full-hookup, beach full-hookup, and beach water-and-electric — with full-hookup sites carrying water, sewer, and electric plus a fire pit and picnic table. Note the electrical: service is 30-amp, so a rig wired for heavier draw will need an adapter and some load management, and the 35-foot maximum keeps this to smaller rigs. Laundry, a bathhouse with showers, a general store, firewood, and a dump station cover the essentials, with cabins for guests without a rig. Pets are welcome. A beach, a boat ramp, boat docks, kayak rentals, a pond, walking trails, sport courts, volleyball, basketball, horseshoes, and a playground fill the grounds, with swimming, boating, paddling, fishing, hiking, birding, and planned activities. Stetson sits on 29 wooded acres on the shore of Pleasant Lake in Penobscot County, in the central Maine lake belt where glacially carved basins hold cold, clear, undeveloped water. Rates for sites and tent spots are on the booking page. Beach full-hookup sites book first.

from $35/night

Two Lakes Camping Area

43 RV Sites, 3 Cabins, 2 Tent Sites, 2 Onsite RV/Trailers

Two Lakes Camping Area in Oxford, ME, offers 45 RV sites, 3 cabins, and 2 tent sites, with 20, 30, and 50-amp service and back-in sites for rigs up to 40 feet. The categories spell out exactly what you get: 20-amp water-and-electric, 30-amp water-and-electric, 30-amp water/electric/sewer, 50-amp water-and-electric, 50-amp water/electric/sewer, and beach 20-amp water-and-electric, plus rental campers for guests arriving without a rig. Full-hookup sites carry water, sewer, and electric with site-delivered WiFi, a fire pit, and a picnic table. Laundry, a bathhouse with showers, a general store, firewood, a dump station, a game room, a community fire pit, and recycling cover the rest. In an emergency, call 911 and give your location as Two Lakes Camping Area, 215 Campground Lane, with your site number. Pets are welcome. A beach, boat docks, a boat ramp, kayak rentals, sport courts, basketball, gaga ball, horseshoes, a playground, and walking trails fill the grounds, with swimming, boating, paddling, fishing, gem panning, live music, and planned activities. Oxford sits on Hogan Pond, 177 acres of western Maine freshwater with direct access to 147-acre Whitney Pond. Rates by site type are on the booking page. Beach sites and full-hookup 50-amp sites book first.

from $35/night

Big Moose Inn Cabins and Campground

8 RV Sites, 15 Cabins, 27 Tent Sites, 14 Hotel Rooms

Big Moose Inn Cabins and Campground in Millinocket, ME, offers 8 RV sites, 29 cabin and hotel rooms, and 27 tent sites, with room for rigs up to 35 feet. RV sites are back-ins carrying water and electric with a fire pit — there's no sewer at the site, so plan on dumping elsewhere, and confirm your site's amp rating when you book, since service here is lighter than a modern coach typically expects. The 35-foot maximum keeps this to smaller rigs. A bathhouse with showers, firewood, WiFi, and on-site dining are available, and pets are welcome. With 29 rooms and 27 tent sites alongside just 8 RV sites, this is a lodge and campground first. Boat and kayak rentals put guests on Millinocket Lake for paddling, boating, paddle boats, fishing, and hiking. Millinocket is the gateway to Maine's most remote country — Big Moose is the closest full-service lodging to Baxter State Park, Katahdin, and the northern terminus of the Appalachian Trail. Rates for sites, cabins, rooms, and tent spots are on the booking page. Eight RV sites at the Baxter gateway means summer books months out.

from $42/night

Point Sebago Resort

8 RV Sites

Point Sebago Resort in Casco, ME, offers 5 full-hookup back-in RV sites with 50-amp service and room for rigs up to 35 feet. Sites are back-ins carrying water, sewer, electric, and cable TV. Note the electrical: this resort runs 50-amp service, so a rig wired for lighter service will need an adapter, and the 35-foot maximum keeps RVs to the smaller end. The grounds are gated, with laundry, a general store, a snack bar, on-site dining, golf cart rentals, and a dump station. The resort suggests bringing beach towels, beach chairs, a flashlight, and a jacket for cool nights — units have air conditioning but Maine evenings turn. Pets are welcome. The resort program is full-scale: a marina with boat docks, a boat ramp, boat rentals, a fishing pier, a beach, mini-golf, a clubhouse, pickleball, tennis, basketball, volleyball, bocce, shuffleboard, horseshoes, billiards, and planned activities, with golf next door. Casco sits on Sebago Lake, the largest lake in southern Maine at 46 square miles of glacier-carved water. Rates are on the booking page. Five RV sites at a resort this size means they book out for the whole summer very early.

from $70/night

Pemi Cabins

Along the Pemigewasset River in Lincoln, New Hampshire—at the foot of the White Mountains in Grafton County where the Franconia Notch corridor concentrates the most dramatic granite mountain scenery in New England and where the Pemi's river sound, the mountain air, and the proximity of 800,000 acres of White Mountain National Forest create the outdoor setting that Lincoln's lodging community has built its identity around—Pemi Cabins offers 18 one and two-bedroom cabins with fireplaces, screened porches overlooking the river, kitchens, high-speed WiFi, and flat-screen TVs, alongside an outdoor pizza oven, fire pits, picnic tables, park grills, a shuffleboard court, complimentary morning coffee, and direct snowmobile trail access with trailer parking—pet-friendly and open year-round in a riverside cabin property where 14 of the 18 units sit directly on the Pemigewasset and the White Mountain National Forest's trail network begins within walking distance. The river is under the porch. The mountain is the view. The 18 cabins—14 of which sit directly on the Pemigewasset River—provide the one and two-bedroom configurations with fireplaces for the cool White Mountain nights, screened porches where the river sound creates the sleep environment that Lincoln's lodging competition charges extra for, full kitchens with the equipment for self-catering the week's meals, and the WiFi and flat-screen TVs that the modern cabin guest requires regardless of how completely the mountain setting absorbs the daytime hours. The outdoor pizza oven, communal fire pits, picnic tables, park grills, and shuffleboard court create the shared outdoor social infrastructure that a cabin community needs when the individual units' porches aren't enough space for the evening gathering. Complimentary morning coffee, the pet-friendly policy, and the snowmobile trail access with trailer parking extend the practical hospitality across seasons and travel styles. Lincoln sits in Grafton County at the foot of Franconia Notch on I-93, at the southern gateway to the White Mountain National Forest's most visited corridor. The Pemigewasset Wilderness—the 45,000-acre roadless area south of Franconia Notch that the Wilderness Act protects in one of the largest wilderness designations in the Northeast—creates the backcountry hiking and fishing environment that the Pemi Cabins' location at the wilderness edge makes immediately accessible from the riverside property. The Pemigewasset River's east and west branch confluence in Lincoln creates the main stem that flows south through the Pemi Valley toward Plymouth and the Lakes Region. Franconia Notch State Park, 5 miles north on I-93, concentrates the White Mountains' most iconic attractions in the 8-mile granite notch—the Flume Gorge's 800-foot natural chasm with boardwalks and covered bridges along the Flume Brook, the aerial tramway to Cannon Mountain's 4,080-foot summit, Echo Lake's swimming beach and mountain reflections, and the Basin's pothole-carved granite bowl at the base of a waterfall. Loon Mountain Resort, 3 miles east of Lincoln on the Kancamagus Highway, operates ski lifts from December through March and mountain biking and the gondola scenic ride from May through October. The 34-mile Kancamagus Highway east through the national forest to Conway delivers the most scenic fall foliage drive in New Hampshire during October's peak color weeks. Pemi Cabins operates year-round in the White Mountains' four-season climate—the winter snowmobile season from January through March on the groomed trail network accessed directly from the property, the spring and summer hiking and river season from May through September, and the October foliage peak that makes the Franconia Notch corridor one of New England's most photographed autumn landscapes. Reserve your riverside cabin at Pemi Cabins and let the Pemigewasset River's sound, the Franconia Notch backdrop, and Lincoln's White Mountain National Forest position deliver the four-season New Hampshire mountain experience that the screened porch and the fireplace were built to frame.