Canoeing/Kayaking

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

Wild Fox Cabins & Campground

6 RV Sites, 8 Cabins, 4 Tent Sites

Wild Fox Cabins and Campground in Lakeville, Maine, offers six RV sites, eight cabins, and four tent sites across 155 secluded acres on Junior Lake, with 30-amp water-and-electric service and rigs accepted to 35 feet, open all year. A single power-and-water category joins a boat ramp, boat docks, kayak and boat rentals, and 3,600 feet of shoreline. Six back-in sites carry water and electric on 30-amp, sized to 35 feet, with fire pits and picnic tables. Two things to plan around: the sites carry water and electric rather than sewer, and the 35-foot cap rules out larger coaches — this suits vans, small trailers, and truck campers. Eight cabins and four tent sites make this substantially a cabin property. A general store, restrooms, showers, and firewood handle the practical side. The park points guests to Maine's online license portal, GPS Trailmasters for ATV routes, and the ITS system for snowmobile trails. A boat ramp, boat docks, boat rentals, and kayak rentals open the lake for boating, canoeing, kayaking, and fishing, with walking trails, hiking, horseshoes, corn hole, a pond, and exceptional birding filling the rest. Offroading is nearby. One hundred fifty-five acres and 3,600 feet of shoreline for six RV sites is extraordinary. Lakeville sits an 80-mile drive northeast of Bangor into genuinely undeveloped northern Maine forest — this is remote country, with the Grand Lake chain, moose, and dark skies, and the ATV and snowmobile networks running for hundreds of miles. Summer and the fall foliage window drive demand, with snowmobile season following. Reserve well ahead.

from $35/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.

Jackman Landing Campground & Cabins

3 Cabins

Jackman Landing Campground & Cabins in Jackman, ME, offers RV and tent camping alongside 3 cabins. Contact the campground for site count, hookups, amp service, and maximum rig length — those specifics aren't published here. Laundry, a bathhouse with showers, a dump station, and WiFi cover the essentials. Pets are welcome. One detail that matters for the audience this place serves: you can ride ATVs, 4x4s, and bikes directly from your site, and there is room for trailers if you're towing sporting equipment. A pond, creek and river frontage, and lake access fill the property, with kayaking, boating, swimming, fishing, hiking, biking, and genuinely dark northern Maine sky for stargazing. Off-road trails run from the door. Jackman sits where Big Wood Pond flows into the Moose River in Somerset County near the Canadian border — wilderness lake country where moose outnumber campers on most fall mornings and the trail systems run into the unorganized territories. Rates for sites and cabins are on the booking page. Call ahead about trailer space and your rig's fit.

from $150/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

Quarry Ledge Campground

28 RV Sites, 4 Cabins, 24 Tent Sites

Quarry Ledge Campground in Mount Desert, ME, offers 28 RV sites, 4 cabins, and 24 tent sites, with 20 and 30-amp service and back-in sites for rigs up to 45 feet. Sites come in three categories — 30-amp back-in, 20/30-amp back-in, and 20-amp rustic — each carrying water and electric with a fire pit. There's no sewer at the site, so plan on the on-site dump station. Note the electrical: service tops out at 30-amp, so a rig wired for heavier draw will need an adapter and some load management. A bathhouse with showers, firewood, portable toilets in the rustic area, and cabins cover the rest. Pets are welcome. An outdoor pool, boat docks, boat rentals, walking trails, and horseshoes support swimming, boating, paddling, paddle boarding, paddle boats, fishing, hiking, biking, and corn hole. Quarry Ledge sits on Somes Sound on Mount Desert Island — widely described as the only true fjord on the eastern seaboard, a glacially carved inlet that splits the island — with Acadia National Park all around it. Rates for sites, cabins, and tent spots are on the booking page. Acadia's summer season books out months ahead.

from $49/night