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Coos Canyon Campground and Cabins

20 RV Sites, 1 Cabin, 17 Tent Sites

Coos Canyon Campground and Cabins in Byron, Maine, sits in Oxford County's Western Maine Lakes and Mountains region two hours from the coast — a campground offering RV sites and cabin accommodations at the gateway to Coos Canyon, the Swift River's renowned gold panning site, and the recreational resources of the Rangeley Lakes and Grafton Notch corridor that make western Oxford County one of the most concentrated outdoor recreation destinations in New England. Byron's position in the Swift River watershed above the canyon gives the campground its identity as the natural base for the panning, paddling, and hiking that this specific corner of Maine sustains at a quality level the state's better-known Acadia and Penobscot Bay destinations rarely acknowledge. A range of RV sites and cabin accommodations gives the campground the flexibility to serve the full spectrum of western Maine camping guests — self-contained RV travelers, families in cabins, and tent campers drawn by the Swift River's recreational character and the surrounding public land access of the White Mountain National Forest's Maine units and the Grafton Notch State Park terrain. The campground's welcoming atmosphere and its direct connection to the canyon and Swift River access reflect a property whose location in one of Maine's most distinctive natural areas gives it an inherent identity that sustains repeat visitors across seasons and camping styles. Pets are welcome. Coos Canyon, on the Swift River immediately adjacent to the campground, is one of the most photographed natural features in western Maine — a glacially sculpted bedrock gorge where the Swift River has carved potholes, chutes, and plunge pools through the Devonian-age Coos Canyon formation metamorphic rocks in a display of erosional geology more accessible and more visually interesting than the signage-guided waterfalls that constitute most Maine gorge attractions. The canyon is also Maine's most accessible and most historically active gold panning location — placer gold washed from the Appalachian source rocks upstream has been recovered from the Swift River's gravel bars since the 1860s, and the campground's position at the canyon makes it the natural overnight base for guests bringing pans, sluices, and the patient ambition of amateur gold prospectors. Grafton Notch State Park, north of Byron on State Route 26, provides the western Oxford County's premier hiking terrain — a mountain notch in the Mahoosuc Range where Old Speck Mountain (the fourth highest peak in Maine at 4,170 feet), Screw Auger Falls, Mother Walker Falls, and the Appalachian Trail convergence through the notch concentrate the hiking, waterfall, and long-distance trail programming that makes Grafton Notch a genuine destination for Maine outdoor recreation rather than simply a corridor pass. Coos Canyon Campground and Cabins operates through the western Maine camping season from late May through Columbus Day, with the summer months providing the Swift River panning season, Grafton Notch hiking, and Rangeley Lakes fishing and paddling activity that the campground's Oxford County location enables. Fall color in western Maine's mixed hardwood forest — sugar maple, yellow birch, and beech in the river valley bottoms and ridge slopes — peaks from late September through mid-October in a display that the relatively modest elevation of the Byron area intensifies against the dramatic Mahoosuc Range skyline. Reserve cabins ahead for the summer peak and fall foliage season, when western Maine campground availability draws from the Boston, Portland, and southern New England markets.

from $35 $31/night

Lone Mountain River Front Campground

35 RV Sites

Lone Mountain Riverfront Campground brings brand-new facilities and genuine Western Maine wilderness character together in Andover — a small mountain valley community in the Oxford Hills, 30 minutes from Bethel and at the edge of an ATV and trail network that extends across some of the most remote and beautiful terrain in New England. For campers who want a thoughtfully built campground in a landscape where the phrase "real Maine" is fully earned, Lone Mountain delivers. Campsite options span full hookup RV and tent sites to glamping tents and cozy cabins — all served by a brand-new bathhouse with hot showers and flush toilets, device charging docks, and the kind of clean modern facilities that camp reviews consistently highlight as exceptional for a property this new. A heated pool, an all-natural sandy-bottomed river beach on the campground's own waterway, and access to an extensive ATV and equestrian trail network through the surrounding Oxford Hills provide the core recreation. Fishing and swimming in the river are campground pastimes from arrival to departure, and evenings around a campfire amid the birch and hardwood forest of the Andover valley are exactly what Maine camping is supposed to mean. Pets are welcome. The Andover landscape is defined by the mountains and rivers of the upper Andover and Ellis River watersheds — terrain shaped by the geological forces that created the Oxford Hills and the remote interior of Oxford County, where the quiet and darkness are genuine rather than curated. Lone mountain campground's position in this landscape provides the kind of night sky visibility that has become genuinely rare within any reasonable drive of a population center. The Swift River, famous among Maine outdoor enthusiasts for recreational gold panning, flows within reach of camp and draws prospectors who arrive hoping to find flakes in the streambed — a uniquely hands-on natural history activity in a river that has yielded real gold since the 19th century. The Appalachian Trail, 15 minutes from Lone Mountain Riverfront Campground, provides some of the least-crowded and most dramatic hiking in Maine in the Oxford Hills section. Sunday River Ski Resort in Bethel, 30 minutes away, provides world-class downhill skiing in winter and mountain biking in summer. Grafton Notch State Park offers waterfalls, geological formations, and trail access within easy driving range of camp. Lone Mountain Riverfront Campground is open through the Maine camping season, with summer and early fall representing the full peak of the river beach, ATV trail, and Appalachian Trail experience. Book early for summer stays — this is a new property with a rapidly growing word-of-mouth reputation in the Western Maine Mountains region, and lone mountain riverfront campground availability in the warmer months reflects the momentum of a well-executed new opening.

from $40/night

Riverbend Campground

23 RV Sites, 2 Tent Sites

On 1540 Route 106 in Leeds, Maine—twenty miles west of Augusta in Androscoggin County where the Dead River borders the campground's west and south perimeters before flowing to Androscoggin Lake, creating the river-to-lake waterway connection that makes Riverbend's water frontage the most practical multi-water-body recreational access on the inland Maine camping circuit between Portland and the Kennebec—Riverbend Campground by Modern America Campgrounds provides water and electric RV sites with 50, 30, and 20-amp service, tent sites, waterfront positions, a swimming pool, free kayak rentals, and the Dead River access for fishing, kayaking, and canoeing that the campground's river-bordering configuration makes immediate and unhurried. The free kayak rentals and the river's direct access from the campground's perimeter are the two details that define what the Riverbend waterfront position actually means for daily recreation without leaving the property. Water and electric hook-up RV sites with 50, 30, and 20-amp electric options, tent sites, and specifically designated waterfront sites provide the accommodation range from full-hookup convenience to the direct-river proximity that the campground's Dead River frontage makes its most sought-after positions. Each site includes a fire ring and picnic table. A swimming pool offers the controlled aquatic recreation option when the Dead River's current or temperature makes pool swimming more practical than river swimming. A handicapped-accessible bathhouse with free hot showers, on-site laundromat, camp store, playground, sports equipment, game room, and a 30-by-60-foot covered pavilion available for group events and entertainment provide the resort infrastructure. Horseshoe pits and a basketball court extend the organized outdoor recreation options. Complimentary WiFi is available throughout. Free kayak rentals—the specific amenity that most genuinely distinguishes the campground's value proposition from a comparable non-waterfront Maine campground—make daily river paddling available to every guest at no incremental cost. The Dead River bordering the campground is the specific Maine inland waterway that the Leeds area's geography creates at the confluence of the glacially carved landscape's drainage patterns. Wide and deep relative to the shallow tributary streams more common in central Maine's rural interior, the Dead River provides the flat-water kayaking and canoeing that Maine's moving-water canoe culture values in a river whose pace allows leisurely observation rather than the technical demands of Maine's whitewater-active rivers. The river leads to Androscoggin Lake one mile east, where guests can access the lake's boat launch for dock rentals, paddleboarding, and the open-water experience that the enclosed river channel doesn't provide. The central Maine countryside surrounding Leeds provides the four-wheeling trails and golf courses that the campground's proximity makes available as half-day supplementary activities from the river recreation base. Augusta—the state capital and the most compact state capital city in the United States by area—is 20 miles east, providing the Maine State Museum's natural and cultural history programming, the Maine State Library, and the Blaine House executive mansion's architectural character as a half-day cultural excursion. Riverbend Campground is open seasonally through Maine's camping season. The spring fishing season, summer kayaking and swimming calendar, and fall foliage color that transforms the Dead River's wooded banks with the northern hardwood color that central Maine's maple and birch forest produces in October represent the three demand peaks. Reserve the waterfront site earliest, claim the free kayaks on arrival morning, and let the Dead River's unhurried flat-water character earn what Leeds, Maine, looks like for campers who found it.

from $35/night

Two Lakes Camping Area

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

On the shores of Hogan Pond—177 acres of western Maine freshwater with direct access to 147-acre Whitney Pond—Two Lakes Camping Area in Oxford combines the specific appeal of a Maine lake campground with a programming calendar, fishing quality, and site range diverse enough to serve families who want organized entertainment alongside serious anglers who came specifically for the bass. The campground's themed weekend calendar, eleven fish species, beachfront sites, paddleboat rentals, and camp store make it one of the more comprehensively developed lake campgrounds in the Oxford Hills region, and the combination of Hogan and Whitney Ponds gives the fishing options more depth than a single-lake property can provide. Accommodation ranges from primitive tent sites through full hookup 50-amp RV sites, with some positions directly off the beach giving the most waterfront-oriented guests immediate access to the pond's edge. RV rentals and rustic cabin rentals provide alternatives for guests who travel without their own camping equipment, and all sites include a fire ring and picnic table. The camp store—stocked with ice, wood, snacks, and groceries—handles provisioning needs, and a snack bar provides quick-service food for guests who don't want to cook. A game room provides indoor entertainment, and full laundry facilities serve the extended-stay population that Maine lake campgrounds reliably attract from June through August. The property hosts themed weekends throughout the season with live music, carnivals, beach parties, and seasonal festivals that keep the social calendar varied and give repeat-visit families something new to anticipate each return. Hogan Pond's fishing is the campground's most significant draw for the subset of guests who measure a lake campground by its fishing quality. Eleven fish species populate the pond, including Large and Smallmouth Bass of exceptional size—bass exceeding seven pounds have been caught here consistently enough that the campground specifically references the numbers—alongside Pickerel and White Perch that round out the catch diversity. The free boat launches serve guests with their own boats, and paddleboat rentals provide families without watercraft immediate water access. Swimming in the lake from the campground beach, canoeing and kayaking in the pond's coves, and fishing from both the shore and the water constitute the complete aquatic activity calendar that a quality Maine lake campground should provide. The Oxford Hills region of western Maine provides the wooded, lake-dotted landscape that defines Maine's interior character—a landscape of working forest, granite hills, and the hundreds of lakes that Maine's glacial geology deposited across the western part of the state. Sebago Lake State Park, one of Maine's most popular natural areas, provides hiking, swimming, and the largest lake in western Maine for guests who want to supplement the Hogan Pond experience with a larger water body. Sunday River Ski Resort in Bethel, the White Mountain foothills, and the Poland Spring mineral water heritage of the surrounding Oxford County landscape provide the regional context for non-fishing day trips. Two Lakes Camping Area is open seasonally through the Maine lake camping season, with the busiest period from late June through Labor Day. Beachfront sites with full hookups fill earliest for summer holiday weekends and themed event weeks. Reserve early for the peak camping window, bring the fishing gear and a sense of the organized chaos that a well-programmed Maine lake campground delivers at its best.

from $35/night

Jericho Gateway Family Campground

4 RV Sites, 7 Tent Sites

Jericho Gateway Family Campground in Berlin, New Hampshire, offers four back-in RV sites without hookups and seven tent sites across 300 family-operated acres in the White Mountains, with a big-rig-friendly layout taking rigs up to 100 feet and a dump station on site. This is genuine dry camping at the northern gateway to the White Mountain National Forest. Four back-in sites operate without hookups, and the big-rig-friendly layout accommodates rigs to 100 feet — an unusual combination that suits large self-contained coaches. Seven tent sites cover simpler camping. A dump station serves RV guests, and firewood is available on site. Guests should arrive fully self-contained and plan water and power accordingly. The 300 acres are the amenity. Walking trails run the wooded property for hiking and biking, and the family operation means guests deal directly with the owners. The scale gives a real sense of remove that smaller White Mountain campgrounds cannot match. Pets are welcome. Berlin sits in Coos County on NH-16 at the confluence of the Dead and Androscoggin Rivers, 20 miles south of the Canadian border. The Androscoggin carries fishing and whitewater, the Mahoosuc Range offers some of the most demanding hiking in New England, and Dixville Notch's mountain pass is within reach. This is the edge of the Great North Woods, the largest unbroken forest in the northeastern United States. The campground serves the northern New Hampshire season. Summer hiking and fall foliage are the two peak windows, with foliage in late September and early October drawing heavily across the White Mountains. With four RV sites, reserve as far ahead as you can.

from $35/night

Beach Camping Area

96 RV Sites, 4 Cabins, 7 Tent Sites, 2 Onsite RV/Trailers, 1 House

Beach Camping Area in Conway, New Hampshire, offers 98 RV sites, five cabin and house units, and seven tent sites along the Saco River, with 30 and 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 45 feet behind a gated entrance. Named categories — The Pines, Beach Side, Beach Family, Beach Retro, and Rivers Edge — join standard and water-and-electric tiers, with a sandy beach and river access. Ninety-eight sites span Beach Family RV, Beach Retro RV, Beach Side, Rivers Edge 30/50-amp, standard RV 30-amp, standard RV 50-amp, The Pines, and water-and-electric categories, carrying water, sewer, and electric where noted with site WiFi, sized to 45 feet, with fire pits and picnic tables. Naming categories for where they sit rather than numbering tiers makes the property easy to picture, and Rivers Edge and Beach Side are the ones to request. Confirm your tier, as the water-and-electric category does not carry sewer. Five cabins and houses, seven tent sites, and trailer rentals round out the lodging. A general store, laundry, restrooms, and firewood handle the practical side. A sandy beach on the Saco anchors the recreation, with swimming and river excursions arranged directly through the campground. Walking trails, hiking, a playground, pavilion, and community fire pit fill the rest, with live music and planned activities through the season. One mile south of North Conway village, the property sits in one of the White Mountain region's most beloved summer communities. Summer and foliage drive demand hard. Reserve well ahead.

from $40/night

Eastern Slope Camping Area Inc

148 RV Sites, 5 Cabins

Eastern Slope Camping Area in Conway, New Hampshire, offers 148 RV sites and five cabins on 36 acres in the Mount Washington Valley, with 20, 30, and 50-amp service, cable TV, and rigs accepted to 80 feet. Forest deluxe, poolside, and field categories in both full-hookup and water-and-electric join two river beaches and a heated pool. One hundred forty-eight sites span full-hookup forest deluxe, full-hookup poolside, full-hookup pull-through, water-and-electric field, and water-and-electric forest premium categories, carrying water, sewer, and electric where noted, sized to 80 feet, with fire pits, picnic tables, cable TV, and site WiFi. Naming categories by setting rather than just hookup level makes choosing straightforward. Five cabins round out the lodging. A general store, laundry, propane fills and exchange, dump station, restrooms, showers, and firewood handle the practical side. Two river beaches on the Saco anchor the recreation, with a heated pool, canoe and kayak rentals, fishing, and swimming from the water. Sports courts, volleyball, basketball, horseshoes, an arcade, a playground, and a dog park fill the grounds, with hiking, hayrides, and planned activities through the season. Pets are welcome. The campground sits on Route 16 at the southern gateway to the White Mountain National Forest, where the Saco River winds through the valley. North Conway's outlet retail and ski resort access are close, and Mount Washington's 6,288-foot summit — the highest point in the Northeast, and site of a 231 mph wind recorded in 1934 — rises at the valley's northern end. Summer and foliage season drive demand. Reserve well ahead.

from $52/night

Family and Friends Campground

34 RV Sites, 3 Cabins, 1 Park Model

In Standish, Maine—in the southwestern corner of Cumberland County where the forested hills of the Sebago Lake watershed create the freshwater recreation landscape that has made this part of Southern Maine a summer destination since the 19th century—Family and Friends Campground provides a wooded, community-centered retreat with a swimming pool, hot tub and sauna, recreation center, game room, bar, laundry, and a full spectrum of site and cabin accommodations including large cabins, park models, standard cabins, and RV and tent sites, within reach of Sebago Lake's exceptional fishing, boating, and the outdoor recreation inventory of one of Maine's most productive and beautiful freshwater systems. The campground's name reflects its operating philosophy—a gathering place where repeat guests become genuine community members over multiple seasons. The campground's accommodation range extends from primitive tent sites to park model cabins with the full residential amenities, creating flexibility for the variety of travelers that a Southern Maine campground near Sebago Lake attracts. A swimming pool and hot tub and sauna provide the essential warm-water recreation alongside the natural water access at nearby Sebago Lake, and the recreation center, game room, arcade, and organized activities maintain the entertainment variety that keeps families engaged between lake excursions. Horseshoes, ping pong, and billiards fill the casual social hours; planned activities through the season create the communal programming that turns a campground stay into a genuine vacation. A general store with propane fills, a bar, and laundry handle daily supply and practical needs. Standish occupies the western shore of the Sebago Lake watershed in Cumberland County, in the Maine interior landscape of mixed hardwood and conifer forest that separates the Portland coastal metropolitan area from the White Mountains' New Hampshire approaches. The Saco River watershed and the Sebago Lake basin together create the hydrological character of the area—a network of lakes, ponds, and rivers that drains the southern White Mountains' precipitation through Maine's western lake district toward the Atlantic. The forest cover of northern hardwoods, white pine, and hemlock creates the classic Maine woodland character that campers come from the urban Northeast specifically to inhabit. Sebago Lake, Maine's second largest lake at nearly 12,000 acres, provides the primary outdoor recreation anchor for the Standish area—a deep, clean lake (one of the purest large lakes in the eastern United States) with a landlocked salmon and lake trout fishery that has been famous among New England anglers since the early 20th century. Sebago Lake State Park on the lake's north shore provides the swim beach, boat launch, and camping infrastructure of a full state park within the same lake system. The White Mountain National Forest begins roughly 30 miles northwest in New Hampshire, providing the hiking trails, waterfall access, and the Presidential Range scenery that makes the western Maine-northern New Hampshire border one of New England's finest outdoor recreation corridors. Family and Friends Campground operates seasonally from Memorial Day through Labor Day in Maine's summer camping window, with August the peak month for lake-based recreation in Sebago's warm-water season and July Fourth the most heavily booked single weekend. The campground's mix of accommodation types makes it a flexible choice for extended family groups that include both RV travelers and guests who prefer cabin accommodation, and the pool and recreation center ensure that rainy Maine days don't derail the vacation experience. Reserve your site, standard cabin, or park model at Family and Friends Campground and let Southern Maine's lake country and the Sebago watershed deliver the quintessential Maine summer.

from $41/night

Fogg Brook Resort

1 House, 1 Apartment

Fogg Brook Resort in Palmyra, Maine, is a centrally positioned camping destination in Somerset County's inland Maine landscape — just minutes from I-95 and the Moosehead Trail highway corridor that serves as the primary approach route into the western Maine lakes and mountain region. The resort's 91 campsites and two guest suites cover the accommodation range from standard wooded RV and tent sites to the enclosed comfort of lodge-style guest quarters, and the on-site recreation infrastructure — an 18-hole golf course, a driving range, Foggy's Pub restaurant, a swimming pool, and the full complement of lawn and social activity options — gives it a depth of amenity that most Maine wooded campgrounds don't attempt. The 18-hole golf course is the resort's most distinctive amenity differentiator — a facility that transforms the property from a camping-with-extras operation into a genuinely hybrid resort where golfers and campers coexist in a campground-adjacent environment that serves both audiences simultaneously. Foggy's Pub, the on-site restaurant, provides sit-down dining and bar service that eliminates the need for vehicle trips to town for meals, a practical convenience in central Maine where the next establishment is often a significant drive. The swimming pool, shuffleboard, ping-pong, gaga ball, and horseshoes complete the activity roster across different ages and energy levels, and the wooded trail network for hiking and biking through the resort's forested grounds provides the natural recreation that brings Maine camping guests to the state in the first place. Pets are welcome. Moosehead Lake, Maine's largest lake and one of the largest lakes in the eastern United States, is accessible within the broader Moosehead Trail corridor from Palmyra — a 40-mile long, 10-mile wide body of water in the remote Maine highlands whose moose population, landlocked salmon and lake trout fishery, seaplane services, and absolute wilderness character make it the quintessential Maine interior lake experience. The town of Greenville on Moosehead Lake's southern shore is the commercial hub for the region's sporting camp, hunting, and fishing tourism that has sustained the area since the 19th century. Acadia National Park and Bar Harbor, on Maine's Downeast coast, represent the most celebrated Maine tourism destination and are within driving range for guests planning a multi-day Maine trip that combines inland camping with a coastal Acadia day or overnight. The Bangor Waterfront — with its concert venue, riverwalk, and commercial district — and the Skowhegan State Fair, one of Maine's oldest and most well-attended agricultural fairs, provide regional cultural programming options closer to the resort. The Waterville Opera House's performing arts calendar adds a legitimate cultural institution to the central Maine day-trip roster. Fogg Brook Resort operates through Maine's spring-through-fall outdoor season, with the golf course and full amenity calendar active from roughly May through October. The summer peak from June through August brings the strongest campsite demand from the northeast regional camping market, and fall foliage in Somerset County's mixed hardwood forest — particularly reliable in early October — provides a visually exceptional shoulder-season visiting window. Reserve campsites and guest suites ahead for the peak summer season and Maine foliage weekends.

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

Sun Retreats Westward Shores

25 RV Sites, 2 Cabins, 28 Cottages, 1 Lodge, 3 Park Models

Sun Retreats Westward Shores in West Ossipee, New Hampshire, occupies the northwest shore of Ossipee Lake in Carroll County's Lakes Region foothills — a waterfront camp-resort in the transition zone between the granite-and-pine lake country of the New Hampshire Lakes Region and the White Mountain foothills of the Mount Washington Valley, giving guests a dual-access summer base that combines the lake swimming, boating, and fishing of Ossipee Lake with the hiking, outlet shopping, scenic railroad rides, and alpine attractions of the North Conway and Conway corridor minutes to the north. The Sun Retreats brand's investment in consistent amenity quality and operational hospitality gives Westward Shores the resort character that Ossipee Lake's natural setting deserves. Lakefront and lake-view accommodations for RV sites, cottage rentals, and vacation home-style lodging give the resort the accommodation diversity to serve families across different group sizes and equipment configurations. The direct Ossipee Lake access — with swimming, boating, and fishing available from the property's waterfront — delivers the lake summer camp experience that New Hampshire's Lakes Region and its glacially carved lake system have provided to summer visitors since the Victorian era. The resort's community programming, social activities, and family-oriented atmosphere reflect Sun Retreats' approach to building a genuine seasonal community rather than simply providing overnight parking. Pets are welcome. Ossipee Lake's approximately 3,000 acres of cold, clear New Hampshire water support warmwater and coldwater fishery species across a lake whose maximum depth exceeds 100 feet in its northern basin — largemouth and smallmouth bass, pickerel, yellow perch, and white perch sustain the recreational fishing that lake country summer residents build their morning routines around. The lake's western shore access from Westward Shores gives guests the aquatic base for motorized boating, sailing, canoeing, and kayaking across a lake large enough to provide genuine open-water conditions while remaining contained enough for family boating safety. The Mount Washington Valley, accessible in minutes from the resort, is New Hampshire's most comprehensively developed outdoor recreation and tourism corridor — North Conway's outlet shopping district provides the commercial anchor that makes the valley a year-round destination regardless of weather, while the White Mountain National Forest hiking trail network, Cathedral Ledge and Whitehorse Ledge's world-class rock climbing, the Swift River's swimming holes in the White Mountain National Forest, and the Conway Scenic Railroad's excursion trains through Crawford Notch deliver the White Mountain experience that New England outdoor enthusiasts pursue year-round. Sun Retreats Westward Shores operates through New Hampshire's camping season from late May through Columbus Day weekend, with the summer weeks from Fourth of July through Labor Day representing the most intensely booked period and the August foliage transition beginning the color season that extends through the September and early October window of peak leaf color in Carroll County's mixed hardwood and conifer forest. Lake Winnipesaukee, New Hampshire's largest lake, is 20 minutes south of Ossipee and provides the Weirs Beach entertainment district, the M/S Mount Washington excursion boat, and the Water Country waterpark as day-trip extensions of the Lakes Region experience. Reserve accommodations several months ahead for summer holiday weekends and the prime August lake season when Ossipee Lake area properties book from the greater Boston, Manchester, and coastal New England markets.

from $68/night

Tamworth Campground

51 RV Sites, 4 Onsite RV/Trailers

Tamworth Campground in New Hampshire offers 55 RV sites beside the White Mountain National Forest, with 30 and 50-amp service, cable TV, and rigs accepted to 48 feet. Riverfront and river view water-and-electric categories join a full-hookup Safari Area tier and several rental units, with a beach, lake, pond, and mountain views. Fifty-five back-in sites span full hookup Safari Area 30-amp, riverfront water-and-electric 30-amp, and river view water-and-electric 30-amp categories, carrying water, sewer, and electric where noted with cable TV, sized to 48 feet, with fire pits and picnic tables. Confirm your tier, as the riverfront and river view categories carry water and electric but not sewer at the site. Cruiser fifth wheel and Jayco rental units, with and without slide-outs, round out the lodging for guests without a rig. A general store, laundry, propane fills and exchange, dump station, restrooms, and showers handle the practical side. A beach, lake, pond, and river anchor the recreation, supporting boating, canoeing, kayaking, fishing, and swimming. A pavilion, playground, and horseshoes fill the rest, with hiking in every direction and planned activities through the season. Pets are welcome. Carroll County sits in the southern foothills of the White Mountains, where the granite peaks of the Sandwich Range, the Chocorua Lake basin's extraordinary scenery, and White Lake State Park's spring-fed swimming make one of New Hampshire's most photographed corners. North Conway and the Kancamagus are close. Summer and foliage season drive intense demand in the White Mountains. Reserve well ahead for July through mid-October.

from $45/night