Cottonwood Camping and RV Park

In the blueberry barrens and coastal forest of Downeast Maine at 1140 US Highway 1 in Columbia Falls, Cottonwood Camping & RV Park has built one of Maine's most versatile outdoor recreation campgrounds—a property that combines full hookup RV sites, tent camping, and unique accommodations including a treehouse, teepees, and a tiny bird cabin with direct access to the Sunrise Trail, a multi-use recreational trail system that extends through the heart of Washington County for ATV riding, equestrian travel, hiking, and mountain biking. For those who come to Downeast Maine to be outside and moving through the landscape—not just parked beside it—Cottonwood provides the access point. Large pull-through sites with full 50-amp hookup service accommodate big rigs alongside the property's diverse alternative accommodation options, and all sites are served by a clean bathhouse with showers, bathrooms, and laundry facilities. The dog park provides a dedicated space for traveling pets, and a general store on the property handles daily supply needs without requiring a drive to town. Direct access to the Sunrise Trail's multi-use corridor is the campground's defining advantage—guests can launch ATV rides, equestrian outings, and hiking or biking trips from the property itself, eliminating the trailhead parking logistics that consume time and effort at campgrounds not directly connected to the trail network. Columbia Falls occupies the shore of the Pleasant River estuary in Washington County, the largest and most sparsely populated county east of the Mississippi, where the rocky coast and blueberry barrens of Downeast Maine create a landscape genuinely unlike any other part of New England. The Downeast blueberry industry—centered in the Washington County communities between Cherryfield and Machias—produces 99 percent of the wild blueberries harvested in the United States, and the summer barrens covered in low-growing blue green plants transitioning to brilliant red and orange in fall create one of New England's most striking and least publicized seasonal spectacles. Acadia National Park on Mount Desert Island lies about an hour west on US-1, providing the most visited and most spectacular national park access in New England—the park's hiking trails, carriage roads, summit drives, and the Jordan Pond shore path constitute an extraordinary outdoor recreation inventory within day-trip range of the campground. The Bold Coast—the stretch of dramatically rocky, undeveloped shoreline from Cutler to Lubec that represents Maine's most rugged coastal terrain—is accessible to the east for hiking to some of the highest headland views on the Eastern Seaboard. Machias, the shire town of Washington County, provides the region's essential services and the Machias Wild Blueberry Festival each August. Cottonwood operates seasonally through Downeast Maine's outdoor recreation window from spring through fall, with ATV and equestrian season at its peak from May through October when the Sunrise Trail is fully accessible. The blueberry harvest in August provides a uniquely Downeast experience for guests willing to explore the barrens landscape beyond the trails. Fall color in Washington County peaks in late September and early October in a combination of the boreal forest and the barrens' red-orange transformation that is quietly spectacular. Reserve your site or treehouse at Cottonwood Camping and let the Sunrise Trail and the wild character of Downeast Maine deliver a Maine experience that the coastal tourist circuit rarely reaches.