This reply is a little late to be of help to you but I'll post anyway for others following the thread. I've been camping at Mt Desert Campground for 7-8 years- Longer than I've been paddling. The campground is at the upper end of Somes Sound and though it doesn't look it from the road it is very beautiful, especially the waterfront sites. There are many people who return year after year so those sites can be hard to book on short notice but it's worth trying. Most of the sites have wooden tent platforms which are great in wet weather (count on it at MDI), the bathrooms are well maintained and it's got the only put in on the upper sound that I know of (mud flat at low tide). It's a short drive to the Pectic Seafood Market, Mother's Kitchen and the Pie Lady- all indispensible to your survival in the wilderness. I've camped at Blackwoods and Bass Harbor campgrounds and I've seen Seawall, the KOA and some others but Mt Desert is by far my favorite.
You'll enjoy meeting Owen Craighead and his family who operate the campground. Last summer when we got talking about kayaking Owen told me he started paddling in the 80's while going to school in the UK. He had heard about a guy who was a paddling enthusiast and did a little teaching so he called him up and asked if he wanted to paddle together sometime. It turned out to be Nigel Dennis... not a bad place to start.
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This reply is a little late to be of help to you but I'll post anyway for others following the thread. I've been camping at Mt Desert Campground for 7-8 years- Longer than I've been paddling. The campground is at the upper end of Somes Sound and though it doesn't look it from the road it is very beautiful, especially the waterfront sites. There are many people who return year after year so those sites can be hard to book on short notice but it's worth trying. Most of the sites have wooden tent platforms which are great in wet weather (count on it at MDI), the bathrooms are well maintained and it's got the only put in on the upper sound that I know of (mud flat at low tide). It's a short drive to the Pectic Seafood Market, Mother's Kitchen and the Pie Lady- all indispensible to your survival in the wilderness. I've camped at Blackwoods and Bass Harbor campgrounds and I've seen Seawall, the KOA and some others but Mt Desert is by far my favorite.
You'll enjoy meeting Owen Craighead and his family who operate the campground. Last summer when we got talking about kayaking Owen told me he started paddling in the 80's while going to school in the UK. He had heard about a guy who was a paddling enthusiast and did a little teaching so he called him up and asked if he wanted to paddle together sometime. It turned out to be Nigel Dennis... not a bad place to start.
enjoy!
Dana
Northshore Mariner
white/white