⛺ Camping on public land in Maine

286 public places in Maine are listed for camping (266 state & public land, 10 state parks, 8 national parks, 1 state forests, 1 open-access private land). 0 have no entry fee. Open any place for its map, directions, fees and the land around it.

Rules, seasons and closures vary by unit. Confirm with the managing agency before you go.

The places

🏞️ Acadia National Park$35/vehicle (7 days)
🌳 Baxter State Park$15/vehicle non-res (ME residents free)
🗺️ Central Penjajawoc PreserveUnknown — check official site
🤝 North Maine WoodsDay use ~$10-15/person (residents less); camping ~$12-15/night
🗺️ North Penjajawoc ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Sawyer Mountain HighlandsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Walden-Parke PreserveUnknown — check official site
🏞️ Acadia National ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Ackerman Island PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Acre Island PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Albert G. Sewell WoodsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Albert J. Sousa PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Allen Whitney Memorial ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Amherst Mountains Community ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Androscoggin WoodsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Annie Sturgis SanctuaryUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Appalachian National Scenic TrailUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Appalachian National Scenic TrialUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Appleton Bog PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Ash Island PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Bald Mountain Pond Conservation LandUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Bald Mountain PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Baldwin Hill Conservation AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Bamford PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Barney's Point PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Bass Falls PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Bates-Morse Mountain Conservation AreaUnknown — check official site
🌳 Baxter State ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Bearce Allen PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Beaver Pond IslandsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Bens Island PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Big Huckleberry IslandUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Bigelow PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Blackstrap Hill Community ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Bog Brook Cove PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Bonney Point Conservation AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Bonyun PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Bradbury-Pineland CorridorUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Bragdon Hill ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Brick Island PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Brimstone Islands PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Broadturn FarmUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Calderwood Island PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Calderwood PreserveUnknown — check official site
🌳 Camden Hills State ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Canaan Bog PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Canaan Bog PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Captain Robert Spear PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Carl & Barbara Segerstrom PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Carleton Pond Water Supply LandUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Carlton Pond Waterfowl Production AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Carter Nature PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Casino HillUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Cathance River Nature PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Cedar Swamp LotsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Chain of Ponds Public Reserved LandUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Charlie's WoodlotUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Clark Island PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Clarry Hill HighlandsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Coburn WoodsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Coburn WoodsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Coburn WoodsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Cousins River MarshUnknown — check official site
🌳 Crescent Beach State ParkFee charged — check official site
🗺️ Crocker Mountain Public Reserved LandUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Cross Cushing PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Cross Hill TrailsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Crow Island PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Crystal Spring FarmUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Cummings PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Curtis Farm PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Damariscove Island PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ David's Island PreserveUnknown — check official site
🏞️ Deboullie Public Reserved LandUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Debsconeag Lake Wilderness AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Dodge Point PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Donnell Pond Public Reserved LandUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Doyle PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Duncan Howlett ForestUnknown — check official site
🌲 Durham State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Earthrest Wilderness SanctuaryUnknown — check official site
🗺️ East Branch Conservation AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ East Windham Conservation AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Eaton PreservesUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Eaton PreservesUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Eaton PreservesUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Eaton Town ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Echo Lake Watershed PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Ed Woodsum PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Egypt Pond Conservation AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Elderberry Lane WoodlotsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Eleanor Hayes Town ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Eleanor L. Campbell PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Elmwood Trails Conservation EasementUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Emily Luce Memorial ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Falmouth Crossing Open SpaceUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Fels-Groves Farm PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Fish Hatchery WoodlotUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Fogg Island PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Fore River SanctuaryUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Four Ponds Public Reserved LandUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Frank E. Woodworth PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Frankfort Town ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Frazier PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Gerrish IslandUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Gibson PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Glidden Point PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Goose River Peace Corps PreserveUnknown — check official site
🏞️ Grafton Notch State ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Granite Falls Open SpaceUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Granite Falls PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Grassy Pond Conservation EasementUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Great Island ChainUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Great Pond Mountain Wildlands (Hothole Valley)Unknown — check official site
🗺️ HainesUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Half Moon Pond Conservation AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Hamilton Cove PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Head of Tide ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Head of Tide PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ High Island PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Highland Research ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Hodgdon Island PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Hodgdon Island PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Hodgdon Island PreserveUnknown — check official site
🌳 Holbrook Island Sanctuary State ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Holiday HavenUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Holt Pond PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Holt Research ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Horseshoe Island PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Huber PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Hurricane Valley FarmUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Hutchins Island PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Indian & Fowl Meadow IslandsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Ingalls Pond TrailsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Intervale PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Intervale Preserve (Penney Road Access)Unknown — check official site
🗺️ Ipcar Natural PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ John and Peg Sproul PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Kanokolus Bog PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Katahdin Lake North Public Reserved LandUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Katahdin Woods and Waters National MonumentUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Keene-Whitman Memorial ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Kennebec HighlandsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Kennebec PinesUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Kennebec Scenic TurnoutUnknown — check official site
🌳 Kettle Cove State ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Kezar Corridor LandsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Lake George LotUnknown — check official site
🏞️ Lake George Regional Park EastUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Lakewood Road LotsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Lakewood Road LotsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Land Associates of Cliff Island OCT EasementUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Lane's Island PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Langlais Art PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Leavitt Plantation ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Lincoln Plantation Public Reserved Land (East)Unknown — check official site
🗺️ Little Ponds PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Little River PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Little River PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Little Smith Island PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Little Whaleboat Island PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Littlefield PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Lt. Clair Hall Thurston, Jr. Memorial ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ M-N-Ocie Memorial ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ MVLT Founders PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Mahoosuc Ecological ReserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Mahoosuc Public Reserved LandUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Main Stream PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Malbons WoodsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Marden-Chittick RefugeUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Mark Island PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Marsh River PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ May Meadow Woods Open SpaceUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Mayall Mills State Historic SiteUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Mayor Baxter WoodsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ McCoy Chapman ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ McKearney Village Open SpaceUnknown — check official site
🗺️ McLaughlin's Crossing PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Meadowbrook ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Mill Brook PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Millinocket Forest Public Reserved LandFee charged — check official site
🗺️ Monroe Island PreserveUnknown — check official site
🏞️ Mount Blue State ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Mount Pisgah Conservation AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Mount Tuck PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Nahmakanta Unit Ecological ReserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Newman PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Norris IslandUnknown — check official site
🗺️ North Falmouth Community ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ North of East Brook Conservation EasementUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Northern Retreat - Crooked River Headwaters Conservation EasementUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Oak Hill Conservation AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Oak Point FarmUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Orbeton Stream Conservation EasementUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Ovens Mouth PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Parker Pond Headland PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Patty Eastman Carroll Memorial ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Pemaquid Pond PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Penny Lake PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Penobscot River TrailsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Perley Mills Community ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Perry Island PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Philbrick TrailsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Pineland Public LandUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Pingree Conservation EasementUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Pisgah Hill Preserve (North)Unknown — check official site
🗺️ Pleasant Pond Conservation AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Pope Mountain Conservation EasementUnknown — check official site
🌳 Popham Beach State ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Porter PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Porter PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Presumpscot River PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Proctor Pond ReserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Quarry Hill PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Rachel Carson Salt Pond PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Ragged Mountain PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Rapid River LandsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Read Family Farm & Woods CCLT EasementUnknown — check official site
🏞️ Reid State ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Richardson Memorial PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Richardson Public Reserved LandUnknown — check official site
🗺️ River Point Conservation AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Riverbrook PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Riverview Hayfields PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Robert Williams PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Rockland Bog PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Rocky Lake Public LandUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Rocky Ridge PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Rolfe Hill ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Rolland F. Perry City ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Rouse IslandUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Réserve naturelle du Lac-du-PortageUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Saco Heath PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Saint Clair PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Salt Bay FarmUnknown — check official site
🏞️ Scopan Public Reserved LandUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Sebago Lake Land ReserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Sewall ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Sheep Island PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Siekman-CrockettUnknown — check official site

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