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Tent Camping Only. Acadia East Campground is a commercial, wilderness, tent camping area located outside of Acadia National Park’s Schoodic District.
Located 10 minutes from Schoodic entrance to Acadia National Park.
My girlfriend & I stayed two nights (she made the reservations) and had a delightful experience. fwiw, the Acadia Mountain site sits at the top, 100' and 0.12 miles above the parking lot. I advise, if you choose this site to be prepared to place a shim under your mattress (I placed a packing cube under my left elbow) to prevent falling off the mattress. Only one other camper was there. The place was neat & tidy. Traffic noise was audible but at nite we didn't notice it. The location is perfect - close to the Schoodic Park Loop Rd and since we hiked & biked on the peninsula, we didn't have to spend much time in the car. Would definitely stay here again.
I was looking for a place to camp between MDI and the Schoodic Peninsula. This is the place! My 17 year old and I set up two small tents at our site (we picked Thunder Hole because it had a really neat fire ring) and it was perfect.
The campsites and parking are well marked and they even had reflectors on the trees so you could see the path at night. It was super easy to check in and out as well.
A great little spot in the magic of the woods close to Acadia!
I love a self-service campground! Bathroom was clean and well stocked, even with a an automatic air freshener. A nice touch :). Stayed at the smallest site "Honeybee" but had plenty of space for my 2-man, 6x8 tent. Other sites has much more space, enough for a few big tents. Each site has a pit with a removable grill top and a sturdy table, and the wooded hillside is easy to find right off the road yet still feels like true woods, minus the occasional sound of cars passing. Perfect for our stay :)
Pros: Great proximity to Schoodic, the price is right, beautiful area the campground is in, and they have a good rating on Google reviews.
Why I give it 2 stars. None of the contact numbers work. We tried all the numbers provided and they were “disconnected” (we wanted to switch our site to one that was possibly more level). It mentions walk-in primal sites, it does not mention the elevation gain. This pocket park rests on the side of the mountain. Paths are very steep. There is no place to place a tent without being on a hill or having lots of roots underneath. While some of this is normal for campgrounds, I can assure you Acadia Mountain site was nearly impossible to put a 4 person tent comfortably. You will hear traffic, although this wasn’t bothersome to us. You also shouldn’t plan to use the outhouse, iykyk.
i had a great stay here with my 4 young adult kids and dog. This is the perfect spot if you want an off the beaten path, rustic camping experience, while still being close to all the beauty of the Schoodic Peninsula section of Acadia National Park. Carefully choose your site for size, proximity to the privy, remoteness, and distance to parking lot. The land is beautiful and you can’t really see or hear any other campers for the density of the woods. You can hear the highway sounds but that didn’t bother us. We would definitely stay here again on another trip to Acadia.
