Schoodic Woods Campground

We were thrilled when we got a site in Acadia (be warned - you need to be ready to book it the minute the site becomes available) but didn't realize that it is nearly 1 hour from the main portion of Acadia on Mt. Desert Island. After some initial disapointment, we decided it was actually great. We got up early a couple days and drove to Acadia proper and spent the whole day there so it didn't really matter that we were an hour away. Mt. Desert Island was pretty busy and it was sometimes hard to find places to park at trail heads. On Schoodic point, it was much less crowded, but just as lovely. We nightly drove down the loop to see beautiful sunsets. There are bike trails (challenging to bike but great to hike) and hiking trails aplenty. I absoltely loved all the mushrooms that could be seen all around the park. There were not many resturants or stores open in the evening so plan your meals ahead of time. The site itself was peaceful, lovely, and felt fairly private due to the bushes and trees around. All of Acadia is very dog friendly.

This an addendum to my previous review: In addition to being such rude women, they do not even attempt to accommodate a walk-in request. Our travel trailer uses 30 amp, but can use 15 or 20 with no problem since autumn is a time of year when we need neither AC or heat. I have seen a review on Campendium that indicates a 30amp travel trailer was placed on a tent/20amp site. These women would not even accommodate us to use a 20amp site. It was as though an attempt to check for an open site was way too much of an effort — where it appeared 20% of the sites were vacant.

We arrived at this lovely park 2 days ago to be told the park was “full”. A very nice male employee managed to get us into a site that was not specified on the website (maybe an emergency site? I’m not sure) The site had electric only; but we’re self-contained so no problem. We had to pay one day at a time because the site was no available to reserve online — again, no problem. We were told to just come in each morning to pay for the site for the same day. On the 3rd day, my husband was rudely told by 2 female employees, “We’re full to the end. You have to leave.” Not — “So sorry sir, but we have no site available.” Very rude — No manners whatsoever. And what was “We’re full to the end.” supposed to mean. The site we were graciously assigned 2 days ago by a male employee is not listed on the NPS website; therefore, it certainly was NOT reservable. I have included photos showing this fact that neither A1 nor A22 are reservable. It is our opinion that these two females that were on duty on 09/29/2021 @ 9:20am need lessons in manners. I wish I would have obtained their names.
The park is beautiful; but we don’t see how the male employees contend with those 2 female desk employees.

We LOVED this campground. It’s spacious, clean and quiet. All of the sites are big and have plenty of privacy. Most (if not all) RV sites were pull through too making for easy access. The parking/leveling area is made up if we’ll manicured small rocks so setting up was easy and we weren’t tracking sand/dirt in all week.

The Schoodic Point loop was beautiful and we spent lots of time out exploring. It was a nice pace compared to the main parts of Acadia that tended to be very busy during mid day.

We couldn’t have been happier here and look forward to staying again!

Schoodic Woods is perfection in National Park form for big riggers like ourselves.

Miles of bikeable/runnable/walkable trails. Well-spaced, large, level, private campsites with 30/50A & Water. A decent dark sky at night for star watching. Placement within the Schoodic Peninsula for easy access to the quieter, calmer, less populated section of Acadia... we loved it here.

An active NPS pass is required to camp here - plus your nightly fees of course. There is a free shuttle bus that runs into Winter Harbor and around the Schoodic NPS loop, offering to stop wherever you need (the shuttle drivers request that you tell them where you want to go!)

We attended nightly ranger talks, sat outside into the evening stargazing, and explored trails and tidepools galore.

Snag a site here - you won't be disappointed!

Verizon cellular service at our site was not usable - although we did not try signal enhancement. We were able to utilize our Starlink service plopped on our roof.

This is a 5 star campground if there ever was one. All great here at Schoodic Woods, beautiful, private pull through sites with wooded strips in between. Easy check-in at the Ranger station. Nice bathrooms but no showers that we could find. Campground roads are well maintained. Schoodic Woods is about an hour drive from the main park at Mt Desert Island, but there is plenty to do here. The best part of the Schoodic Peninsula...NO CROWDS!!

Good hiking on the Schoodic Peninsula. Be sure to check out Schoodic Point at sunset. At low tide you can cross the 1/4 mile land bridge to Little Moose Island and hike there for a few hours. Moose were spotted by others but we didn't see any, no bears at Schoodic. If you drive to Mt. Desert Island to hike get there early, parking is horrendous.

During our time here in early August, there were few mosquitoes or other pests. Others said mosquitoes were bad in July.

Nearest laundry and Walmart is in Ellsworth, 30 minutes away.

We got no AT&T cell service at site B23 but good service at B27, go figure, they are about 100 yards apart.
9-10 HDTV channels, with local news and weather.

Was in a tent on at the first of Memorial Day weekend in 2019 with my dog. Were very few people there when I checked in as it was a Thursday I think. Very quiet first night, loved listening to the birds and distant fog horn. Second night more people came in and a big group at the group camp site was too noisy for me but such is life in a campground on a major holiday. I had a great time nonetheless. Weather was typical for Maine in May, cold and wet! But stunning nature. I highly recommend this campground. Go soon before the word gets out. Schoodic is away from the "main" hustle and bustle of Acadia and an hour north. Had fantastic hot shower outside the campground at the little downtown area and then a breakfast to die for for this hungry and cold camper girl! I love Acadia and didn't have enough time there. So, meanwhile I'll dream about Schoodic and Acadia this winter.... while coming up with fun plans for 2020!

We got a pull through which was fantastic. The peninsula was beautiful. enchanting, and charming. We walked all the way around the peninsula, hiked every trail and bike route. We wondered at the power of the sea knocking against the rocks to the quiet charm of being on top of a mountain breathing in the smells of pine & salt in the air. The campground was quiet and clean with well paved roads. If you’re looking for a little less hectic place than Bar Harbor then definitely choose Schoodic Woods Campground