Wild Duck Adult Campground & RV Park

Stayed here end of Aug 2021. Catching up on reviews.

Site type: Pull-through, full hookup, 50 AMP.

THE GOOD
Staff: Very nice staff.
Location: The area is in peaceful area. Close to gas, restaurants, diners, and groceries.
Really quiet family campground.
Site: Long dirt sites suitable for large rigs with extra items in-tow. Living space are nicely shaded with grass.

COULD BE BETTER:
Sites: Sites felt a bit tight.

WORTH NOTING (not good or bad thing)
Store: There is no store on-site for any essentials.
Amenities: We were only there for a night traveling to Acadia NP, so didn't use the amenities.
Cell: I cannot recall the connectivity b/c it was a year ago.

It rained the morning of our arrival, therefore making our sandy site difficult to level our trailer as our Anderson Levelors kept sinking in the sand with the weight of our trailer. Site was tight to the trailers to our Left and Right. They were very strict about their check-in time. It was conveniently located to our work obligations in Portland and had a great ice cream shop up on the corner.

Good location for exploring the areas. The pull-through sites are a bit close together, except C6. Really sandy foundation, driveways are asphalt and a bit narrow. Bathhouse/restrooms were ok, but a bit old. No propane on site anymore. A few seasonal campers & park models, but fairly clean. The street into the park is through residential neighborhood so drive real carefully. The driveway from the office to the camp is basically one-way between ponds and has two concrete sluices cut into the asphalt that create a nuisance bump so watch your speed. The nature trail could use some TLC. Lots of pine tree shade.

We had planned on staying 3 nights. We actually notified the lady at the office desk 36 hours before the time we needed to leave, time enough for office lady to tell owner of our plans and for the owner to receive our call and to return our call. They were told that we had been given an unexpected minimal window of opportunity to visit with my nephew in Massachusetts. Personally, I think that was ample time for our request of cancellation and for them to have accepted someone else’s request for a replacement reservation if all parties had been astute. We went ahead and left and when I called the owner on Monday to ask concerning a credit on our account, he said “if I had only known…”. I did my part…..

We had a good stay here. Although the mosquitos were out for blood (not the campground’s fault) the location is great...right next to the Scarborough Salt Marshes. The Audubon kayak rental spot is just around the corner as well as many great trails. The hosts were very nice and they gave good local recommendations. The bathrooms were good but cleaning times were a little odd. All in all we’d stay here again.

Our Motorhome got covered in sap and pine needles from all the pine trees. The convertible we were towing had pine sap all over after just in one day. We stayed three days, so by the time we left our Motorhome and car were both a mess. We heard multiple dogs barking. The restroom and showers were clean. They had two of three washers working and both were in use every time we checked.

Small quiet, wooded park on the edge of a tidal marsh. If you are small enough to get one of the van/pop up spots on the peninsula there are some spectacular views- if not you can walk around the park and check them out easily.

We are not really city folks but wanted to at least check out the Portland area- sadly we had a lot of rain while we were there. We did manage to squeeze in some surfing at Old Orchard Beach and our dog loved running around on Higgins Beach (off leash) even in the dense fog. We had hoped to take some kayaks/canoes out on the tidal marsh near the campground as well as ride the eastern trail/greenway on our bikes- but time and weather got the best of us.

Overall this is a pretty standard RV park, with a little more nature feel than most and a good value for what its near (and compared to other parks in the area). A lot of the sites are smaller, after over a year of traveling we finally got to witness neighbors really failing at parking and taking over 20 tries and a good 45 minutes to successfully back into their site- I think it was them more than the site though as 2 other people stayed in that site during our stay and had no issues. There are a handful of larger pull through spots for those less skilled at backing in.

We initially had great internet connection with AT&T and just okay connection with Verizon, but after a big storm came through both were pretty mediocre for the rest of our stay.

The laundry room is small with 2 washers and 4 dryers (one was out of order) so we chose to do laundry at a laundromat walking distance from the beach in Old Orchard Beach instead so we could clean everything at once.