Blackwoods Campground
The city of Bar Harbor, which is found on Mount Desert Island's northeast shore, is just five miles from the Blackwoods Campground. This Acadia National Park campground is open all year, but during the offseason, which runs from December 1 to the end of March, campers are required to hike in from the road and pack out their trash afterward. since the entrance is kept closed. In the winter, the facilities are primitive, with a portable toilet and hand water pump the main features. In the summer season, which goes from May through October, there are over 300 campsites available for a $20 fee, with nearby restrooms that have running water. While there are showers at Blackwoods in the summer months, there are neither hookups nor utilities. Regulations stipulate only two tents per site and just a single vehicle, with a maximum of six people per party. If the weather allows, camping is permitted in April and November, with the fee per site being $10.
Seawall Campground
Seawall Campground is a first-come, first-serve type of campground, with 214 sites. No utilities and no hookups are on this site, but there are showers. Seawall is open from the end of May until September 30, and it is four miles to the south of the town of Southwest Harbor on Mount Desert Island. The fees are $14 for walk-in sites for tents and $20 for camper, motor home and drive-up tent sites. The same regulations that apply to Blackwoods are in effect, with just six in a party permitted and two tents with one vehicle.
Duck Harbor Campground
While Acadia does not allow any back country camping, those who want a little rougher time of it can opt to use the Duck Harbor Campground on Isle au Haut, one of the three islands that comprise the park. This campground is open from the middle of May until mid-October and has a total of five sites which must be reserved in advance. The facilities of Duck Harbor include lean-to shelters that can accommodate a tent, picnic tables, a fire ring, a hand pump that is more than a quarter mile form the camp, and a composting toilet. Campers need to be out of the site by 11 a.m. and generators cannot be employed from 10 p.m. through 8 a.m. Isle au Haut can only be accessed by boat.
