The most quintessential Maine setting. The grounds are beautifully maintained, the facilities are…read morepristine and the hosts were so friendly and accommodating. Highly recommend for a relaxing vacation. Great local food close by and minutes from Schoodic Point.

Absolutely stunning. We are a few days in for a two week trip and this campground is stunning…read more This is our third trip to the area but our first with a camper. I highly recommend this campground. Are there rules? Sure. However, they let you know about the rules before you even book. It's literally spelled out on the website. Sue, Pete, and Dave were all really helpful. We've always stayed in Bar Harbor and never explored this side of Acadia. We only had one night booked as this is a stop on a bigger journey and I would definitely book again. We took Sue's recommendation and drove out to Raven's Point and despite the rain and fog, it was amazing. We also grabbed dinner next door at Tracy's seafood and everyone enjoyed their meals. The shower house is clean and well maintained. As someone hoping to do some night photography on this trip, I appreciate no outdoor lights except campfires after 9:30 rule. It was too overcast this trip but fingers crossed for the next.

I loved the whole common interests of being served at a wonderful restaurant…read more Good service, good food, lovely atmosphere and relatively fair prices for the meals and drinks.

Forest ridge was a very simple, quiet and well kept campground. They made for a super easy stay!…read moreThey provided everything we needed when we needed it, plenty of well behaved dogs, and great pool. We loved how quiet it was. The only thing to complain about was the 5mph speed limit with signs every 20 ft that said SLOW DOWN, etc. it was a little much on the craziness over 5 mph.

I can't begin to say how NOT worth this campground is. First the beach areas are very small and…read morefilled with rocks so you can't comfortably stay on the beach. The Cafe is wayyyyyy OVERPRICED, the campground is boring and overcrowded. The General Manager is awful doesn't care about any complaints or concerns you have he's nasty and unwilling to help with concerns. The staff is nice they treated you friendly. It's way way way to overpriced isn't child friendly with only one playground that's not that nice. The maintenance staff is very nice and help in anyway. Not to mention Bar Harbor itself although beautiful downtown restaurants food is awful and with only t-shirt shops or ice cream stores so if you're looking for some shopping you'll only get t-shirts. So all and all I'd skip Bar Harbor and go to Candem Maine but if you go definitely ski the KOA.

Stayed here labor day weekend 2025, and to say its was a complete and utter disappointment would be…read morean understatement. For years my wife has wanted to stay at this campground and when we finally made it happen it was such a disappointment. We booked our stay in March 2025, and reserved an ocean front back in site water electric. We arrive and they have is in a pull through across from the Ocean Front site we booked water and electric. My wife called the office to see if a mistake was make and Brenda at the office implied that my wife had no idea what she had reserved even though we had an email confirmation showing we had reserved an ocean front site. Brenda then completely dismissed my wife saying well we don't have any available anyway. There was no attempt to make this right whatsoever. We understand booking issues arise but for no communication prior to our arrival of the change was frustrating especially since we would have chosen a full hookup site had we been informed of the unavailability of an ocean front site. Our site was incredibly unleveled causing us to be unable to use the main entrance to our camper requiring our guests to walk through our bedroom to gain access to the bathroom and living room of our camper. We had emailed the campground about the experience as their handout requested to contact them before writing a bad review. Well it's over two weeks later and no one has responded to my wife's email. I would strongly recommend you skip this KOA they certainly do not care about your experience just your money!

super close to acadia, showers work great and are hot :) would definitely recommend staying thereread more

Drove in to take a look but fee was $6 per person from those out of town. We were looking for a…read morehiking trail which we were told they had one about an hour hike. It looks to be a campground and boating facility. We took a look around but decided not to stay.

We made this our home base while visiting Bar Harbor. We liked it so much, we extended our stay two…read morenights. The staff was super accommodating with finding us space. The grounds are great, with a dog walking trail and wild blueberry's everywhere. The is a lobster place with a full bar directly across the street.

We have had such a great experience at this campground! It is incredibly well cared for the…read morebathrooms are always clean. The water that comes out of the faucet at the sites is drinkable. Our electricity works great. The pool is beautiful. The laundry room is well kept and clean. It does take a digital app to use the machines. The Bar Harbor Islander bus picks up right out front and takes you all over the island. On the backside of the property over by the pool, there are trails to walk your dog on and blueberry bushes that are chalk full of blueberries. We picked a few and ate them. We had a really great experience here.

Reserving this campground is tricky. Exactly 60 days in advance of your desired trip, you must be…read moreon recreation.gov at 6am (if you're in CA) and have in mind a handful of spots that you'd like to park your tent. In fact, it's a good idea to check online which spots might potentially be available a few days before you actually book. If you make a mistake while reserving, may the good Lord have mercy on you because corrections are more difficult than the reservation itself. Camping in Blackwoods is pleasant, clean, spacious, has respectful guests, and plenty of trees to tie up a canopy to protect from the sudden rain showers. With much to like, there's quite a bit of inconvenience. Having no showers on the premises is my biggest gripe. After hiking for most of the day, there's no getting around needing a shower. If you drive (that's right, drive) down the road a little ways outside the campground, there's a place that sells showers for $3 in quarters (that's 12 quarters) for 4 minutes. Apparently, you can obtain 12 quarters with a credit card, but reviewers warned that sometimes the machine is out of order so BYOQ. While Blackwoods asks that you only bring local wood for campfires (within a 50 mile radius), our party found the local firewood (which can be purchased at the shower place or across the street from the shower place) too wet from the frequent showers. Thus, making a campfire was challenging and frustrating even for our resident Eagle Scout. Undeniably, the restrooms are clean, but I found myself without toilet paper in some of the stalls. Luckily, a friend was able to hand me some TP. Speaking of paper, there are no hand towels or soap in the bathroom; however, I did see one outlet in the bathroom that some were using to charge their phones. Another inconvenience is that there is no dishwash station. In fact, not only do you wash your dishes at your camping site by walking to the spigot to get water (make your own hot water), but you have to walk to a different and farther station to dump your dishwater out so as to not clog the pipes with food. When it comes to dishwashing, there's a lot of walking back and forth. Get your 2 buckets. Get some water for washing and another for rinsing. Walk back to camp site. Heat up the water. Wash your dishes. Rinse your dishes. Walk to wash water disposal. Walk back to camp site. For entertainment, the amphitheater had nightly presentations. On one occasion, we attended one on animals in the park, but at the first sound of thunder, the ranger called it and we all had to go back to our camp sites. Surprisingly, our campground and Acadia NP in general was bereft of animals. Living in the suburbs of CA, one can see more wildlife than in Acadia NP. Before arriving at the NP, I had full intentions of using the free shuttles, but the shuttle schedules and transfers could cost you hours of time so we opted to drive our own car and brave the limited parking. Camping successfully at Blackwoods requires grit and determination. If you got it, go for it.

Overall: stayed on the B loop and love the campsite selections. Restrooms were quite clean, roads…read morewere well paved so it was fairly quiet at night/morning. The entry was super streamlined and the cost of staying is incredibly reasonably priced!

I'll be brief. We…read morebooked this place to stay with our RV. The good news? The location is near to the towns and attractions nearby. The not so good news? The campsites are too close together. Worst of all, many sites, not all, are not level, as in uphill, downhill, leaning to one side or another and, a bit rough. These are not an ideal sites for RVers but, location is everything in real estate and this place offers a great location and can get away with charging what they do.

We stayed in a pull through spot for large rigs and loved it. This was our third year staying here…read moreand we continue to see improvements on the campground and access roads. Our section of the park featured large well located and marked sites close to the entrance road. Last year I remember the access road as being bumpy but this year the road was graded and well maintained. The campground is away from the craze of MDI and directly on route 1 so easy access.

We have a 40 foot 5th wheel. They gave us a pull thru site. In this area they are absolutely no…read moretrees for shade. So with that said, if it was summer, it might be an issue. Gravel and grass site, including picnic table. Sites were pretty level. Laundromat was clean $2.50 wash $2.50 to dry. We are in late September so it was fine. Didn't like that we could not WASH our unit without being charged. You have to ask permission/charge. We didn't ask. The areas are very clean and well maintained. During heavy rain for two days it flooded in places, we were fine. It was super quiet when we were here. The area seemed close to everything we wanted and easy to find. There were a couple of KOA's down the road with more ammendites but we don't like KOA's,

WOW. One of the best campgrounds we've stayed at--and we've visited 49 in the past year as…read morefull-time RVers. What we loved: Heated pool + well-equipped playground (our must-haves!) Arcade, pavilion with activities, on-site restaurant, and spotless coin laundry (tons of machines) Paved roads (great for kids biking/scootering) and level gravel sites Full hookups with no issues Great Starlink connectivity Quiet nights and peaceful atmosphere Location: Close to Acadia National Park and the cute town of Ellsworth--check out Helen's and Momo's Cheesecakes! Also near great hiking and tide pooling spots. Vibe: This place is family-owned and it shows. Staff was kind and check-in was smooth. We attended their Christmas in July celebration and loved the live music night. Lots of friendly people and--surprisingly--tons of families with young kids. Our boys made friends and played outside for hours every day. Value: We compared 10+ campgrounds in the area and this was one of the best values for full hookups, amenities, and location. We'd 100% stay again.

We live in New Jersey and in Newfoundland Canada. It's a…read moregreat stopping off place. Everyone there is so nice, and the place is clean. Only wish is for more housekeeping cabins for when we drive our car.

We travel in an old car with a teardrop trailer. We are in our 60's. Clean neat campgrounds are…read morevery important! This is the cleanest one we have been in! The owner is very nice and she does a wonderful job! I highly recommend this campground. It is mostly seasonal sights, but there is overnight camping.

I am not picky. We have stayed in KOA Kabins all over the states. I could not sleep because of the…read moresmell coming from the mattress. Smelled like smoke. There was not a great cover on the mattress, it was torn. I would move and a puff of smoke would envelope me. When I asked about it I was told that no one had complained in 25 years... Follow up question was "You have not changed the mattress in 25 years?" I was looked at like I was crazy. Needless to say, we cut our 3 day visit to one night and got out! I have to say, the folks there were nice. They offered to let us change Kabins, they offered to give us a different mattress. (I had already booked a new place by then.) Seemed like loads of fun for kids. (Weird but fun...Halloween in August...loads of trailers with tons of Halloween gear. ??) The facilities are just old. Not what you expect from a KOA.

The campsites were a little tight, but we didn't mind. That's because everything was neat as a pin…read moreand clean. The staff is cheerful, and are very eager to please. It is a good home base for exploring both Acadia and the Blue Hill peninsula.