Maps of travel routes and campgrounds.
We drove around the main park loop in Acadia National Park in Maine, including the main visitor center, a nature center, Thunder Hole, and Jordan Pond.
Here’s an interactive map of our route:
The Wild Gardens of Acadia:
Thunder Hole Gift Shop:
Thunder Hole:
We went to Jordan Pond House for dinner:
Jordan Pond:
We stayed at Narrows Too Camping Resort in Trenton, Maine. (Campground Reviews listing.)
A Thousand Trails campground in the northeastern corner of the US, convenient to Arcadia National Park.
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Our review on Campground Reviews:
Good base for Acadia NP
We were initially assigned a short, very narrow site crammed in between two trailers, even though the park was mostly empty. We went to the office and asked if we could move to another site that would be a better fit (and not wedged between other campers), and the very friendly and helpful young lady was able to move us across the road into one of the front-in sites, which was much nicer and even gave us a peek of the water from our windows. The site was level and plenty long for our 40′ motorhome and tow vehicle. The utilities all worked well. They also accept mail/packages with no charge. We camped at Narrows Too Camping Resort in a Motorhome.
Tip for Other Campers: Walk across the street to Gateway Lunts Lobster Pound for excellent lobster rolls and fish. Sugar Bakery is also good, but they are only open early in the day and only accept cash.
Campground map:
An interactive map:
Our site:
A glimpse of water from our site:
Adding the Arcadia National Park sticker to our slide from the inside, since this slide was broken:
There’s a local airport near the campground, so occasionally have planes flying over:
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Area used by nesting bald eagles:
Waterfront:
We’d be happy to stay here again, though are unlikely to go to that area of the country again.
We drove our coach 197 miles, about four hours of driving, from Wells to Trenton, Maine.
Here’s a map showing our route, heading northeast:
An interactive map, with potential stops pinned:
A nice farm stand:
Narrow roadworks:
Toll plaza:
Downtown Portland… Maine, that is:
Classic cars:
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Service plaza:
BK and Dunkin for lunch:
Toll plaza:
Rest area:
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Arriving at Narrows Too Campground:
Office:
We were assigned this short and narrow site, despite the campground being mostly empty:
So we went back to the office and asked if we could move, and ended up in a much better site; sometimes it pays to ask:
We drove north from Salem along the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway.
An interactive map of our route:
A few scenes from our drive….
Beverly, Massachusetts:
Gloucester Fisherman’s Memorial:
Gloucester, Massachusetts waterfront:
Island with two lighthouses:
Big houses:
Rockport, Massachusetts:
“Rotary”… an interesting name for a roundabout:
Welcome to Gloucester:
We visited the Salem Maritime National Historic Site in Salem, Massachusetts. It was the first National Historic Site in the US, established March 17, 1938.
The Salem Armory Visitor Center:
Custom House:
A couple of neighboring buildings in the park:
Waterfront:
Light:
We kinda visited Fort Williams Park & Portland Head Light in Portland, Maine.
I say kinda as we went into the park, but the parking wasn’t cooperating, so we just left again.
An interactive map of the park:
Entrance sign:
Portland Head Light, dimly visible in the marine layer haze:
That’s about it. Would have been nice to explore more, but sometimes it doesn’t work out.
We stayed at Thousand Trails Moody Beach in Wells, Maine. (Campground Reviews listing.)
A short stay at a Thousand Trails park.
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Good basecamp
This was a fine place for a short stay, and it was convenient to things in southern Maine. We even took a daytrip down to Salem. We had a back-in site at the front of the park, and it was fine–a little awkward when leaving because the sites are angled in such a way that you have to cut across the neighbor’s site a bit to get out. Utilities all worked well and the site was mostly level. We camped at Thousand Trails Moody Beach in a Motorhome.
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Tiny homes:
A nice Thousand Trails park. We’d be happy to stay here again.
We drove our coach 138 miles, about three hours of driving, from White River Junction, Vermont to Wells, Maine.
Here’s a map showing our route, heading east:
An interactive map, with potential stops pinned:
Heading down a narrow road in the campground; fortunately we didn’t meet anyone trying to come up the hill:
I-89 South:
Weigh Station Rest Area closed for the season… why would you need to close a rest area?
Exit to I-93 South:
Rest area:
New Hampshire Welcome Center plus Liquor & Wine Outlet… weird to sell alcohol at rest areas, but seems common in this area:
A very cute welcome center:
Lunch:
I-93 South:
Exit to I-95 toll road:
Toll plaza; we took the rightmost lane as it looked a bit wider:
Maine state line on Piscataqua River bridge:
“Maine; Welcome Home; The Way Life Should Be”:
Route 1 North:
Rainbow crosswalk in Ogunquit:
Arriving at Thousand Trails Moody Beach:
Mini golf out front:
Entrance gate; needed to buzz the office to be let in:
Our site:
We drove through Woodstock, Vermont on a rainy afternoon.
An interactive map of the town:
Welcome to Woodstock (unrelated to the famous music festival, that was originally going to be in Woodstock, New York):
We headed out of town, looking for a place to stop for dinner, and came across the Long Trail Brewing Pub:
A nice creekside view:
And tasty food:
Then we headed back to Woodstock; here’s another covered bridge:
And another:
We would have liked to spend more time exploring the town, but had to make do with a quick drive through.
We stayed at Quechee Pine Valley Campground in White River Junction, Vermont. (Campground Reviews listing.)
They were called Quechee / Pine Valley KOA Holiday when we booked (fairly recently), but we got a first clue that they were moving away from being a KOA when they didn’t give us the KOA VIP member discount. They were changing the various signage away from KOA during our stay. They have a blog post about their transition back to a private campground.
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Our review on Campground Reviews:
Hilly convenient location
When we made our reservation, this was a KOA, but upon arrival, they were in the process of removing all traces of KOA signage. It’s a nice campground, but with some very twisty, hilly internal roads and lots of trees. We had a front-in site at the top of the hill with a narrow road, which wasn’t a comfortable drive in a 40′ motorhome, but they escorted us to our site and made sure there wasn’t any oncoming traffic. Getting out was a little hairy as we had to back out and avoid the trees and the neighbors parked into the street. The site was a little unlevel, with no sky available for Starlink. The campground’s Wi-Fi was decent, and the location was good for exploring Vermont and New Hampshire. We camped at Quechee Pine Valley Campground in a Motorhome.
Campground map:
An interactive map:
Our site; unusually, a front-in site (for motorhomes only):
Trees in front of our coach:
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Pool area (still with some KOA signage here, but since changed):
Pond by the entrance:
New entrance sign; clearly a KOA Holiday sign has been removed and replaced with a temporary banner:
Seems like a nice enough campground, though a little hilly. We’d probably stay here again.