Free and paid camping in Maine

119 camps in Maine: 96 free, 23 charge a fee. Every camp that charges is marked fee in the list below — or press Free only to hide them.

Every camp we have found on public land in Maine, grouped by the unit that manages them — that is who sets the stay limit and the fire rules. See them on the map →

Moosehead Lake Shoreline Public Land38 camps

• Beach Haven (Moosehead Lake Shoreline Public Land)1,036 ft
• Big Dry Point (Moosehead Lake Shoreline Public Land)1,029 ft
• Big Duck Cove 1 (Moosehead Lake Shoreline Public Land)1,042 ft
• Big Duck Cove 2 (Moosehead Lake Shoreline Public Land)1,028 ft
• Big Duck Cove 3 (Moosehead Lake Shoreline Public Land)1,043 ft
• Birch Path (Moosehead Lake Shoreline Public Land)1,041 ft
• Canoe Cove (Moosehead Lake Shoreline Public Land)1,064 ft
• Cowan East (Moosehead Lake Shoreline Public Land)1,030 ft
• Cowan West (Moosehead Lake Shoreline Public Land)1,036 ft
• Deer Island (Moosehead Lake Shoreline Public Land)1,039 ft
• Farm Island 1 (Moosehead Lake Shoreline Public Land)1,051 ft
• Farm Island 2 (Moosehead Lake Shoreline Public Land)1,067 ft
• Farm Island 3 (Moosehead Lake Shoreline Public Land)1,040 ft
• Fox Island (Moosehead Lake Shoreline Public Land)1,028 ft
• Galusha Cove (Moosehead Lake Shoreline Public Land)1,036 ft
• Hardscrabble Point (Moosehead Lake Shoreline Public Land)1,031 ft
• High Bank (Moosehead Lake Shoreline Public Land)1,043 ft
• Jewett Cove (Moosehead Lake Shoreline Public Land)1,060 ft
• K1 (Moosehead Lake Shoreline Public Land)1,035 ft
• K2 (Moosehead Lake Shoreline Public Land)1,000 ft
• K3 (Moosehead Lake Shoreline Public Land)1,028 ft
• Kayak Ledge (Moosehead Lake Shoreline Public Land)1,028 ft
• Kelly Wharf (Moosehead Lake Shoreline Public Land)1,047 ft
• Lucky Point (Moosehead Lake Shoreline Public Land)1,031 ft
• Lucky Shore (Moosehead Lake Shoreline Public Land)1,028 ft
• Masterman Island (Moosehead Lake Shoreline Public Land)1,030 ft
• North Point (Moosehead Lake Shoreline Public Land)1,028 ft
• Outward Bound (Moosehead Lake Shoreline Public Land)1,028 ft
• Paradise Cove (Moosehead Lake Shoreline Public Land)1,031 ft
• Roach Inlet (Moosehead Lake Shoreline Public Land)1,074 ft
• Ronco Cove (Moosehead Lake Shoreline Public Land)1,053 ft
• Salmon Island (Moosehead Lake Shoreline Public Land)1,028 ft
• Sand Cove (Moosehead Lake Shoreline Public Land)
• Seboomook Point (Moosehead Lake Shoreline Public Land)1,030 ft
• Spencer Bay (Moosehead Lake Shoreline Public Land)
• Spencer View (Moosehead Lake Shoreline Public Land)1,028 ft
• Sunset Cove (Moosehead Lake Shoreline Public Land)
• The Narrows (Moosehead Lake Shoreline Public Land)1,028 ft

Deboullie Public Land21 camps

• Black Pond East (Deboullie Public Land)1,232 ft · fee
• Crater Pond Outlet (Deboullie Public Land)1,211 ft · fee
• Deboullie East (Deboullie Public Land)1,129 ft · fee
• Deboullie West (Deboullie Public Land)1,133 ft · fee
• Denny East 1 (Deboullie Public Land)1,284 ft · fee
• Denny Pond (Deboullie Public Land)1,285 ft · fee
• Gardner East (Deboullie Public Land)1,141 ft · fee
• Gardner North (Deboullie Public Land)1,136 ft · fee
• Gardner Point (Deboullie Public Land)1,143 ft · fee
• Perch Pond (Deboullie Public Land)1,275 ft · fee
• Perch Pond Dam (Deboullie Public Land)1,272 ft · fee
• Perch Pond South (Deboullie Public Land)1,279 ft · fee
• Perch Pond Woodland (Deboullie Public Land)1,370 ft · fee
• Pushineer Dam (Deboullie Public Land)1,133 ft · fee
• Pushineer East (Deboullie Public Land)1,152 ft · fee
• Pushineer South (Deboullie Public Land)1,130 ft · fee
• Thoroughfare (Deboullie Public Land)1,131 ft · fee
• Togue East (Deboullie Public Land)1,209 ft · fee
• Togue Point (Deboullie Public Land)1,200 ft · fee
• Togue West (Deboullie Public Land)1,199 ft · fee
• Upper Pond (Deboullie Public Land)1,278 ft · fee

Nahmakanta Public Land19 camps

• Farrar Nubble (Nahmakanta Public Land)1,451 ft
• Jo Mary (Nahmakanta Public Land)1,099 ft
• Leavitt Pond (Nahmakanta Public Land)1,063 ft
• Musquash Field (Nahmakanta Public Land)1,015 ft
• Musquash Stream (Nahmakanta Public Land)978 ft
• Nahmakanta Lake - East Beach (Nahmakanta Public Land)651 ft
• Nahmakanta Lake - East Side (Nahmakanta Public Land)654 ft
• Nahmakanta Lake - South End (Nahmakanta Public Land)648 ft
• Nahmakanta Lake - West Side (Nahmakanta Public Land)652 ft
• Pollywog Point (Nahmakanta Public Land)904 ft
• Pollywog South (Nahmakanta Public Land)901 ft
• Sing Sing Pond (Nahmakanta Public Land)1,268 ft
• Sixth Debsconeag Pond (Nahmakanta Public Land)964 ft
• Third Musquash Pond (Nahmakanta Public Land)1,231 ft
• Tumbledown Dick Pond (Nahmakanta Public Land)981 ft
• Wadleigh Group Campsite (Nahmakanta Public Land)930 ft
• Wadleigh Narrows (Nahmakanta Public Land)923 ft
• Wadleigh North (Nahmakanta Public Land)935 ft
• Wadleigh South (Nahmakanta Public Land)947 ft

Duck Lake Public Land12 camps

• Duck Lake West A (Duck Lake Public Land)524 ft
• Duck Lake West B (Duck Lake Public Land)523 ft
• Duck Mountain (Duck Lake Public Land)521 ft
• Fifth Stream (Duck Lake Public Land)386 ft
• Gassabias (Duck Lake Public Land)359 ft
• Lean-to (Duck Lake Public Land)351 ft
• Longfellow Cove (Duck Lake Public Land)537 ft
• Middle Unknown (Duck Lake Public Land)
• Nicatous (Duck Lake Public Land)352 ft
• Peninsula North (Duck Lake Public Land)319 ft
• Peninsula South (Duck Lake Public Land)
• Upper Unknown (Duck Lake Public Land)409 ft

Scraggly Lake Public Land9 camps

• Adirondack (Scraggly Lake Public Land)731 ft
• Back Parlor (Scraggly Lake Public Land)729 ft
• Birches (Scraggly Lake Public Land)727 ft
• Green Pond (Scraggly Lake Public Land)743 ft
• Hemlock Loop (Scraggly Lake Public Land)735 ft
• Ledges (Scraggly Lake Public Land)727 ft
• Scraggly East (Scraggly Lake Public Land)736 ft
• Scraggly West (Scraggly Lake Public Land)724 ft
• Scraggly Woodland (Scraggly Lake Public Land)737 ft

Scopan Public Land6 camps

• Adirondack shelter on ATV trail (Scopan Public Land)669 ft
• Cold Spring (Scopan Public Land)601 ft
• Sylvester North (Scopan Public Land)604 ft
• Sylvester Point 1 (Scopan Public Land)635 ft
• Sylvester Point 2 (Scopan Public Land)608 ft
• White Point (Scopan Public Land)606 ft

Other public land5 camps

• Piscataquis County1,031 ft · notes
• Piscataquis County961 ft · notes
• Somerset County1,098 ft · notes
• Washington County220 ft · notes
• Washington County185 ft · notes

Cutler Coast Public Land5 camps

• Black Point Cove (Cutler Coast Public Land)38 ft
• Fairy Head 1 (Cutler Coast Public Land)59 ft
• Fairy Head 2 (Cutler Coast Public Land)65 ft
• Fairy Head 3 (Cutler Coast Public Land)61 ft
• Long Point (Cutler Coast Public Land)34 ft

Elsewhere in Maine4 camps

• Crocker Pond835 ft · fee
• Granger Pond Camping Area692 ft
• Hastings848 ft · fee
• Partridge Pond (Amherst Mountains Community Forest)584 ft