Deja view. That is the only thing I can think to describe how I feel about Mount Dessert Campground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A bit of history is in order. When I was a kid my family spent\nseveral weeks in the summers at Hermit Island Campground outside of Bath,\nMaine. I was so enamored with Hermit Island that I begged my parents to let me\nwork there if they would have a 13 year old kid. Fortunately for me they would\nhave me and I started out that summer as an area boy, cleaning campsites,\npicking up trash and cleaning bathrooms for $25 a week plus room and board.\nOver the years I graduated from an area boy to outside the store, cooking\nlobsters, selling clams and ice. Then I graduated to the reservations desk,\ngreeting campers, taking phone calls, making reservations and taking turns\ncashing up at the end of the day. Finally I graduated to general manager,\nresponsible for day to operations of the campground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hermit Island was one of the first campgrounds you could\ncall an ecological resort before we knew what ecological resorts were. The\ncampground specialized in \u201cprimitive\u201d camping: no electric, no RV\u2019s, pit\ntoilets, no hot showers. Just beautiful, natural campsites on the coast of\nMaine, many overlooking the ocean with gorgeous views, others right down on the\nbeach. People camping at Hermit Island came back to the same site year after\nyear, generation after generation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For a kid like me it was an education. I learned many of my\ninterpersonal and business skills at Hermit Island. I also learned the value of\nthe natural world, nature unspoiled by commercialization. Hermit Island still holds\nfast to many of those values all these 50 plus years later. There are more\nrules, the prices have gone up and there are flush toilets and hot showers. But\nthe commitment to nature, family and quiet primitive camping continues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mount Dessert Campground is like a trip back 50 years for me. The commitment to natural, peaceful family camping is obvious from my conversations with Owen, one of the family owners of this campground. His history is much like mine. He grew up camping here and when the opportunity arose, his family purchased the campground with a commitment to keep it as it is today \u2013 a gorgeous, natural place with beautiful campsites and spotless facilities. Their commitment to their campers is obvious in the care they take of the campground and in the positive, friendly staff that greet you everywhere you go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And much like Hermit Island, the same people come back year\nafter year, to the same site. In fact we met one couple who were here for their\n20th<\/sup> year on the same site. And according to the owners this is\npretty common. And the best sites are already booked for the summer season \u2013 reserve\nearly or take your chances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This campground is adjacent to Acadia National Park so\naccess to the park hiking and biking is easy. Cell service here is excellent\n(but get your nose out of your phone and enjoy the natural beauty all around\nyou).<\/p>\n\n\n\n So if you want a taste of real camping \u2013 no RV\u2019s invited \u2013 then give Mount Dessert Campground a try. They are one of the finest private campgrounds I have stayed at. Beware, once the summer season starts dogs are prohibited but if you come early before the vacation season or after Labor Day dogs are still welcome. And an added bonus is their rates are very reasonable. Highly recommended.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Deja view. That is the only thing I can think to describe how I feel about Mount Dessert Campground. A bit of history is in order. When I was a kid my family spent several weeks in the summers at Hermit Island Campground outside of Bath, Maine. I was so enamored with Hermit Island that … Continue reading “Mount Dessert Campground”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vtbryans.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vtbryans.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vtbryans.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vtbryans.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vtbryans.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=208"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/vtbryans.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":212,"href":"https:\/\/vtbryans.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208\/revisions\/212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vtbryans.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vtbryans.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vtbryans.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}