Updated: August 2026
General Information:
Peaks-Kenny State Park is located in Dover-Foxcroft, Maine and is about a 2 hour drive north of Portland.
We have been wanting to check off some Maine state park camping for a while, so when we were coming up with our road trip week to Greenville and Eustis, Maine, it made total sense to add a stop to Peaks-Kenny State Park!
This campground gives you access to 10 miles of hiking trails and beautiful beach access to Sebec Lake all within walking distance of your campsite!
This 56-site campground offers a variety of site sizes with a small number of sites offering water/electric hook ups. Most of the sites will give you a perfect balance of sun and shade!
Sites are mostly gravel and have some unique features on the perimeter of the sites that will give your kiddos a chance to let their imagination run wild! Think big rocks, trees, and even some picnic table sculptures that give you a natural playground right at your fingertips!
Quiet hours are 10pm-7am and we had no issues with noise!
The campground is a series of one-way roads and you shouldn’t have any issues backing in a camper to any of the sites.
So…if you are looking for a quiet place to escape to in the Maine Highlands region where hiking trails and a dip in the beautiful Sebec Lake are at your fingertips, I would suggest checking out Peaks-Kenny State Park Campground!
CAUTION: There is a large bump caused by a deteriorating culvert on the road leading to the campground after the ranger station. The caution signs are small but be on the lookout for it. We almost caused some serious damage to our camper but thankfully spotted it just in time.
Cleanliness of Site/Site Details:
The gravel sites are very clean; i.e. our site was raked and the firepit cleaned out. You can tell the campground hosts care and love this campground!
Sites are pretty spacious relative to their size. FYI: Each campsite is given a letter to indicate the length of camper it can accommodate. We stayed on site 52X and felt it really worked well for our 28 foot Airstream.
There is also a good amount of distance between each site. While you don’t have total privacy (do you ever in a campground?!), the mature tree growth offers some additional privacy between neighbors
Here are my recommendations for sites:
- Sites #18: no hook up site with easy access to a beach path.
- Sites #43-44: no hook up site with great natural playground features that any kiddo would love!
- Site #52: no hook up site with a big boulder for kiddos to play on, close to a beach path.
- Sites #56: water/electric site close to the bath house.
Site Costs:
We stayed at a no hook up site for $20/night. Water/electric sites will be $30/night. Non-Maine residents can expect to pay an additional $10/night on top of these nightly rates.
There are some weekend minimum nightly requirements depending on the month you are camping as well as a maximum cumulative stay for all Maine State Parks. Therefore, I encourage you to check out the Reservation FAQ page prior to completing any booking.
Ok, let’s talk about reservations because they can be INTENSE for Maine State Park campgrounds!
For this campground, and all other State Park campgrounds, reservations are made through Camp With ME. Reservations open on the first Tuesday of February at 9am and…it’s competitive! Like having a game plan, charging your laptop, refreshing your browser kind of competitive!
Spots at Peaks-Kenny State Park will fill up fast, like in the first 5 minutes fast, so plan to do some research on preferred sites prior to the reservation window opening.
Amenities:
- Hiking Trails
- Beach Access
- Group Picnic Shelter near beach ($$)
- Playground (located near beach)
- Kayak and Canoe Rentals ($$)
- Ice and Wood available for sale
- Bathrooms and FREE hot showers
- Dishwashing Station
- Drinking Water
Bathroom Low Down:
There are three bathroom locations at Peaks-Kenny State Park Campground. One is centrally located at the campground and the other two are around the perimeter of the campground.
The perimeter bathroom locations appear to be, perhaps, the original bath houses for the campground. You will find sex-separated bathrooms here and the showers no longer work (or were probably turned off).
The centrally-located bath house is newer and you will find 8 all-gender bathrooms with FREE hot showers. Inside you will find benches, places to hang towels and toiletries, and electrical outlets.
The bathrooms were always stocked with toilet paper and paper towels and the trash cans were never overflowing. Showers are on a push timer and the water pressure and heat were FABULOUS!
Bathroom Rating: B-
The bathhouses show their age but are well taken care of.
Overview of our Experience:
We stayed two nights at Peaks-Kenny State Park Campground to kick off our road trip week to the Highland and western Maine regions. I grew up coming to Peaks-Kenny State Park as a kid but this was my first time staying in the campground.
The site I picked out for our stay was actually a runner-up site because I wasn’t quick enough to get a water/electric site for the days we wanted to book. These state park camping reservations are no joke! I will definitely have a better game plan for 2027!
We stayed at site #52X which had a HUGE boulder that my daughter played on for hours. This boulder doesn’t interfere with backing up a trailer and provided my daughter a natural playground where she could really let her imagination run wild!
This was our first time at a no hook up site and we enjoyed the challenge of stretching our skills and creativity in camping in a way we don’t usually do. We even agreed that we preferred this dry camping experience over having access to water/electric for this portion of our trip!
The next morning, we headed out to Peace, Love, Waffles for breakfast. We had a yummy breakfast and enjoyed the eclectic vibe!
Note: They can make 98% of their waffles gluten free!!!
Afterwards, we dropped my husband off at a local Dunkin’ as he needed to do some work as the wi-fi was very limited/non-existent at the campground.
My daughter and I spent the morning around the campsite reading, painting nails, and doing some art projects. We do a bunch of adventures while camping, but I always like to plan for down time for hanging by the campsite. There is something magical about the simplicity of it.
After my husband finished working, we had hoped there was a canoe available to rent but alas, they were all checked out for the day.
Note: You can rent canoes and kayaks at Peaks-Kenny State Park for $5/hour at the Ranger Station. It is a first-come, first-served system.
No worries though! We still made our way down to the beach for the afternoon, finding a spot tucked into a shaded cove. It had perfect sun-cover for me and excellent sand castle making sand for my daughter and husband.
After lingering at the lake into the early evening hours, we headed back to our camper for an easy dinner and time around the fire.
In planning this trip, I messed up the check out time of Peaks-Kenny (thought it was 12pm…it was 11am) and the check-in time of our next campground (thought it was 1pm…it was 2pm) but was able to snag a rare extra night that was available for our campsite. This allowed us to have an extra late check out so…..
We had the BEST departure morning! Instead of the traditional pack-and-go routine we have after breakfast, we headed down to the beach for about an hour or so for some last swimming and sand play before we had an early lunch and made our way up to Moose Creek RV Resort.
Peaks-Kenny State Park Campground was such a great place to check off our first Maine State Park camping experience! We spent so much time outdoors relaxing at our campsite and playing down at the beach on the shores of Sebec Lake. All in all, it was a fabulous kick off to our road trip week!
Come follow along as we head to Moose Creek RV Resort for stop #2!
For more on our roadtrip to the Highlands and western regions of Maine as well as all of other adventures, check out my stories and reels on Instagram and Facebook.
Happy Adventuring!
~Natalie
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