Trout Brook Farm Campground
Funny story about this campsite. This camp site is located in the very north east corner of the Baxter State Park. When we arrived we checked in with the ranger. We couldn’t find our print out reservation so he took a look at our park ticket and told us our camp was a walk-in site called TS1. He pointed to where we needed to go and told us where to park.
When we got to the place we had to park we decided to take a walk to the site first. It was about a tenth of a mile in. So we walked over a rickety wood foot bridge and continued down the trail for what seemed further then we needed to go. We thought we might have missed a turn. So we turned around.
Back at the car I decided to go back up to the ranger station and make sure that was the right path. He said we would correct and our tent site was on that path a little further and would be on our left. So we purchased some wood at the ranger station and when back down to park.
| Date: | 8/1/20 – 8/2/20 |
| Location: | Baxter State Park, ME |
| Price: | $48 |
| Site Number: | Group Site 1 |
| Toilets | Outhouse |
| Max People Per Site | 8 |
| Parking: | 4+ cars |
| Dog/Pets: | No |
| Hammock: | No |
This time we grabbed all our gear and loaded the three bundles of wood in to some steal wheel barrels they had and headed back down the trail for the second time. This time we went a little further and finally found the trail to out tent site. Once we got there we saw two tents set up and a bunch of camping equipment on the picnic table.
So, once again back to the car and up to the ranger station to find our what the situation is. The ranger radioed to someone and said he would find out what is going on. He said he would meet us back by the parking area. So we headed back down.
A few mixtures later the ranger pulled up and said we were supposed to be a group site 1. Not tent site 1. ugn. So we grabbed the wheel barrel and headed back to the tent site and grab our stuff and had to haul it out again.
After a little shuffling around we got to our site and set up our tents. Trout Brook Farm is mostly a tent site in a large field full of wild flowers. There was good size brook (Trout Brook). that runs by the campground. There are canoes available for people to paddle in. Each of the group sites had a small pavilion with a picnic table or two.
One small draw back to these sites is that there is only one outhouse. So there was often a line if someone needed to use the facilities.
I think this was unique campsite. And I’m sure that in the spring the fishing is amazing up here.
