I haven't camped down on the island for some time, but when I have camped there in the past I was partial to the Quietside Campground -- much, much more private than the campsites in Acadia (unless you like having two trees separating you from the next site )

When I go up north camping (my preference -- well that and going Downeast) I'll camp off the Golden Road while in the Millinocket Area (Wheelbarrow Pitch or Little Omaha Beach (my #1 pick -- not Omaha Beach -- Hiram can tell you some nightmare stories about that place) are my preferred camping haunts.

When I go to the County I usually go to the state-run campground in Presque Isle -- truly one of the best places I have ever camped. Good, cheap rates. Nice, clean and hot showers and bathrooms. Great folks managing the place. A decent level of privacy and it's usually not crowded . . . and a couple of caches located nearby not to mention the hundreds of caches scattered throughout the County.

When I go Downeast I've always camped at Cobscook Bay State Park -- another pretty decent place . . . especially if you go before the "regular" season since you can get a great, private spot right on the shoreline. I've also camped on one of the islands in the bay that was owned (but has since been sold) by the college I attended. Good memories of a couple of camping outings there -- had the whole island to ourselves . . . picked fresh blueberries on the island for blueberry pancakes . . . found a great sand/gravel beach to hang out on . . . forgot about the legendary Cobscook Bay tides and on a canoe trip around the island ended up having to "portage" the canoe a goodly ways through thick, foot-thick mud when the tide went out and the island more than doubled in size . . . and then there's the time my brother and his buddy left me and my buddy behind with 2/3 of the camping gear and we had to gingerly paddle across the bay with the waterline only being 2 inches or so below the top of the canoe.

Wow . . . it may be frigid outside, but these memories of camping are already making me think of summer again -- not that I'm in any rush, I'm enjoying what little snow and cold we have.