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Attractions & Activities

Toddy Pond Water Activities


  • Fishing

  • Swimming & water play

  • Boating/Canoeing/Kayaking (Bring your own or rent ours)

  • Water Skiing/Tubing

  • Nature Observation: Loon Watching (and listening!)

  • Sun Bathing

  • Brilliant Sunrises over the pond!

Balsam Cove Campground also has:


  • A Playground near the pond

  • Volleyball & Basketball

  • Horseshoe pits

  • An arcade game room

  • Take-out Kitchen open July to Mid-August (Open for Fri and Sat dinner, Sat & Sun breakfast) Great Pizza!

  • Hayride Saturday evening. (Weather permitting)

  • Bonfire Saturday Night with music (weather and conditions permitting)

  • Christmas In July (3rd Saturday in July weekend) Santa & goodie bags, Christmas crafts, Prizes for best decorated sites.

  • Water Wars Weekend (1st Saturday in August weekend) with cardboard boat races

  • Halloween in August (3rd Saturday in August weekend) prizes for best decorated sites, costume parade and trick or treating.

Campsite Activities:


  • Slow Down! Put the phone away. Start a campfire! Roast some marshmallows! Play a board game! Meet your neighbors strolling by! Say Hi to a new friend! Reconnect with your family!

Nearby Attractions Include:


  • Acadia National Park

  • Bar Harbor - Shopping, Cruises, Dining

  • Craig Brook Fish Hatchery

  • Bucksport Golf Club

  • Bucksport Dining and Historic Sites

  • Historic Ft. Knox & the Tallest Bridge Observation Tower!

  • Ellsworth Shopping Outlets, Dining

  • Blue Hill - Pottery Shops, Reversing Falls where Salt Pond connects to Blue Hill Bay (One of 8 reversing falls in Maine)

  • Picturesque Coastline / Isle Au Haut / Stonington Areas

  • Maine Maritime Academy

  • Bangor - Casino, Shopping Malls, Theaters, Dining, etc.

  • Antique Shops, Historic Homes

  • Hiking Trails

  • The freshest seafood! Lobster boils!

  • Sight-seeing Cruises: Whale & Puffin watching, Lighthouse tours

  • and much, much more..