Lunksoos Campground

In 2021, Friends unveiled seven new overnight tent sites near the historic Lunksoos Camps on the East Branch of the Penobscot River. The campground is the first major infrastructure project completed by Friends, demonstrating the power of the park-supporter community to stand up these public lands nearly five years after they were gifted to the National Park Service in 2016 by philanthropist Roxanne Quimby. The improved camping area includes two group sites and five single-party sites. Accessible by road and river, the campground was built to NPS standards for walk-in sites and features ADA toilet facilities, one ADA-compliant site, and connecting trails. Campers will find level, well drained sites equipped with picnic tables, fire rings, and bear-proof food storage boxes. Group sites have wood tent platforms nestled into a wooded slope.