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National Park Service · National Monument · Maine

Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument

Here, none of the campgrounds take walk-ups.

18Campgrounds
14Free to camp
53Sites
360–1,240 ftElevation
Elevation: USGS 3DEP elevation point queries at 18 of these 18 campgrounds

Where they are

18 of 18 mapped
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Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Oct 23, 2026

The campgrounds

18 campgrounds
Sandbank Stream CampgroundReservableOpenKatahdin Woods and Waters National Monument · MEFree3 sites700 fttoiletsEsker CampsiteReservableOpenKatahdin Woods and Waters National Monument · MEFree1 site540 ftGrand Pitch Lean-toReservableOpenKatahdin Woods and Waters National Monument · MEFree1 site520 fttoiletsPond Pitch CampsiteReservableOpenKatahdin Woods and Waters National Monument · MEFree1 site530 ftStair Falls CampsiteReservableOpenKatahdin Woods and Waters National Monument · ME1 site600 ftUpper East Branch CampsiteReservableOpenKatahdin Woods and Waters National Monument · MEFree1 site620 fttoiletsKatahdin Woods & Waters National Monument CampingReservableKatahdin Woods and Waters National Monument · ME2 boat-in sites8 walk-in sites27 sites650 fttoiletsLunksoos CampsitesReservableKatahdin Woods and Waters National Monument · MEFree7 sites380 fttoiletsKatahdin Woods and Waters National Monument HutsReservableKatahdin Woods and Waters National Monument · ME1 hike-in site2 sites1,120 fttoiletsBig Seboeis CampsiteReservableKatahdin Woods and Waters National Monument · MEFree1 site360 fttoiletsBig Spring Brook CampsiteReservableKatahdin Woods and Waters National Monument · ME1 site430 ftBig Spring Brook HutReservableKatahdin Woods and Waters National Monument · MEFree1 site740 fttoiletsHaskell Deadwater CampsiteReservableKatahdin Woods and Waters National Monument · MEFree1 site580 fttoiletsHaskell HutReservableKatahdin Woods and Waters National Monument · MEFree1 site600 fttoiletsKatahdin Brook Lean-toReservableKatahdin Woods and Waters National Monument · MEFree1 site970 fttoiletsLunksoos Mountain Lean-ToReservableKatahdin Woods and Waters National Monument · MEFree1 site1,240 ftdrinking watertoiletsWassataquoik CampsiteReservableKatahdin Woods and Waters National Monument · MEFree1 site600 ftWassataquoik Lean-toReservableKatahdin Woods and Waters National Monument · MEFree1 site610 ft
Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Oct 23, 2026

This land

measured from the nearest campground in the unit
Watch

Camping here is a stake in what happens to it. More Than Just Parks tracks the threats and the comment windows.

Source: MTJP Threatened Lands map · Oct 3, 2026

Heads up

Caution
Increased Logging Traffic Along Swift Brook Road Be alert for logging trucks along Swift Brook Road between the monument boundary and the start of the Loop Road. Logging trucks will be transporting logs on Swift Brook Road to Roberts Road. Logging trucks ALWAYS have the right of way.…
Caution
Hunting Season Begins Hunting in Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument is now open for the 2026 season. Hunting is permitted on all monument land east of the East Branch Penobscot River. It is recommended that all visitors wear high visibility clothing…
Source: National Park Service alerts API · Oct 23, 2026

Who answers for this land

Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument’s campgrounds sit in one congressional district. These members vote on the laws that decide what happens to this land.

Jared Golden, official portrait
Jared Golden (D)ME 2nd · 18 campgrounds · grade F
Source: U.S. Census district boundaries and the MTJP Congressional Public Lands Score
Unit: USGS Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US) land units
Source: campground records from RIDB, NPS, USFS EDW and BLM, unified by CAMPANAC, refreshed nightly