Hidden Springs Campground

On the trip from Bar Harbor to our next destination, Baxter State Park, we decided to head up to Eastport, Maine. Eastport is the furthest city east in the United States.  More impressive than Eastport was a small restaurant called Helen’s. This is the place where you will find Helen’s pies. These are the BEST homemade blueberry pies in America. They are made with small juicy wild Maine blueberries. The slogan at Helen’s is “Pies you will remember for the rest of your life” and we will vouch for that.

That evening we arrived at Hidden Springs Campground in Millinocket, Maine, near Baxter State Park. The people at the office were awaiting our arrival. We checked into our site and were given more than enough information to aid in our adventure to seek and photograph a real live Maine moose. The next two days we spent exploring the north Maine woods. Along with the moose we saw a black bear, a bald eagle, deer and of course a ton of black flies.

We encountered a woman from the area who was nicknamed the “Moose Whisperer”. Her name was Vicki Nolan. She is a local guide who was very knowledgeable about all things to do with moose. She said that she spends a lot of time with the moose. We learned quite a bit about them from her.

Hidden Springs Campground is a nice campground. It has plenty of shade trees, a pool, shower and bath house. The sites are water and electric. We found it to be a nice place to stay while exploring the state park.

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