New rates at Baxter State Park

By Ethan Andrews, Bangor Daily News Staff

New rates for the summer camping season at Baxter State Park take effect Wednesday, Jan. 15.

Visitors from outside of Maine will now have to pay $20 to bring a vehicle into the park, up from $16 under rates adopted in 2023. A season pass will now cost $50 instead of $42.

Maine residents can still enter the park for free.

Camping fees are also up, with a basic tent site now costing $38 instead of $34, and rates for cabins and group sites increasing similarly.

Canoe rental will remain $1 per hour or $8 for the day. A bundle of firewood will still be $5. But day use parking reservations will now be $10 instead of $5.