Peaks-Kenny State Park

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We left Lily Bay State Park after three days and decided to stay at Peaks-Kenny State Park in Dover Foxcroft, Maine.  Wednesday, Sept 23

Quiet, beautiful lake and only four other campers

Wednesday, September 23 – Peaks-Kenny State Park, Dover-Foxcroft, Maine.  Peaks-Kenny State Park is in between Greenville and Bangor, Maine.  There are about 56 sites in two loops a walk away from Sebec Lake.  The sites are nice and good size and there is a central washroom with bathrooms, showers and a dishwashing area. 

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The land was donated by the Mr. Peaks in the memory of his parents and one sister that was married named Peaks-Kenny. The walk down to the lake is about 5 minutes and there is a huge shaded picnic area on the beach.  A playground, boating area and swimming area are all in this area.  The lake looks out to the mountains up north and the views are outstanding.  Beautiful lake. 

We arrived around 11 in the morning and from Sept 20 to 23 it is  self-registration so we took our site and put our money in an envelope into the spot for it.  We were one of two campers in the park at that time but as the day wore on more tenters came in. 

Just a reminder the Maine State Parks do take reservations now for the summer months and after the mid of September reservations are no longer taken and the price drops too.  Maine State Parks have really increased their cost for a night’s stay for an out of stater at their parks but with the drop in price it cost us $19.26 including tax for a night and that is without services.  Nice stay – we stayed here about 19 years ago during the summer with our three children and it was quite crowded so this stay was so quiet – quite a change.

     George and I hiked down to the beach, talked to some tourists from MA who own a cabin near by and a big dog named Jake who loved to go swimming.  It was a warm day again in the 70’s.  Collected wood for our night fire and enjoyed out one night stay.