A safe place to stay on the way

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126 reviews

· Topsham, Sagadahoc, Maine · 1 acre

Hosted by Sarah & Andrew S.

RV/tent site

· 4 guests max

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Off-leash friendly

Pets can be off-leash at this Hipcamp.

Lovely forest behind our home, available to travelers for tenting or RV. A safe place to stay as you're stopping through. Exactly 4.8 miles from the 295 off-ramp and Route 1. A private wooded lot on a road with farms and woodland cradled by the Cathance and Muddy Rivers which flow onward to Merrymeeting Bay, the Kennebec, and the ocean beyond. Some road noise from Middlesex road during commuting times that quiets down for sleeping. Topsham is lovely and I'm grateful to live here and share this space with travelers! Note that the service fee goes to Hipcamp. My site is designed to be low-priced, easy in-out, and a convenient stop-over for the traveler. Learn more about this land: Available to travelers for tenting or RV. Total property size is 3.5 acres. Water and respite available here for a day or two, if this area is your destination or if you're on the road toward an adventure. A single private site. We are not a campground, this is the back part of our land that we hope to offer as respite and safety for travelers looking for this kind of place to stay. We give absolute privacy to campers in the hours 4pm-11am. Please consider that we might be on the lower property during the middle of the day: 11am-4pm, which matches most of our visitors needs as they are using the property as an evening and morning stopover. Please visit the Maine Forest Service Fire Danger Report if you are considering requesting a campfire. Fires are not allowed when the fire danger is High through Extreme. We will talk about fire safety if the danger level is Moderate. Thanks for being safe! https://www.maine.gov/dacf/mfs/wildfire_danger_report/index.html Things to do in area: Midcoast Maine has an endless bounty of treasures for visitors in all seasons. Hiking, biking, boating, history, art, swimming, food, and cultural events with beautiful nature surrounding it all. Closest to site: The Tarbox Preserve, a Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust property with hiking and skiing, is 2 lots up the road. The lovely Head of Tide park with a small waterfall is 2.2 miles to the west. Grocery: Our towns (Topsham and Brunswick) have several grocery stores: Hannaford, Shaw's, Market Basket, Walmart/Target grocery, and a wonderful natural foods store Morning Glory Natural Foods. We have many farm stands with organic and locally grown produce closely nearby - ask us to help you locate them! Food: Brunswick is restaurant and brewery heaven! Amazing beers, wood fired pizza, sushi, Thai, Vietnamese, Greek, German, Colombian street food, Filipino, deli, Fusion and more! Also check out Reny's - A Maine Adventure for your needed supplies. Harpswell Heritage Land Trust trails are dog-friendly and on the beautiful Maine coast. I recommend Mitchell Field beach at low tide, Brunswick Topsham Land Trust trails and Maine Audubon trails (we love Hamilton Preserve in West Bath!). Cute downtown Bath with its bakery and shops.For tents: A ~14' x 14' flat area with a thick bed of pine needles and surrounding drainage trench makes for a perfect site for a tent. If you are staying in an RV, the pine needle bed is a nice place to place chairs. For RV: The entryway road is leveled at the top and suitable for any camper less than ~22 feet. The woods road is private and should be considered completely for the use of the camper. Feel free to park your car or camper farther down the road near the woodshed/turnaround if you'd like! There are two fire pit options - One smaller ring immediately next to the pine needle bed tent site. A second larger fire ring is just to the side of the woods road. Either can be used when the fire safety is acceptable. The site remains pleasantly cool through most of the summer, being under the mature forest canopy. Please do expect biting insects - Maines' forest black flies in late May and mosquitoes that are most active in early-mid summer and when the humidity is high. The toilet is fully private from the home, and semi-private from the campsite. We manage waste from our visitors by open pit burning, and so a structure is not feasible for our design. Communicate with your camping buddy (Hey, turn around and look at the beautiful oak tree!) while you have a moment to yourself and nature.

RV details

Travel trailers, Fifth wheels, Toy haulers, Pop-up campers, Class B RVs, Campervans, and Cars allowed

Vehicles under 20 feet allowed

The turn-around is at the big woodshed with the metal roof. Backing distance is ~ 50 feet. You can park anywhere up on the roads.

Pull-in site

The turn-around is at the big woodshed with the metal roof. Backing distance is ~ 50 feet. You can park anywhere up on the roads.

Accommodates slideouts

The turn-around is at the big woodshed with the metal roof. Backing distance is ~ 50 feet. You can park anywhere up on the roads.

Surface type: Loose Gravel

It's mostly level, gets better each year! Minor leveling might be needed/desired.

Surface levelness: Requires leveling

It's mostly level, gets better each year! Minor leveling might be needed/desired.

No Class A RVs and Class C RVs

No electrical hookup

No water hookup

hose at main house

No sewage hookup

No TV hookup

Generators not allowed

What to expect

RV/tent site

You'll have this Hipcamp all to yourself.

4 guests max

Campfires allowed

Firewood provided, firepit, private. Please do not bring firewood to this property from any other location to reduce insect pest transfer. https://www.dontmovefirewood.org/ Outdoor fire pit might be available depending on fire danger rating. We have had occasional severe summer & fall droughts. If its safe, then yes! I have two fire pits. Cook stoves are always a yes. We have plenty of kindling and paper available. If you entend to have a fire please let's talk to make sure everything is safe, thanks!

Toilet available

Incinerator toilet. I have an outdoor combustion pit privy available. No burying solid waste on site please and thank you! You use the privy for #2, and cover with sawdust. I burn the waste every week or two, depending on usage. Please help keep my well water clean and disease free!

Pets allowed

Off leash, on leash. I love animals and can't wait to meet your four legged friend. We have a cat who occasionally pokes around the property, so please let us know in advance if you have a cat-chaser. Please clean up dog waste thank you.

Potable water available

Hose, bottled water or jugs. Home well water. We provide a 2 liter jug of drinkable water at the site, and if needed, access to the outdoor hose down at the house. Please be aware we have had several drought periods in the last few years, so please be careful with hose water use, thanks! I also have a large barrel of non-potable water up at the campsite for hand washing and fire suppression.

Wifi available

Let me know if you would like to connect to my wifi and I'll hook you up. Range extends ~100ft from house. Also a Comcast hotspot.

No showers

Pack it out

Recycling available! Leave metal cans, plastic 1 &2 and glass in the shed. Please carry out all landfill waste.

Cooking equipment absent

I have a variety of metal grates you can use over a campfire or fire pit for cooking if desired.

Picnic table absent

Laundry absent

Hot Tub absent

No playground

Things to know

Getting there

Check in: After 2:00 PM

Check out: Before 12:00 PM

On arrival: Head straight to site

Cancellation policy: Moderate

Minimum nights: 1 night

Accepts bookings: 6 months out

Park at listing

No wheelchair access

Max 1 vehicle

2WD accessible

During your trip

Follow the

Leave it better

Inclusion policyWe have a zero-tolerance policy against discrimination at Hipcamp. We are committed to helping our Host and Hipcamper communities be inclusive.

ExtrasAvailable at checkout

Firewoodgood

$3.00

$3.00 per night for firewood. Unlimited amount of firewood per night. Please don't bring firewood to our site, especially from out of state. We are looking to preserve our forest from invasive forest pests! The woodshed at the campsite has firewood, kindling, and paper (woodshed with metal roof). Please don't burn the scrap lumber.

Propane Cook Stoverental

$15.00

Rent our Coleman propane cook stove (comes with propane tank) for your cooking and hot beverage needs.

98%

149 ratings · 126 reviews

Charmine M.

8 reviews

Recommends

· December 2024

Host couple very sweet and lovely!

Tent

Sarah and Andrew are the warmest hosts I’ve ever met on the app. I was used to just driving on site but these two greeted and showed me around. There’s enough space for two families. I loved how the site was thoughtfully littered with pine needles, making the ground so soft to sleep in. It’s far from their house and the compost toilet was also private. Included is a convenient gallon of water on site and a fire pit. Andrew let me help myself to their chopped wood. I loved my stay and hope to come back!

Steve H.

3 reviews

Not recommend

· November 2024

Small site with debris everywhere.

16 ft car

Small site. Debris everywhere. Will not stay again

Rachel M.

4 months on Hipcamp

Recommends

· November 2024

16 ft car

Sarah and Andrew have a beautiful wooded spot nestled in the pine trees of Maine. the directions were very clear and they were easy to communicate with. Thank-you for hosting us!

Alana W.

2 reviews

Recommends

· November 2024

Tent

We had a great time camping at Sarah and Andrew’s place. The tent site was on a bed of pine needles which made it very comfy to sleep on. They provided us with firewood and had multiple fire pit locations. Overall the hosts were very kind and showed us around the property so we knew where to find all that we needed. We had a very enjoyable stay!

Naina M.

4 reviews

Recommends

· October 2024

Our tent camping night !

Tent · With pets

We loved our one night stay at this site ! Sarah was very helpful and we had a lovely chat ! Can see a lot of care and love has gone into this site. The bed of needles we got to pitch our tent on was great! We would definitely come back. Thanks again !

Beth D.

22 reviews

Recommends

· October 2024

Wonderful idyllic Hipcamp

14 ft campervan · With pets

Sarah’s and Andrew’s is a wonderful Hipcamp. Sarah has made it idyllic, with a soft pine-needled pad to hang out on, delicious fresh well water, chairs kept in a covered shed, providing free wood (ranging from kindling to larger, kept dry). It is quiet, private, one couldn’t ask for more. And a toilet. My doggies and I are repeat guests, because we loved it the first time.

Location

Topsham, Sagadahoc, Maine, United StatesTraditional, ancestral territory of Wabanaki (Dawnland Confederacy) and N’dakina (Abenaki / Abénaquis) First Nations according to

Native Land Digital.

To respect the Host's privacy, the precise address of this land will be provided after booking