More Mainers opt for state park campgrounds this year

MAINE SUNDAY TELEGRAM • June 21, 2020

Reservations by Maine residents are up 37 percent from last year at this time – from 6,909 in 2019 to 9,467 in 2020, through June 17. Reservations by out-of-stater campers are up slightly this year, said Jim Britt of the Bureau of Parks and Lands, but overall state parks are on a pace to challenge the record number of campers they hosted in 2018.