beautiful

That's a outa Stata camp. Lol jk nice camp either way !

Man that hurts, born and raised in Maine and it's first time being called an outa stata in my life. That hits different being on the other side :D

I wish normal people could still have these.

When did you take this photo? It's good.

Looks incredible OP, good for you!

Sucks that lands too expensive to build on and we get less snow every year

Jealousy isn’t a good thing.

Congrats on the nice camp!

Beautiful drone shot

You just have to drive a long-ass way to get there. Same as many of the normal people who had them way back when.

I think you’d be surprised how inexpensive land is in Burlington and other remote Penobscot county areas

Beautiful! Is this on Saponac?

I don’t think normal people ever had one like this in most places. Not another camp in sight and clearly winterized.

Most people I know with camps have one that looks more like my family’s—a seasonal, fairly rustic place in a row along a lakeshore maybe a couple hundred feet from the next one on either side. Depending on how long it’s been in their family, probably some weird story or connection about it’s origins. In our case, my great-grandfather built it himself in the 30s after inheriting a narrow strip of land from his father in law. He worked for the phone company so he did all the wiring himself and whatnot as well.

If my parents sold it, I’d probably have to go another hour or so further remote to replace it once I’m more financially stable, but it would be doable. I’d just be, like my great-grandfather or grandfather, choosing to prioritize that over other things I could do. I don’t remember my grandfather ever going on a vacation beyond visiting family and the camp, maybe something like Acadia a couple times. I’m not sure my great-grandfather ever made it farther from home in western Maine than dropping my grandfather off at Orono. A lot of people now don’t want to do that, so the camps end up getting sold to someone who has the money to hire out all the work and the places for those of us who do want to get pushed farther north.

This is on Eskutassis Pond!

So you are on the deep end. :)

I rented a home just like this for 2 years in Garland Maine for only $800/ month for 3 bedrooms! Just gotta grab it when you find one. Just bought a house in Dexter for only 60k!

I never understood people who have camps within an hour of their home. It doesn't feel like you're getting away when it's that close.

My camp is family owned, each family member (5 of us) split the cost of the property and taxes.. Isn't that how normal folks do things?

This past snow storm!

I think you’re being fooled a bit by the drone shot into thinking this is a kingdom lot camp on a remote trout pond or something. Eskatassis is a decent little pond, but I do not believe it has electricity on the Burlington side, and it is not particularly desirable real estate wise. Most of the camps are on the other end in Lowell where there is power. Cold Stream Pond is the big draw for the area. A house on Cold Stream in Webb Cove could run you 500k.

A few camps in Burlington sold during the Covid real estate boom on a nearby Pond (Saponic) for less than 100k.

Well maybe they're not getting away but getting to.

Wow beautiful

Could be! Definitely not an area I’m all that familiar with. I’m definitely gravitating towards the amount of space I see without other camps but it could just be angle/tree cover.

I think an hour is kind of ideal. You can get pretty remote without actually having to spend all of your time in the car.

We are the only camp on our side of the cove. The reason is the corner lot beside us is mostly marsh land. However the point by the inlet of the pond is for sale and it’s a gorgeous lot!

You’re correct, there is no power on the Burlington side. It’s all generators and solar power on our side!