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Hotels in Camden, ME
Camden vies with Kennebunkport, Maine, and Manchester, Vermont, for the title of “bed-and-breakfast capital of New England.” They’re everywhere. The stretch of Route 1 just north of the village center—called High Street here—is a virtual bed-and-breakfast alley, with many handsome homes converted to lodgings. Others are tucked away on side streets.
Despite the preponderance of B&Bs, though, the total number of guest rooms in town is still too small to accommodate the crush of peak-season visitors, and during summer or fall, the lodging is tight. It’s best to reserve well in advance. You might also try Camden Accommodations and Reservations (tel. 800/344-4830 or 207/236-6090) for help in finding anything from overnight rooms to seasonal rentals.
Despite the preponderance of B&Bs, though, the total number of guest rooms in town is still too small to accommodate the crush of peak-season visitors, and during summer or fall, the lodging market is tight—reserve well in advance. In 2025, Camden enacted regulations to keep short-term rentals in check, and the new policies are onerous enough that some rental owners have opted out entirely. That said, it’s still worth checking online rental platforms like Airbnb and Vrbo.
If the inns and B&Bs listed below are unavailable or out of your budget, a handful of area motels and hotels might be able to accommodate you. South of the village center on Route 1 are the Cedar Crest Inn, 115 Elm St. (tel. 207/236-4839), a handsome seasonal motel (peak-season rates $169–$390, spring and fall cheaper); and just across the footbridge, the modern, if generic, Camden Riverhouse Hotel and Inns, 11 Tannery Lane (tel. 207/236-0500), with an indoor heated pool, a fitness center, a nice patio and firepit, and Wi-Fi. It’s open year-round; peak season rates start at $269, with off-season for $150. Dogs welcome.
CAMPING
Seasonally open Camden Hills State Park (tel. 207/236-3109), about a mile north of the village center on Route 1, has 107 campsites, which cost $35 to $45 per night for non-Maine residents in summer ($10 discount for residents), depending on whether you snag one of the new water-and-electrical hookup sites or not. There’s a discount from mid-September until the park closes.
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16 Bay View
Until this boutique hotel opened in late 2015, Camden strangely lacked any true waterfront hotel lodging. A former moviehouse and restaurant, 16 Bay View is just steps from the harbor, with views of the waves and the tall-masted ships from the top-floor accommodations and the rooftop…$$$Around Town
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Blue Harbor House Inn
On busy Route 1 just south of town, this pale-blue 1810 farmhouse has been an inn since 1978. It’s decorated throughout with a floral, country look. Rooms and suites vary in size; some are smallish, with slanting angles and low ceilings, but you can expect touches such as four-poster…$$Around Town - Hotel
Camden Harbour Inn
This 1871 mansion sits in a quiet neighborhood on a rise with a view of the sea and mountains beyond, on the way to Rockport -- think of it as Camden's quiet side. This had been just another fusty, Victorian-era hotel until 2007, when it got a complete makeover from the two Dutchmen…$$$Around Town - Hotel
Camden Maine Stay Inn
The Maine Stay is one of Camden’s friendliest bed-and-breakfasts. In a home dating from 1802 (later expanded in Greek Revival style in 1840), it’s your classic slate-roofed New England manse in a shady yard within walking distance of both downtown and Camden Hills State Park. Guest…$$Around Town - Hotel
Inn at Sunrise Point
This peaceful, private sanctuary 4 miles north of Camden’s bustling main drag, in the quieter village of Lincolnville, seems a world apart. Service is crisp and helpful, and the setting can’t be beat: the edge of Penobscot Bay, down a long, tree-lined gravel road. The property is a…$$$Lincolnville - Hotel
Lincolnville Motel
It’s far from the most opulent lodging on the Maine Coast, but it might be the most fun. Built as a motor-court motel in the 1950s, this set of six cabins and a four-room motel got a lighthearted, minimalist refresh when Alice Amory reopened the place in 2015. The outdoor pool is…$$Around Town - Hotel
Norumbega Inn
You’ll have no problem at all finding the Norumbega: just head north out of town and look for the castle on the right. Well, it’s actually a mansion (built of stone in 1886 by telegraph system inventor Joseph Stearns), but it looks like a castle. Wonderfully eccentric and full of…$$$Around Town - Hotel
The Belmont Inn
A handsome, shingle-style 1890s home with a wraparound porch, the Belmont is set in a quiet residential neighborhood of unpretentious homes away from Route 1. The inn has an updated Victorian theme throughout, with handsome polished wood floors and scores of eclectic antiques and…$$Around Town - Hotel
Whitehall
Set at the edge of town on busy Route 1, Whitehall is a venerable Camden institution, thanks partly to its association with local poet Edna St. Vincent Millay, who was “discovered” here by a guest who went on to fund Edna’s college education. But with new ownership and a…$$Around Town
