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Preceding the boom of Google-able AirBnBs, VRBOs, and other vacation rental websites with an acronym for a name, is the decades-old Maine vacation tradition of going “upta camp”—aka the act of spending time in a remote location. There are no hard and fast rules of what makes camp, camp; in fact, the exact terms and conditions are highly subjective and based on one’s own interpretation-making it all the more interesting. Camp could be an oceanfront cottage or lakefront cabin. Camp could be a vacation home a drive away or winter outpost accessible only by snowmobile. Camp could be a patch of grass you revisit year-round with a tent and some trusted supplies.
Whatever it may be-it’s the rustic charm, off-grid location (most of the time), and wabi-sabi style of a handcrafted Maine hideout that makes it camp and even though this list is comprised of modern rentals that swap out rickety screen doors for floor-to-ceiling picture windows, and luxurious linens for questionable patchwork duvets-the heart and soul of camp are still there, just with a few upgrades.