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Barred Owl Farm Getaway

Denali, our farm hound, looks forward to greeting you. The sheep, pigs, and chickens will also enjoy seeing you. 

Our farm cabin has a great feel of being connected to nature.  It is quiet, cozy and a wonderful place to watch the sunset overlooking grazing animals.  The cabin has a queen bed in the downstair bedroom and another double bed in the loft.  The couch in the sitting room also folds-out to a double bed for the children. We use high-quality cotton sheets, pillows and down comforters - to assure you will be cozy and feel pampered. 

We provide coffee/tea service in the morning in our farm store.  By reservation, we serve a full country breakfast ($14/pp) and four-course farm-to-table dinners with many ingredients from our farm ($65/pp). 

By reservation, we also offer a special evening of our own chef-made wood-fired pizza, backyard fire and Downeast company. Many of the ingredients are from our farm. BOYB. ($50/pp; groups of 4 or more $40/pp) Discounts for families with children. 

The cabin does not have heat, electricity or running water. We provide numerous battery-charged lights and candles making this a is cozy, relaxing and perfect way to experience Maine farm life. An outhouse is nearby.  We provide an outdoor hot-water shower.  

Plan to visit our farm store where you can buy goat-milk soap, beeswax candles, organic wool pillows, sheep and goat skins and other creations made by Patti.

Loads of hiking trails are right out our door or wander down the gravel road. 

Visiting the animals (sheep, pigs, chickens and, of course, Denali - the farm hound) is always a highlight for guests. Please leave your own dog at home, thank you. 

 Chris is a proud Mainer and natural tour guide. He will be happy to provide you with his favorite recommendations and hidden gems.

For the past nine years, hundreds of people have enjoyed seeing the lambs, visiting our pigs, walking on our trails, and relaxing in a cell-free zone. 

In the summer our cabin books every night – so we encourage you to make reservations soon. If you would like to talk over your plans, please give us a call. 

Denali the hound (and we) look forward to welcoming you!

come on by - looking forward to meeting you!

picture of the outhouse from the loft window

many windows allowing you to sit & enjoy the grazing animals

Denali loves the sheep but he will also love  you when  you come visit!

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The evening setting sun shines yellow on camping tent

A safe place to stay on the way

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.

Having access to my car right out of my tent was a blessing on a rainy day. 

One of the available camping sites. It was raining the day I arrived, so having a shed close to my tent was an excellent addition. 

Don't forget to grab a book on your trip :)

It is the path to the sites. Easy access. 

Room for trailers, smaller RVs and camper vans. Park right in the road, you will not block anything. Backing in is best!

Proceed up the driveway to find the campsite. If you are in a larger vehicle and prefer to park on the road, feel free. You will not be blocking anyone on our private drive.

Pine needles! We add a new layer every week or so. It's fun and relaxing, and provides a soft bed for tent campers.

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Magnificent View Blueberry Hill

Natural wild blueberry field, just as it has been for eons. 270 degree view of hills, fields, lakes and Mountains. Solitude, yet only 15 min.s to Camden and Rockland.

ECOTOURISM - As seen in the May 2021 issue of

MAINE the Magazine!

Camp, Hike, take Photos

and

Pick Wild Maine Blueberries!

Private quiet SINGLE SPOT on a lovely hilltop wild blueberry field with stunning 270 degree views! Solitude without being remote, 2 miles from Rt 17 (past Union Country Club 9 hole

golf course).

 3 miles from downtown Union (featuring 3 Convenience stores, 1 Grocery store, 2 Banks with ATMs, 2 Restaurants, Pizza, Gas and a Laundromat)

and only 12 miles to Camden and Rockland. Good Cellular signal.

Good access road for your RV. The amazing views include Owl's Head lighthouse and Matinicus island in the very far distance, sunrise over Ragged Mountain and the Camden hills. To the north the Dixmont, and Bangor areas are visible. Watch the sunset to the west over Sennebec pond and Appleton ridge. To the southwest Mt. Washington may be just visible on a clear day. 75 acres of open fields and woodlands to explore at your leisure.

Among the hidden gems you might find

are a vernal brook, a distant field that is

totally secluded and an oak tree with a heart!

 Deer, wild Turkeys, Hawks, Owls and Bald Eagles are frequent visitors. 

The small town of Union also hosts the Maine Wild Blueberry Festival and the Maine Antiques Festival. The Lobster Festival is nearby in Rockland every August.

Only one rental allowed at a time - so you get breathtaking beauty all for yourself - and those with you!

Note: Part of the land is a working Wild Blueberry farm and as such, on rare occasions, the quiet is interrupted to care for the crop. Should that take place we will credit you with a free day's stay.

WINTER CAMPING is available by request to experienced winter campers. If you are up to the challenge drop us a line.

Clouds rolling through the hills at sunrise.

Cooking equipment

Hazelbrook Cabin at Full Plate Farm

Raising our food and building community here in Midcoast Maine. 

Maine Primitive Skills School

The land was purchased by Mike and Karen Douglas in 1996 and has been the site of their residence and that of Maine Primitive Skills School, which teaches Wilderness Awareness, Survival and Self-Reliance Skills to hundreds of students from around the country and the globe each year. The land is split by Church Hill Road. The west side of the road is where the majority of the school's facilities are located and where most of the day-to-day activities take place. The plot east of the road is used for overnight experiences and as a place to observe animal tracks and sign. The forest here is a classroom as much as it is a garden. It has been tended with a caretaker attitude for two decades to increase the bounty of edible foods for animals and humans alike. We hope that all our visitors can enjoy and carry on this tradition by participating conscientiously with our sacred forest.Learn more about this land:Park your car at our parking lot near the road. Cross the boardwalk over the wetland. Walk through the clearing up a slight incline, to the trail-head, through the mixed hardwood forest, to a secluded campsite where you can watch the stars and listen to the sounds of the forest in the privacy of your campsite. Over 1000 acres of quiet State Wildlife Management land sits adjacent to our plot of land and is yours to explore! If you're up for a hike, follow the ATV trail to Spectacle Pond which is a 100-acre lake with an island in the middle. There are two disc golf courses within walking distance down the road from the trail-head if that's more your style.  We run Maine Primitive Skills School, and the main facilities are located across the road. We rent out this area of the property to campers when we are not utilizing it for courses. Feel free to come on over and say hi! If you need any tips on making your camping experience more enjoyable we're the people to ask.

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