PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • October 9, 2020
This year the number of visitors to Maine’s 12 state park campgrounds – at least 270,794 campers through Sept. 30 – already has topped the previous record of 261,589 campers in 2018. Not bad considering that state park campgrounds opened two to four weeks later and because of the coronavirus pandemic, missing the busy Memorial Day weekend. The pandemic is the very reason for this year’s surge in campers, parks officials say.