Bookmark my free Interactive GPS Map for your phone:
https://andyarthur.org/ny

... shows your location as a blue dot in relationship to campsites, trails, state land. This online map requires cell service, won't work in remote country, so also bring a paper map.

Free Download of New & Historical USGS 1:24k Topograpic Maps

Interactive maps with backcountry and roadside camping: New York, Pennsylvania, West Virginia & Vermont. List of NYS DEC Lean-Tos and Firetowers.

Google Spreadsheet with Roadside, Primitive and Pay Campsites

More about Turnpike State Forest...

Turnpike State Forest totals 4,744 acres. This area provides opportunities for outdoor recreational activities such as cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, hiking, biking, horseback riding, snowmobiling, camping, bird watching, nature photography, and hunting. The forest provides habitat for wildlife species such as deer, rabbit, grouse and turkey.

In the 1930s, Turnpike State Forest was the site of many work projects carried out by the Civilian Conservation Corps, or CCC. The CCC, established by the administration of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, provided employment opportunities for young men during the depression. CCC projects included the construction of roads and the planting of thousands of pine and spruce trees in the open areas on the property.

http://www.dec.ny.gov/lands/51321.html

Maps and Interactives

Turnpike State Forest
Palmer Pond and Turnpike State Forests

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