Thoughts about camping on the East Branch and NY 8

Camping along the East Branch of the Sacandaga River definitely has its advantages during the shoulder season of the winter.⛺ It’s a major highway maintained all year round, getting snow removal and down trees removed from its surfaces year round.⛄ Many of the campsites along the road have gravel bases, being old home sites and routings of the road, so they aren’t too soft even after the rains of spring. Despite this, the campsites are all quite remote, and many of them have decent screening for the road. 🌳🌲

The downside of camping on the East Branch along NY 8 is the noise.🚚🚛🚙🚗 There is a regular drone of cars and trucks blowing by the campsite at sixty miles per hour. NY 8 is a heavily traversed road unlike many of the other backcountry roads where much of the roadside campsites are in the Adirondacks. 🐸The recreational opportunities nearby are somewhat limited too – the East Branch ain’t great for fishing as the temperature fluctuates a lot, the ponds off the road are only so so fishing – and there is a lot of hunter pressure in this easily accessible area.