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... 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.

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

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More about Upper Chateaugay Lake...

There is a DEC boat launch off Route 374, five miles north of the Hamlet of Merrill. The launch has a hard surface ramp with parking for 25 cars and trailers. The launch is in the Chateaugay Narrows approximately one mile north of the lake. The Chateaugay Narrows are navigable. The lake runs north to south. It has an island in the center called Moffit Island. There are large weed beds and a big wetland on the south end of the lake. Private homes and cottages line the east shoreline.

https://www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/71855.html

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