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Camping Areas in Central Adirondacks ⛺

Cascade Lake – Scenic lake known for Cascade Falls, about a 1/4 mile north of the lake outside of Big Moose and Inlet. Tent campsites that are about a mile back from the road.

Eatonville Road and Otter Creek Area – Otter Creek State Forest and the portion of Independence River Wild Forest that is home to Confusion Flats, is a popular place for equestrians, but the Eatonville Road area is set aside for those who don’t have horses but want to explore the mix of sandy hills that make up the Western Adirondacks.

Francis Lake – If your looking for a campsite you can paddle to on a lake that isn’t so choppy or large near Stillwater Reservoir, consider camping at Francis Lake. Parking is on the shoulder of Number 4 Road outside of Lowville, there also is two designated handicap sites here.

Lester Flow and Cheney Pond – Scenic lake that is popular for paddling. The 1/2 mile road down from Boreas Road as of June 2020 is closed due to washouts. Tent sites exist along the lake, along with one drive-to site on the road down there. No cell service.

Independence River Wild Forest – Not only is there dozens of boat-only sites along Stillwater Reservoir, consider camping on Smith Road or Basket Factory Road which have numerous sites. Cell services is limited, good at certain sites, especially Smith Road Number 1 (Old Firetower Site).

Mason Lake – Small lake located about 10 miles north of Speculator and 5 miles south of Lewey Lake that has several tent and drive-in campsites along it’s shore. Good to fair cell service here. Nice to hear loons, one of the best bass ponds in the area.

Moss Lake – Scenic sandy lake outside of Big Moose/Inlet in the Western Adirondacks. The lake is ringed by an old carriageway and is a popular place to camp and paddle. There is a sign in / peg board when you get to the lake’s parking area to know which sites are available.

Moose River Plains – The state’s largest wilderness drive-to camping area, with over 150 campsites spread out over 35 miles of dirt road.

Northwood Club Road – In Minerva, this road crosses the Boreas River and has several roadside campsites, and passes by Huntley Pond, the NL Tahawus Railroad (which can be hiked to the Boreas River at Hudson River), and the Blue Ledges on the Hudson trailhead. No cell service.

Vanderwhacker Road -Five or six campsites exist along Vanderwhacker Road, which can be muddy in the spring and icy in late autumn. Additional designates campsites exist near where NY 28N crosses the Vanderwhacker River. Near the trail to the Vanderwhacker Firetower, No cell service.

Woodhull Lake Reservoir – Off of NY 28 in McKeevers, about 10 miles south of Old Forge. Not only is this beautiful reservoir to paddle, there are some campsites along the shore, with drive-to campsites along Wolf Lake Landing Road which leads to it. Part of Wolf Lake Landing Road is erroded, but other parts are fresh stone-dust. It’s remote wilderness but there good cell service in mcuh of the area.

Camping Areas in Southern Adirondacks

Camping Areas in Southern Adirondacks ⛺

East Branch of Sacanadaga River, NY 8 – Roughly 10 campsites along NY 8. These are easily accessed throughout the year, as the road is plowed except when the snow banks are high during the winter. East Branch is not good for fishing due to wide variance in water levels, however there are some nice pools in sections of river for summer swimming. Lots of road noise. Some of the sites have cell service. Nearby locations include Cod Pond, East Branch Trail and Kibby Pond Trail.

Edick Road – There are a handful of very hidden campsites off of Edick Road. This road may be closed to vehicles due to wash outs autumn 2019, but worth a walk to explore this area.

Fawn Lake – A 1/2 mile hike back to a scenic lake ringed by primitive campsites outside of Lake Pleasant. Two miles beyond it is the scenic Willis Vly, which doesn’t have developed campsites but it’s remote wilderness where you might see a Moose or other wildlife.

Garnet Lake – Tent sites, some with drive-up access along the lake. No cell service, much of the upper road here is not maintained in the winter. Popular in the summer, no cell service.

Good Luck Lake – Scenic lake off of the West Branch Sacanadaga River that is ringed with tent sites that can be walked in from the Good Luck Lake parking area area or paddled in.

Hope Falls Road – Two or three campsites along the end of Hope Falls Road, some are drive-in only tent sites. Near the Tenant Creek Falls Trail. No cell service. Open June to autumn snowfall.

Harrisburg Road – There is a set of very rustic designated campsites along the rough Harrisburg Road past Harrisburg Lake. Somewhat near Crane Mountain, a couple mile hike to and Wilcox Lake. No cell service.

North Lake Reservoir – There are roughly 15 campsites on the east shore of North Lake Reservoir. Popular place in the summer, regularly staffed by conservation students. Noise from motorboats. No cell service. Nice if you want to camp right on water, hear loons at night..

Perkins Clearing – Conservation easement lands. Good to fair cell service here. Great place for hunting and wildlife observation as it’s mixed timber country. Near Mason Lake, Speculator, Pillsbury Mountain and Cedar Lakes.

Piseco-Powley Road – A dozen campsites along a 13 mile road with short hikes including Big Alderbed, House Pond, Sand Lake and the popular Potholers/Brayhouse Brook waterfall for swimming. As of June 2020, road is closed in Stratford/Fulton County portion, road is open north of Potholers/Brayhouse Brook (access via Piseco). Very limited cell service here.

Pumpkin Hollow Road – Three campsites above Willis Lake. Remote country except for the site on Willis Lake, no cell service. On the Willis – Wilcox Lake Trail. Very quiet area. Open June to autumn snowfall. No cell service here.

Rockwood State Forest – Three campsites along the end of Church Road which can be accessed by driving past the cemetery in the hamlet. Scenic lake, good fishing. Cell service available, but bring a trash bucket and gloves as litter can be a problem. Nice trails to stroll around in the old Rockwood Estate.

Stewart Landing – There are four campsites on a rough road that loops off of Stewart Landing Road. Popular area in the summer, Canada Lake is great for paddling and informal swimming. Also consider hiking back to Hilderbrandt Vly and Glassgow Lake from here. Moderate to poor cell service here.

White House, Wells – A grouping of 5 or 6 campsites at the end of White House in West River Road. Scenic area, old camp, with fields and a chimney. Campsites are kind of close together, not a wilderness experience. Near the North Country Placid Trail, lots of blueberries in mid-summer. No cell service. Open June to autumn snowfall.

Lean-tos with Outhouses

A list of lean-tos on state lands with an outhouse within 150 feet.

Forest	Lean-To Name	Description	Region	Latitude	Longtitude
Big Indian Wilderness	Shandaken Brook Lean-To		3	42.0502743293466	-74.5106001666636
Big Indian Wilderness	Biscuit Brook Lean-To		3	42.0091051509829	-74.4838519036791
Delaware Wild Forest	Mud Pond Trail Lean-To		4	42.0116839995216	-74.9476810002715
Hunter-West Kill Wilderness	Diamond Notch Lean-To		4	42.1694869998955	-74.2569359998362
Blue Mountain Wild Forest	Tirrel Pond North Lean-To		5	43.8873444775573	-74.3788006260605
Blue Mountain Wild Forest	O’Neill Flow Lean-To		5	43.8755968409362	-74.3664262369705
Blue Ridge Wilderness	Wilson Pond Lean-To		5	43.8201917816146	-74.4686803224003
Blue Ridge Wilderness	Cascade Pond Lean-To		5	43.8299374729896	-74.4366163022193
Blue Ridge Wilderness	Stephens Pond Lean-To		5	43.818673668555	-74.4205248717271
Giant Mountain Wilderness	Giant Mtn. Lean-To		5	44.1759172264724	-73.7215350426426
Hammond Pond Wild Forest	Moose Mt Pond Lean-To		5	43.9655912049299	-73.6440374623141
High Peaks Wilderness	Catlin Bay #2 Lean-To		5	43.9972143811434	-74.3959393656481
High Peaks Wilderness	Catlin Bay #1 Lean-To		5	43.9980126926989	-74.3927845610842
High Peaks Wilderness	Hidden Cove Lean-To		5	44.0026552881939	-74.3864802632516
High Peaks Wilderness	Rodney Point #1 Lean-To		5	44.0414093848994	-74.3501490963956
High Peaks Wilderness	Rodney Point #2 Lean-To		5	44.0429767454126	-74.3493346475314
High Peaks Wilderness	Plumley Point #2 Lean-To		5	44.0655989161076	-74.32761224546
High Peaks Wilderness	Cold River #3 Lean-To		5	44.0914592780512	-74.257641750845
High Peaks Wilderness	Cold River #4 Lean-To		5	44.0913902533326	-74.2557348025251
High Peaks Wilderness	Moose Pond Stream Lean-To #2		5	44.079553878647	-74.2391509433142
High Peaks Wilderness	Moose Pond Stream Lean-To		5	44.079589788976	-74.2389368366902
High Peaks Wilderness	Seward Lean-To		5	44.1062441376862	-74.2091536427719
High Peaks Wilderness	Ouluska Pass Brook Lean-To		5	44.1202212816036	-74.1874471739093
High Peaks Wilderness	Newcomb Lake Lean-To #1		5	44.0158171441475	-74.1523218842845
High Peaks Wilderness	Newcomb Lake Lean-To #2		5	44.0205306743106	-74.1522782706761
High Peaks Wilderness	Cold River #2 Lean-To		5	44.1425166431718	-74.1303582429155
High Peaks Wilderness	Cold River Lean-To #1 Lean-To		5	44.1427273762849	-74.1298402106559
High Peaks Wilderness	Duck Hole #1 Lean-To		5	44.1416268740099	-74.1069373467662
High Peaks Wilderness	Duck Hole #2 Lean-To		5	44.1416768646683	-74.1065435467226
High Peaks Wilderness	Moose Pond Lean-To		5	44.1828433824027	-74.07364102376
High Peaks Wilderness	Henderson Lake Lean-To		5	44.104178442066	-74.066913293691
High Peaks Wilderness	Beaver Point #1		5	44.1210154790382	-73.9821264349125
High Peaks Wilderness	Beaver Point #2		5	44.1207874446534	-73.9817139903994
High Peaks Wilderness	Kagel Lean-To		5	44.1494011459341	-73.9557902346565
High Peaks Wilderness	Marcy Brook Lean-To		5	44.1469386474738	-73.9552287452665
High Peaks Wilderness	Panther Gorge Lean-To		5	44.099635151426	-73.9133647612345
High Peaks Wilderness	Lilian Brook Lean-To		5	44.0601596208968	-73.807816780134
High Peaks Wilderness	Slide Brook Lean-To		5	44.0441261980002	-73.8058583966018
High Peaks Wilderness	Bouquet Lean-To		5	44.1082054720282	-73.7738312580535
Hurricane Mountain Primitive Area	Gulf Brook Lean-To		5	44.253019593455	-73.7180348153422
Hurricane Mountain Primitive Area	Lost Pond/Biesemeyer Lean-To		5	44.2607301476158	-73.7100106668894
Lake George Wild Forest	Black Mountain Ponds Lean-To	Lean-To With Privy And Fire Ring	5	43.5996600138705	-73.5330643345846
Lake George Wild Forest	Lapland Pond Lean-To	Campsite With Lean-To 13-27	5	43.5958213340907	-73.5179510245416
Mckenzie Mountain Wilderness	Placid Lean-To		5	44.3214560456649	-74.030786043903
Sentinel Range Wilderness	Copperas Pond Lean-To		5	44.3317122951397	-73.8997103538312
Shaker Mountain Wild Forest	Holmes Lake Lean-To		5	43.1885867657416	-74.4310218122738
Siamese Ponds Wilderness	John Pond Lean-To		5	43.7278247361895	-74.2012685562129
Siamese Ponds Wilderness	E. Sacandaga River Lean-To		5	43.6154338756917	-74.1499734599501
Silver Lake Wilderness	Mud Lake Lean-To		5	43.342671073158	-74.4562907856386
Silver Lake Wilderness	Hamilton Lake Stream #1 Lean-To		5	43.3974135951753	-74.4552975900222
Taylor Pond Wild Forest	Poke-O-Moonshine Summit Lean-To		5	44.3997973548695	-73.5145569962096
Vanderwhacker Mountain Wild Forest	Stony Pond Lean-To		5	43.8387348152587	-73.9856219153826
West Canada Lake Wilderness	West Lake #1 Lean-To		5	43.5931622288498	-74.6268866843131
West Canada Lake Wilderness	West Lake #2 Lean-To		5	43.5970642572198	-74.6231056495758
West Canada Lake Wilderness	South Lake Lean-To		5	43.58724480971	-74.6215788383727
West Canada Lake Wilderness	West Canada Creek Lean-To		5	43.5869876140516	-74.6139979710011
West Canada Lake Wilderness	Spruce Lake #1 Lean-To		5	43.5272841125778	-74.6099246975027
West Canada Lake Wilderness	Spruce Lake #3 Lean-To		5	43.5371297279245	-74.6082096280248
West Canada Lake Wilderness	Spruce Lake #2 Lean-To		5	43.5346306298339	-74.608085803069
West Canada Lake Wilderness	T Lake Lean-To		5	43.4527175891905	-74.5822815394449
West Canada Lake Wilderness	Beaver Pond (AKA Cedar Lakes Lean-To #2)		5	43.6259693968044	-74.5492715037002
West Canada Lake Wilderness	Cedar Lakes #1 Lean-To		5	43.6281256650379	-74.5404732399266
West Canada Lake Wilderness	Pillsbury Lake Lean-To		5	43.5968984708902	-74.5316653645311
West Canada Lake Wilderness	Carry Lean-To		5	43.6787448834709	-74.4954982187945
West Canada Lake Wilderness	Colvin Brook Lean-To		5	43.6524139144065	-74.4903803529398
Black River Wild Forest	Bear Lake Lean-To		6	43.6000735406502	-75.0530032053211
Black River Wild Forest	Sand Lake Falls Lean-To		6	43.5589723655294	-75.0029762567594
Five Ponds Wilderness	Griffin Rapids Lean-To	Aka Oswegatchie River Campsite 38. With Full Sized Privy. Checked 05/2016.	6	44.0841653919081	-74.9687479733594
Five Ponds Wilderness	High Falls No. 2 Lean-To	Aka Oswegatchie River Campsite 13. With Full Sized Privy.	6	44.0689134869774	-74.9113129664397
Five Ponds Wilderness	High Falls No. 1 Lean-To	Aka Oswegatchie River Campsite 15. With Full Sized Privy.	6	44.0689098251132	-74.9093969117936
Pigeon Lake Wilderness	Gull Lake Lean-To		6	43.8574321808094	-74.8250005772908
Wolf Lake State Forest	Wolf Lake Lean-To		6	44.3363136708752	-75.3138633269515
Sugar Hill State Forest	Parks Hollow Lean-To	Log	8	42.3690917205455	-77.0130036276398
Sugar Hill State Forest	The Twin Lean-To’s	2 Lean-To At This Location	8	42.3822533325968	-77.0026799994935
Sugar Hill State Forest	Vanzandt Lean-To		8	42.3898077706314	-76.972589837336

Last week I got an email requesting a list of lean-tos on state land that have full accomindations - that is an outhouse or pit privy. So I made up that list, and figured I'd share it as some might find it useful.

More thoughts about summer vacation on Piseco Powley Road ⛺

I really like the idea of setting up a camp for a week and staying there all week as a base camp so I have less gear to take down and set back up again. I also like the idea of camping somewhere I can stay parked and use the solar to keep the batteries topped off.

I think the House Pond campsite on Piseco Powley Road would fit that bill well. There is that nice swimming hole across the road so no need to drive anywhere on a sultry mid summer afternoon. Probably do some fishing too. Of course getting that site might be easier said than done. I could head up there on a Thursday stay for nine or ten nights.

That site also has an outhouse, good places to hang a hammock and in and it would be large enough to put up my screen house. The site also has good sun exposure in the morning which is important for topping off the batteries and is close enough to asphalt roads so day trips down to Little Falls and Dolgeville will be quite possible.

I would have to get a camping permit and who knows if they’ll be issuing them come the summer. My general feeling is things will start to calm down and get back to normal by then – but who knows this whole Coronavirus thing has been going on a lot longer than I had originally expected.

Alternatively, I guess my summer vacation could be more of a traveling experience – stay at no campsite more than three nights. I’ve done that plenty before but I do get tired of having to constantly take down and set back up camp.

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.

Last Summer Camping During the Heat Wave in August.

Last summer during a heat wave in August, I camped down at the House Pond Campsite on Piseco-Powley Road. I hadn’t camp there in years, but this turned out to be a really nice campsite with a perfect little swimming hole just across the road.

I think over the years, the campsite has expanded somewhat, with the fire pit pushed back further, and more room to hang a tarp or pitch a tent. There also is a nice little outhouse up on the hill in back of it.

Spent lots of time reading a book, laying back in a hammock on the hill above.

I also hiked back to House Pond, which was not all that impressive, but I did find some bear poop up that way.

Fortunately though, I didn’t see any bears, because I spent most of my weekend eating clams and sweet corn and drinking lots of beer.

Woodhull Lake – A Place to Visit Again

I was thinking the other day it’s been six years since I’ve last been out to Woodhull Lake in the Black River Wild Forest It’s a nice, mostly wilderness reservoir that is accessible most of the way by a one lane gravel road.