Date |
Campsite |
Where |
Type |
Notes |
06/19/11 |
Campsite On Forest Road 70 Near Lye Wilderness |
Forest Road 70, Green Mountains NF, Kelley Stand, VT |
Roadside camping (in pickup truck): no charge |
Hiked towards Big Alder, but couldn’t cross stream. Rainy day, did a little paddling in Powley Place. Nicer day on Memorial Day |
06/04/11 |
Campsite On Back Side of Stockmans Island |
Stockmans Island, Hudson River State Park, NY |
Tent camping after paddling in on kayak |
Put in at Coxscakie Boat Launch, camped on an island in Hudson River. |
05/29/11 |
Powley Place (Campsite 9) |
Piseco-Powley Road, Ferris Lake Wild Forest, Stratford, NY |
Roadside camping (in pickup truck): no charge |
Hiked towards Big Alder, but couldn’t cross stream. Rainy day, did a little paddling in Powley Place. Nicer day on Memorial Day. |
05/28/11 |
Powley Place (Campsite 9) |
Piseco-Powley Road, Ferris Lake Wild Forest, Stratford, NY |
Roadside camping (in pickup truck): no charge |
Rainy day. Hiked around Powley Place. |
05/27/11 |
Powley Place (Campsite 9) |
Piseco-Powley Road, Ferris Lake Wild Forest, Stratford, NY |
Roadside camping (in pickup truck): no charge |
Left work early, drove up there. Nice evening before the rain. |
05/21/11 |
Cheney Pond |
Cheney Pond, Vanderwhacker Wild Forest, Newcomb, NY |
Roadside camping (in pickup truck): no charge |
Explored Vanderwhacker Wild Forest. Kayaked around Cheney Pond couple of times, explored Tawandus Ruins. |
05/20/11 |
Fox Lair Campsite |
NY Route 8, Wilcox Lake Wild Forest, Bakers Mills, Adirondacks, NY |
Roadside camping (in pickup truck): no charge |
Much nicer this time, a little rain, things greened up. Got a little rain, very damp. |
04/22/11 |
Fox Lair Campsite |
NY Route 8, Wilcox Lake Wild Forest, Bakers Mills, Adirondacks, NY |
Roadside camping (in pickup truck): no charge |
Woke up to 3” of cold wet snow and rain, decided to go home and abandon trip. |
04/21/11 |
Gravel Pit Campsite |
NY Route 8, Wilcox Lake Wild Forest, Griffin, Adirondacks, NY |
Roadside camping (in pickup truck): no charge |
Cold morning, trees covered with ice. Hike up around part of 13th Lake near North Creek, NY |
04/09/11 |
Moscow Hill Horse Camp |
Brookfield State Forest aka Charles Baker State Forest, Brookfield, NY |
Roadside camping (in pickup truck): no charge |
One other camper here, no equestrians this time of year. Wanted to camp on Cherry Ridge, however too much snow there. |
Date |
Campsite |
Where |
Type |
Notes |
12/4/10 |
Old NY 8 |
Wilcox Lake Wild Forest, Griffin, NY |
Roadside camping (in pickup truck): no charge |
Very cold. Ice and snow on truck in morning. Kind of close to NY 8, but all the best campsites taken by hunters. |
11/12/10 |
Lower Assembly Area |
Sugar Hill State Forest, Watkins Glen, NY |
Roadside camping (in pickup truck): no charge |
Woke up surrounded by Horse Trailers and equestrians in morning. Assembly area was closed this time of year, but horse trails still widely used. |
11/11/10 |
Informal campsite on Forest Road 151 |
Allegheny National Forest, Near Sayre, PA |
Roadside camping (in pickup truck): no charge |
Second night at Allegheny National Forest. I liked the site I stayed in the previous day a lot, and the days where too short (sunset at 4:45 PM), so no time to waste searching for a site. |
11/10/10 |
Informal campsite on Forest Road 151 |
Allegheny National Forest, Near Bradford, PA |
Roadside camping (in pickup truck): no charge |
Many sites in Allegheny National Forest. This one I particularly liked, so I decided to stay there. |
11/09/10 |
Aspah Run Camping Area |
Aspah, near Wellsboro, PA |
Roadside camping (in pickup truck): paid primitive area |
Decided due to a lack of a time due to early sunset, would have done roadside/back country camping, but for $10, and being alone, it was fine. |
11/08/10 |
Aspah Run Camping Area |
Aspah, near Wellsboro, PA |
Roadside camping (in pickup truck): paid primitive area |
Camped here, because I didn’t want to camp back country, and didn’t know the area well enough. |
11/07/10 |
Lower Assembly Area |
Sugar Hill State Forest, Watkins Glen, NY |
Roadside camping (in pickup truck): no charge |
Originally wanted to camp at Birds Eye Lake or something like that, but the map I had got me lost, and I couldn’t find the road campsite up there. |
11/06/10 |
Campsite 7 |
Stoney Pond State Forest, Madison, NY |
Roadside camping (in pickup truck): no charge |
Frost/ice on puddles in morning. Some snow in some places. |
09/05/10 |
Campsite 56 |
Moose River Plains, Inlet, Adirondacks, NY |
Roadside camping (in pickup truck): no charge |
Rain showers, enjoyed staying in a very private and quite campsite up in the sandy plains. |
09/04/10 |
Campsite 56 |
Moose River Plains, Inlet, Adirondacks, NY |
Roadside camping (in pickup truck): no charge |
Hiked to Mitchells Pond. More rain. It was kind of wet and cold. |
09/03/10 |
Campsite 56 |
Moose River Plains, Inlet, Adirondacks, NY |
Roadside camping (in pickup truck): no charge |
Kind of wet and rainy, hung out in camp, did a little exploring of the plains. Also, paddled in Cedar River Flow for a while. Enjoyed the very private drive in site here. |
09/02/10 |
Campsite 2 |
Moose River Plains, Inlet, Adirondacks, NY |
Roadside camping (in pickup truck): no charge |
I left work at 5 PM…. but with traffic, and wanting to get a pizza to eat on the way up, didn’t get to Moose River Plains until after 9 PM. Very dark, very tired, just wanted a place to collapse. |
08/28/10 |
An Designated Campsite |
Big Pond, near Margretville, NY |
Kayak in Primitive Campsite: no charge |
Did a little hiking an exploring around Ashfield Pinnacle, then drove south to Big Pond. Lantern did not work, a very dark night. |
08/27/10 |
Betty Brook Campsite |
Burnt-Rossman Hill State Forest, Schoharie, NY |
Roadside camping (in pickup truck): no charge |
Nice night after work…. drove around Mallet Pond State Forest, looking for campsites and interesting places to explore. |
08/14/10 |
Mountain Pond Campsite 4 |
Mountain Pond, Paul Smiths, NY |
Roadside camping (in pickup truck): no charge |
Last day of NY 30 Kayak vacation. Mountain Pon was nice, very remote, just off of NY 30. |
08/13/10 |
Floodwood Road Campsite 3 |
Floodwood Road, Fish Creek Ponds, NY |
Roadside camping (in pickup truck): no charge |
Crowded, stayed down by Poliwog Pond… wouldn’t go there again. |
08/12/10 |
Horseshoe Lake Campsite 8 (about a ½ mile from lake) |
NY 421, Horseshoe Lake, NY |
Roadside camping (in pickup truck): no charge |
Couldn’t get a site right on Horseshoe Lake. Discovered Lows Lake – amazing. |
08/11/10 |
Wakely Pond Campsite 7 |
Moose River Plains, Inlet, Adirondacks, NY |
Roadside camping (in pickup truck): no charge |
Wanted to paddle Cedar River Flow and enjoy camping up near water … |
08/10/10 |
Undesigned Campsite, west side of road |
Mason Lake, Spectulator, NY |
Roadside camping (in pickup truck): no charge |
First day of kayak vacation, as I drove up from work, decided to go somewheres not too far away … |
07/31/10 |
Undesigned Campsite, west side of road |
Mason Lake, Spectulator, NY |
Roadside camping (in pickup truck): no charge |
Hiked to Pillsbury Mountain Firetower, then camped down at Mason Lake. |
07/18/10 |
Otter Brook Campsite (MRP Number 110) |
Moose River Plains, Inlet, Adirondacks, NY |
Roadside camping (in pickup truck): no charge |
Camped by the Otter Brook Bridge, at a rather large campsite. Not my favorite campsite, and it poured out. |
07/17/10 |
Wakely Pond Campsite 8 |
Moose River Plains, Inlet, Adirondacks, NY |
Roadside camping (in pickup truck): no charge |
Camped down by Cedar River Flow, in a drive in site, a short way from the Flow, but also pretty private. |
07/16/10 |
Wakely Pond Campsite 8 |
Moose River Plains, Inlet, Adirondacks, NY |
Roadside camping (in pickup truck): no charge |
Camped down by Cedar River Flow, in a drive in site, a short way from the Flow, but also pretty private. |
07/15/10 |
Wakely Pond Campsite 8 |
Moose River Plains, Inlet, Adirondacks, NY |
Roadside camping (in pickup truck): no charge |
Camped down by Cedar River Flow, in a drive in site, a short way from the Flow, but also pretty private. |
06/27/10 |
Balsam Swamp Camping Area Site 3 |
Balsam Pond, East East Pharsalia, NY |
Roadside camping (in pickup truck): no charge |
Came back to here, after exploring Labrador Hollow. |
06/26/10 |
Balsam Swamp Camping Area Site 3 |
Balsam Pond, East East Pharsalia, NY |
Roadside camping (in pickup truck): no charge |
Stop over between Burnt-Rossman and Labrador Hollow. Liked camping here in the past. |
06/25/10 |
Duck Pond Campsite |
Burnt-Rossman Hill State Forest, Summit, NY |
Roadside camping (in pickup truck): no charge |
Camped up a Duck Pond for a change, after driving out here after work. |
06/05/10 |
Leonard Hill Informal Overlook and Campsite |
Leonard Hill, Broome Center, NY |
Roadside camping (in pickup truck): no charge |
Camped up by the Firetower at an informal campsite, watched sun set, weather turned to rain by morning … |
06/04/10 |
Betty Brook Campsite |
Burnt-Rossman Hill State Forest, Schoharie, NY |
Roadside camping (in pickup truck): no charge |
Camped at Betty Brook, very humid, drove down to Utsaythana Firetower. |
05/15/10 |
Alder Pond Campsite 2 |
Alder Pond, Balsam Lake Wild Forest, Margretville, NY |
Tent campsite…. short backpack in: no charge |
Camped at one of the campsites around Alder Pond. |
04/03/10 |
Betty Brook Campsite |
Burnt-Rossman Hill State Forest, Schoharie, NY |
Roadside camping, in a tent |
Didn’t have the cap on my truck yet, but wanted to roadside camp. |
03/21/10 |
Cotton Hill Lean To |
Cotton Hill, Middleburgh |
Short backpack into a leanto |
There was about a foot of snow up by Cotton Hill Leanto on first day of spring, but due to abnormally warm weather, wasn’t all that cold until late into the night. |