Stoney Pond State Forest is located in the highlands between Morrisonville and Cazenovia, and includes a camping area that requires a free permit in the summer. I camped there on November 7, 2010 on a very cold morning.

Waking up truck camping in November meant morning came real early, especially because I had to get going with night approaching fast. This was campsite number eight under the morning light. All of the campsites at Stoney Pond had these great round fire rings.

Walking Through The Woods. There isn’t much in the way of leaves on the trees right now.

Frost on the Leaves.

Truck Camping. In the morning, having my cup of coffee and getting ready to face the day’s adventures. I need to get a table, so I don’t have so much clutter on my tailgate — there are no picnic tables at Stoney Pond.

Icy Ruts. It was that cold in the morning that muddy ruts up there iced up.

Outhouse. In the summer months they also have port-a-poties down by other campsites.

Campsite 8. This is where I camped at, as seen from the road. I liked this site a lot because it was well set back.

Campsite 4. Another really nice campsite, although a bit closely spaced.

Path Down to Stoney Pond. There is a road that goes down to Stoney Pond for those wanting to launch a boat into it.

Stoney Pond. On on side, there is a sandy beach/boat launch.

Campground Roads. There is no charge to camp here, although they want you to call the forest ranger for a free permit in the summer to control usage.

Campsite 1. Not a very nice campsite, but I guess if you want a drive to place where you can camp, and other 15 sites are full, it can be used.

Maps.

Here is a map of the Stoney Pond Camping Area.

Here is the State Forest Map.

Arterial photo of the area.