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Link to NYS Camping Guide
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the full guide (6.5 Mb PDF)

DEC operates 52 campgrounds located in the Adirondack and Catskill Parks. DEC campgrounds provide a wide variety of experiences, including island camping, tent and trailer camping, boat launching facilities, hiking trails, beaches and day use areas with picnic tables and grills. Fishing licenses are no longer being sold at any of our campground facilities.

For information about back country camping in a specific area, please call the regional Lands & Forests office responsible for that county. State campgrounds outside the Forest Preserve are operated by the NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. For more information call (518) 474-0456.

Important Notice about Firewood: To help protect our forests from invasive species new firewood regulations are now in effect. Please see Firewood and Invasive Insects for more information.

New Camping Guide Available

The 2009 NYS Camping Guide (6.5 Mb PDF- large file) has lots of information and beautiful pictures of New York's state campgrounds. To order a copy, email us or call 518-457-2500. Check it out and plan your trip of a lifetime!


More about Camping:

  • State Land Camping Rules - Rules for camping on DEC managed public lands.
  • Back Country Camping - Back country camping, also known as primitive camping, a self-dependent experience in which campers carry in and out their supplies and tents in order to reach more remote or secluded forest areas and where a leave-no-trace philosophy is expected.