CAMPGROUNDS INFORMATION

If you are camping overnight: nearly all of the areas around our bases provide free campsites. The exceptions noted here are State or Private campgrounds. These campgrounds are popular bases from which to do day trips in the area or they are convenient stops on multi-day trips. For a complete list of the NYDEC campgrounds & camping rules and regulations, please visit http://www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/camping.html.

Rollins Pond and Fish Creek Ponds Campgrounds are both drive-in State campgrounds. Reservations are needed.

Saranac Lake Islands Campground includes Middle and Lower Saranac Lakes. This area is operated as State campground has a fee from mid-May thru Labor Day. The only access to the campsites is by boat.

Donaldson's Campground is Private and has campsites on both Upper Saranac Lake and Fish Creek Pond. (518) 891-4070

Reservation number for State Campgrounds is: 1-800-456-Camp or on the web at www.reserveamerica.com click on NY state and the campground name.

If you are paddling from our base to Saranac Lake Village you must reserve sites on Middle and Lower Saranac BEFORE ARRIVAL. Additionally you must check in at the campground headquarters at State Bridge on Route 3 prior to departure from our Floodwood Outpost.

About the Campsites:

The Adirondack park offers a range of campsites:

1. Roadside Public Campgrounds - multiple campsites, drive-in convenience, fee charged, showers, usually some hook-ups and many have lakefront sites. Examples: Fish Creek Pond, Rollins Pond, Buck Pond, Meacham Lake.

2. Wild Forest Campgrounds - multiple campsites, boat access only, fee charged, some have amenities like an outhouse, picnic table or a fireplace with a grill. Examples: Lower and Middle Saranac Lakes.

3. Designated Campsites - no fee charged, may or may not have any amenities. Example: St. Regis Canoe Area, Fish Creek Ponds Area.

4. Established Campsites - no fee charged, occasionally an outhouse or picnic table, fireplace may be an informal ring of stones. These fire rings should be used for open fires. Please do not remove them. Examples: Raquette River, Paul Smiths Area, Lake Kushaqua Area, Tupper Lake.