Boating

Lakeside Campground

28 RV Sites

Lakeside Campground in Windsor, New York, offers 23 full-hookup RV sites on a lake in the Southern Tier, with 20, 30, and 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 45 feet on a big-rig-friendly layout. Small back-in, standard back-in, and pull-through categories join a beach, boat docks, and kayak rentals. Twenty-three sites run in small 30-amp back-in, 30/50-amp back-in, and 30/50-amp pull-through categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric, sized to 45 feet, with fire pits, picnic tables, and site WiFi. The small back-in category is a useful option for compact trailers that would otherwise pay for space they do not need. Trailer rentals serve guests without a rig. A general store, laundry, dump station, restrooms, showers, and firewood handle the practical side. The lake carries the recreation. A beach gives swimming access, boat docks and kayak rentals put guests on the water, and fishing, boating, canoeing, kayaking, and paddle boats all run from the shoreline. An outdoor pool, recreation center, game room, billiards, basketball, a playground, and a pavilion fill the grounds, with planned activities through the season. Pets are welcome. Windsor sits in Broome County in the upper Susquehanna valley along the Pennsylvania border, where the rolling hills and clear glacial lakes of the Catskill foothills provide the backdrop. The campground draws families from the Binghamton area and weekend visitors from the New York metro corridor. Directions from I-86/Route 17: take exit 79 (Windsor) and proceed south onto Route 79 — contrary to many GPS directions, do not turn right onto Piper Hill Road after leaving town.

from $45/night

Spruce Creek Campground

31 RV Sites

### Welcome to Spruce Creek Campground **Room to relax. Creekside adventures. A place to actually enjoy camping.** Tucked into the southern foothills of the Adirondacks in Dolgeville, NY, **Spruce Creek Campground is 35 acres of wide-open camping, wooded escapes, and nearly a mile of frontage along beautiful Spruce Creek**—a state-stocked brown trout stream. Bring the whole crew and spread out on our **31 spacious full-hookup RV sites**, with 20-, 30-, and 50-amp service and room for rigs up to 65 feet. Our level stone sites range from **50' x 50' to an impressive 65 feet**, with a picnic table and fire pit at every site. Choose a shady wooded site, an open spot perfect for solar, or wake up right along the creek. Pull-through and back-in sites are available, all with water, sewer, and electric. And when you're ready to leave the campsite, **there's plenty to do.** Kids can splash in the splash pad or hit the playground, while the whole family can enjoy mini-golf, disc golf, volleyball, basketball, bocce, horseshoes, and cornhole. Follow the creek, explore the property, or simply settle into a chair around the fire and enjoy the sound of the water. You'll also find a **heated bathhouse with free hot showers, 24-hour laundry, a camp store, firewood, pavilion, and dump station**—everything you need for a comfortable stay. Beyond the campground, adventure is close at hand. Paddle, bike, fish, hike, or explore the history of the Mohawk Valley, with destinations like Fort Herkimer Church, Fort Klock, and Oriskany Battlefield all within an easy drive. **Whether you're here for a weekend getaway, a family camping adventure, or the entire season, Spruce Creek Campground gives you the space to slow down, get outside, and make some memories.** **Come for the creek. Stay for the camping. Leave wanting to come back.**

from $20/night

Sun Retreats Birchwood Acres

29 RV Sites, 24 Cabins, 20 Tent Sites, 6 Cottages, 4 Onsite RV/Trailers, 13 Villas, 29 Lodges, 1 Park Model

Sun Retreats Birchwood Acres in Greenfield Park, NY, offers 33 full-hookup RV sites, 73 cabin, cottage, lodge, park model, and villa rentals, and 20 tent sites, with 50-amp service and back-in sites for rigs up to 40 feet. RV sites are 50-amp back-ins carrying water, sewer, electric, and cable TV with site-delivered WiFi and a picnic table, and there's a premium one-bedroom RV rental with a bunk room for guests without a rig. Note the electrical: the resort runs 50-amp service, so a rig wired for lighter service will need an adapter. With 73 rentals against 33 RV sites, this is a cabin resort that also takes RVs. Laundry, a bathhouse with showers, a general store, a snack bar, propane fills and exchange, a dump station, golf cart rentals, and bike rentals cover the practical side. A free resort app and a rewards program are available. Pets are welcome, with a dog park. The recreation is exhaustive: two pools, an interactive water zone with inflatable toys, a hot tub and sauna, a recreation center with an arcade and laser tag, a jumping pillow, tennis, sport courts, basketball, volleyball, bocce, shuffleboard, horseshoes, gaga ball, gem panning, boat rentals and paddle boats on a private four-acre lake, walking trails, and a planned-activity calendar that runs Memorial Day through Labor Day without a gap. Greenfield Park sits in the Catskill foothills in Ulster County. Rates for every accommodation type are on the booking page. Summer books far ahead.

from $31/night

Riverbend RV Park

135 RV Sites

Riverbend RV Park sits in Blossvale, New York, on the southwestern shore of Oneida Lake—the largest lake entirely within New York State—where the park's waterfront position, boat dock access, and proximity to Sylvan Beach provide the full complement of inland lake resort camping that central New York's largest body of water sustains for seasonal campers and destination visitors. The campground is the East property of a two-park Riverbend operation in the Blossvale area, offering spacious wooded lakeside sites that accommodate any size RV in a setting where the water and the social infrastructure of the Sylvan Beach strip are both within reach. Full hookup sites with 5-way hookup service—electric, water, sewer, cable, and telephone—serve seasonal and short-term campers in a well-maintained site layout. Wooded sites with water views, cabins for enclosed accommodation, a playground, laundry, showers, walking trails, and boat docks provide the foundational amenities. Planned activities through the season and bird and wildlife watching in the lake corridor fill the recreation calendar, and the campground's Oneida Lake frontage provides swimming, kayaking, canoeing, and boating access from the property's own dock infrastructure. Oneida Lake's fishery is one of the most actively managed in New York State—the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation stocks the lake annually with walleye, yellow perch, and bass, supporting a sportfishery that draws serious anglers from across the Mohawk Valley and central New York for the walleye population that has made the lake locally famous. The lake's 79 square miles of open water provide habitat for all of these species across a range of depth and structure conditions, and the early ice-out season each spring triggers the walleye activity that signals the opening of the central New York fishing season. Sylvan Beach, about two miles from the campground, provides the entertainment infrastructure that transforms a camping trip on Oneida Lake into a genuinely social destination: a small amusement park, the Lake House Casino at Sylvan Beach, the Crazy Clam, and the waterfront restaurants and ice cream shops that have made Sylvan Beach central New York's classic summer beach town since the late nineteenth century. The town's combination of carnival atmosphere, lake access, and walking-distance bars and restaurants gives it a nostalgic summer resort character that remains largely unchanged by the development that has transformed other Great Lakes tourism communities. Riverbend RV Park operates through the upstate New York camping season, typically May through October, in a lake climate where Oneida Lake's thermal mass moderates the temperature swings that inland central New York experiences and the long summer days provide maximum time on the water. The fall walleye season in September and October drives some of the most dedicated fishing traffic of the year, and the early spring ice-out period begins the season that seasonal campers return to establish for the summer. Rome and Utica are within easy reach for urban amenity access when needed, and the Erie Canal corridor to the south provides historical cycling and boating context for the broader Mohawk Valley region.

from $43/night

Wake in the Woods Aquapark & Campground

Wake in the Woods Aquapark & Campground in Lake Ariel, Pennsylvania, offers camping and cabin rentals on a private seven-acre lake with an inflatable aqua park on the water, behind a gated entrance in the Pocono Mountains. Boat docks, boat rentals, a bar, and food trucks serve families and group events on historic Lake Genero. Tent sites and cabin rentals make up the accommodations, with corporate retreat and group event infrastructure on site. A general store, boutique shop, propane fills and exchange, restrooms, showers, and firewood handle the practical side, with WiFi throughout and a gated entrance controlling access. The inflatable aqua park is the signature. These are large floating structures with water slides, obstacles, and climbing features, designed to give swimmers a safe, genuinely demanding play area on open water — considerably more engaging than a pool, and the reason most families book. Boat docks, boat rentals, swimming, fishing, canoeing, kayaking, and boating fill out the water recreation, with sports courts, basketball, volleyball, horseshoes, corn hole, walking trails, hiking, a playground, pavilion, and community fire pit on land. A bar and visiting food trucks handle evenings, and the property also serves as a wedding venue. Stargazing and birding are strong across the forested acreage. Pets are welcome. Lake Ariel sits in Wayne County in the northeastern Pennsylvania lake district, where private lakes, state forest land, and ridge-and-valley terrain built the Pocono resort region's identity for Philadelphians from the nineteenth century onward. Summer is decisively the season for the aqua park. Reserve well ahead.

Interlake RV Park & Campground

82 RV Sites

Interlake RV Park in Rhinebeck, New York, offers full-hookup RV sites with water, sewer, electric, and cable TV on a big-rig-friendly layout in the Hudson Valley, 90 miles north of New York City. A heated outdoor pool, a catch-and-release fishing pond, an arcade, and a snack bar make this a family campground rather than a highway stop, with premium WiFi throughout. Full-hookup sites carry water, sewer, and electric with cable TV and premium WiFi, in back-in and pull-through configurations with fire pits and picnic tables. Pull-through sites are available in limited numbers, so request one at booking if you need it. The layout is big-rig friendly. A general store stocks essentials, coin laundry and a dump station handle the practical side, and a recreation center hosts community events. Check-in is 2pm and check-out 11am; nightly rates start at $50 and monthly rates at $1,050. Recreation covers a wide age range. A large heated swimming pool anchors the summer, a catch-and-release fishing pond and lake fishing serve anglers, and an arcade and recreation hall handle indoor hours. A playground, horseshoes, and picnicking areas spread across the grounds, with a snack bar and grill for on-site meals and a full calendar of planned activities. Pets are welcome. The park is accessible from both the New York State Thruway and the Taconic Parkway, and sits surrounded by Hudson Valley wine country, historic river towns, and the Catskill foothills. Boating and wine and beer tasting are close by. The park runs the Hudson Valley season, with summer families and fall foliage driving demand. Reserve ahead for October weekends, when the region fills.

from $50/night

Kittatinny River Beach Campground

Kittatinny River Beach Campground in Milford, Pennsylvania, offers full-hookup RV sites, cabins, and tent camping across 18 acres directly on the Delaware River, with wooded, open field, and riverfront configurations. Its parent operation, Kittatinny Canoes, runs the region's most extensive fleet of rafts, kayaks, canoes, and tubes. Full-hookup sites carry water, sewer, and electric in back-in and pull-through configurations with fire pits and picnic tables, alongside cabins and tent sites across more than 160 positions in wooded, field, and riverfront settings. A general store, dump station, restrooms, and firewood handle the practical side. Pets are welcome. The river operation is what sets this apart. Kittatinny Canoes offers self-guided rafts, kayaks, canoes, and tubes for trips of every length and difficulty on the Upper Delaware, which eliminates the outfitter logistics that usually complicate a river trip — you book the boat and the campsite together. A beach sits on the property, with swimming, boating, canoeing, kayaking, and birding from the water and a pond and playground on the grounds. The campground sits three miles from the borough of Milford at the northern tip of the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, with mountains and river frontage on every side. Summer river season is decisively the peak — this is a water-recreation property first, and demand tracks the tubing and rafting calendar. Reserve well ahead for July and August weekends, when the Upper Delaware corridor fills.

from $60/night

Bass Lake Resort

14 RV Sites

Bass Lake Resort in Parish, NY, offers 14 full-hookup back-in RV sites with 30 and 50-amp service and room for rigs up to 50 feet. Sites are sorted precisely: back-in 30-amp, back-in 30-amp with a concrete patio, back-in 30-amp water-and-electric, back-in 50-amp, and back-in 50-amp water-and-electric. Full-hookup sites carry water, sewer, and electric. The resort is open all year, with laundry, a bathhouse with showers, a general store, a dump station, a business center, and personal mailboxes — the last two say a lot about the long-stay clientele. Cabins are available for guests without a rig, and pets are welcome with a dog park. For 14 sites the recreation list is remarkable: an outdoor pool, mini-golf, a clubhouse, a bar, on-site dining, a ball field, sport courts, basketball, volleyball, shuffleboard, horseshoes, a pavilion, a playground, walking trails, and boat docks on a private lake for boating, kayaking, swimming, and fishing. Parish sits in Oswego County on the Great Lakes agricultural fringe, near Salmon River Falls and Fort Rickey. Rates for sites and cabins are on the booking page. Concrete patio sites are limited and book first.

from $55/night

Spacious Skies Woodland Hills

136 RV Sites, 18 Tent Sites, 1 Cottage, 3 Onsite RV/Trailers

Spacious Skies Woodland Hills in Austerlitz, New York, offers 139 RV sites, a cottage, and 18 tent sites in the upper Hudson Valley, with 20 and 30-amp service and rigs accepted up to 100 feet. A Cosmic Canine pull-through category for guests with dogs joins lakeview, full-hookup, and water-and-electric back-in tiers, with an outdoor pool, beach, and jumping pillow. One hundred thirty-nine sites span back-in, water-and-electric back-in, lakeview back-in, and Cosmic Canine pull-thru categories, carrying water, sewer, and electric where noted with site WiFi, sized to 100 feet. Confirm your tier before booking, as the water-and-electric categories do not carry sewer at the site, and check amp service with the campground for your rig — the category names and the resort record do not fully agree. One hundred feet is exceptional for the Northeast. A cottage, Riverside Retro trailers, and 18 tent sites round out the lodging. A general store, laundry, propane fills and exchange, dump station, restrooms, showers, and firewood handle the practical side. An outdoor pool and beach anchor the summer, with a lake and pond supporting boating, paddle boats, fishing, and swimming. A jumping pillow, gem mining, volleyball, basketball, corn hole, a playground, pavilion, community fire pit, and dog park fill the rest. Columbia County sits where the Berkshire Hills meet the Catskill foothills, with Tanglewood, Hancock Shaker Village, and the Hudson Valley's art corridor close. Summer and fall foliage drive demand. Reserve well ahead.

from $26/night

Dingmans Campground

50 RV Sites, 82 Tent Sites

Dingmans Campground in Dingmans Ferry, Pennsylvania, offers 50 RV sites and 82 tent sites in the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, with 20, 30, and 50-amp water-and-electric service, ADA-accessible sites, and rigs accepted to 50 feet. Forest RV sites join tent and RV categories with capacity limits stated up front, alongside a boat ramp, bike rentals, and river access. Fifty back-in sites span 20/30/50-amp forest RV, 20-amp forest tent/RV, and tent/no forest amenity RV categories with a stated 10-person maximum, carrying water and electric, sized to 50 feet, with fire pits and picnic tables. Plan around the hookups: sites carry water and electric but not sewer, so manage tank capacity and use the dump station. Accessible sites are available. Eighty-two tent sites make this a tent-first property — more tent sites than RV sites by a wide margin. A general store, dump station, restrooms, portable toilets, and firewood handle the practical side. A boat ramp and bike rentals open the Delaware for canoeing, kayaking, paddle boarding, boating, swimming, and fishing. Sports courts, volleyball, corn hole, walking trails, hiking, and picnicking fill the grounds, with planned activities and genuinely productive birding. Pets are welcome. The Delaware Water Gap protects one of the most scenic river valleys in the Northeast, with waterfall hikes, clean swimming pools in the river, and Pike County's forested Pocono highlands all at hand. Summer is decisively the season. Reserve well ahead.

from $46/night

HTR Adirondacks Campground

51 RV Sites, 18 Cabins, 20 Tent Sites, 1 Glamping Site

HTR Adirondacks Campground in Old Forge, New York, offers 51 RV sites, 18 cabins, 20 tent sites, and a glamping site at the gateway to the Adirondack Park's southwestern wilderness, with 20, 30, and 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 50 feet on a big-rig-friendly layout, behind a gated entrance. Waterfront and waterview back-in categories join 50-amp and water-and-electric tiers, with a pool, beach, and tennis. Fifty-one sites span back-in 30-amp water-and-electric, back-in 50-amp, pull-thru 30-amp water-and-electric, waterfront back-in 30-amp, waterfront back-in 50-amp, and waterview categories, carrying water, sewer, and electric where noted, sized to 50 feet, with fire pits and picnic tables. The waterfront categories are worth requesting early; confirm your tier, as the water-and-electric options do not carry sewer. Eighteen cabins, 20 tent sites, and a glamping site round out the lodging. A laundry, dump station, restrooms, showers, recycling, and on-site dining handle the practical side. An outdoor pool and beach anchor the summer, with boating, canoeing, kayaking, swimming, and fishing on the water. Sports courts, tennis, pickleball, basketball, walking trails, and a playground fill the grounds, with strong birding and stargazing besides. The Fulton Chain of Lakes' eight interconnected waters make Old Forge one of the Adirondacks' most beloved four-season communities. Summer and fall foliage drive demand. Reserve well ahead.

from $24/night

Saratoga RV Park

246 RV Sites

Saratoga RV Park in Gansevoort, New York, offers 246 full-hookup back-in RV sites with 30 and 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 50 feet, just north of Saratoga Springs. Basic and premium categories join an outdoor pool, clubhouse, recreation center, and on-site dining in the Capital Region. Two hundred forty-six back-in sites run in basic and premium categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric on 30 and 50-amp with site WiFi, sized to 50 feet. A laundry, propane fills and exchange, restrooms, showers, RV storage, and boat storage handle the practical side. An outdoor pool anchors the summer, with a clubhouse, recreation center, and on-site dining besides. Pickleball, volleyball, basketball, shuffleboard, and sports courts fill the courts, with walking trails, hiking, biking, and a playground across the grounds. A state park is nearby. Pets are welcome. Saratoga Springs is the draw, and it carries an unusual concentration for a city its size: world-class thoroughbred racing at one of America's oldest tracks, the Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Revolutionary and Civil War history, and the natural mineral springs that made the city a destination in the first place. Directions from the south: take Exit 15 north off I-87, turn right, and follow NY-50 for eight miles — the park is on the left. The July and August racing meet is the sharpest demand spike of the year and fills lodging across the entire Capital Region. Reserve as early as you can if your stay overlaps it.

from $67/night