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Lake George Wild Forest

58 camps mapped · 58 free · tap a dot for its page
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Camp here — Lake George Wild Forest

58 camps mapped in this wild forest, 58 of them free. Tap one for its topo and aerial, the weather, the water, and how far you will be from fuel and a shower.

  1. FreeLong Pond Primitive Campsite 2Long Pond (water) · 5 mi from Brant Lake
  2. FreeShelving Rock Area Campsite 7Spectacle Brook (stream) · 2 mi from Hogtown
  3. FreeShelving Rock Area Campsite 8Pagies Pond (water) · 1.1 mi from Hogtown
  4. FreeShelving Rock Area Campsite 1Pagies Pond (water) · 0.9 mi from Hogtown
  5. FreeShelving Rock Area Campsite 4Spectacle Brook (stream) · 2 mi from Hogtown
  6. FreeShelving Rock Area Campsite 5Spectacle Brook (stream) · 2 mi from Hogtown
  7. FreeBlack Mountain Ponds CampsiteBlack Mountain Ponds (water) · 3 mi from Huletts Landing
  8. FreeCampsite 19 Chamberlain FarmFerguson Brook (stream) · 3 mi from Stony Creek
See all 58 on the live map →

Where the camps cluster

Where these came from

Sites come from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation's own Primitive Campsite GIS layer, which marks each designated site and flags whether it is open to the public. DEC primitive sites are free, first-come, and carry no reservation.

There is no field guide to this wild forest yet — we write those from sources we can cite, and we have not done this one. The map, the camps and the costs are ready now.

These camps come from state and federal agency records, not from a visit — except where a camp page says otherwise. No boundary is drawn for this wild forest because we do not hold its polygon; the dots are the camps, not the edge of the land. Permits, seasons and fire rules change: confirm with the managing office before you go. Found a fee where we show free? Tell us on the contact page.