The Catskill Park is a mountainous region with 98 peaks over 3,000 feet in altitude. The Catskills offer visitors lush forests with meadows, lakes, rivers, springs, waterfalls, cliffs, fire towers, rare plants and wildlife including, coyote, bear, bobcat, mink and fisher. Distinctive areas like spruce-fir forests on boreal mountaintops, wetlands, trout streams and old-growth forests may be found throughout the Catskill Park.
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Bear Spring Mountain is located at the western end of the Catskill Forest Preserve on beautiful Launt Pond. The campground’s beach, boat rentals and multi-use trail system offers fun for all ages. For the horse enthusiast, Spruce Grove camping and trail system is one-of-a-kind facility in the Catskills region. This region is also known for its excellent hunting and fishing.
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Beaverkill Campground is located on the famous Beaverkill trout fishing stream, which flows through the entire developed length of the facility, roughly east to west. A historic covered bridge, originally constructed in 1865, spans the stream on the town road.
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Devil’s Tombstone, a small, primitive facility, is one of the oldest campgrounds in the Catskill Forest Preserve. It has wooded sites and a small shallow lake, Notch Lake (no swimming or boating is permitted on the lake). The campground is an ideal base camp for serious hikers with trails leading to some of the highest peaks, such as Hunter with the highest historic fire tower in New York State, Indian Head and West Kill Range. Children will enjoy exploring the mysteries of the Devil’s Tombstone, the playground and participating in the Junior Naturalist Program.
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Little Pond is a quiet, picturesque campground which offers a leisurely hiking trail around a 13-acre pond and the opportunity to venture along trails leading to the ruins of an old farm or enjoy breathtaking views atop the Touchmenot Mountains. The beach, boat rentals and Junior Naturalist Program offers fun for all the primitive campers. We offer remote sites on the back side of the pond. Little Pond is located minutes from Beaverkill, a world renowned fly fishing stream.
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Completely surrounded by beautiful mountains with panoramic views creating a picturesque setting, Kenneth L. Wilson Campground is located in north central Ulster County, five miles southwest of the Village of Woodstock. The campsites are secluded, large, and wooded, and patrons may enjoy pavilion and boat rentals.
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Mongaup Pond is located in north eastern Sullivan County. It is situated on a 120-acre lake, the largest body of water in the Catskill Park outside of the N.Y.C. reservoirs. The dense forest environment, remote location, large wooded campsites, and a lake with swimming, picnic area and boat rentals are the attractions for most campers.
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North-South Lake is the largest and most popular state campground in the Catskill Forest Preserve, offering extraordinary, scenic beauty and historical sites such as Alligator Rock, Kaaterskill Falls, and the former site of the Catskill Mountain House. An abrupt change in elevation occurs from about 540 feet above sea level at the base of the escarpment to approximately 2,250 feet at the site of the former Catskill Mountain House. It is said that on a clear day, five states can be viewed from the escarpment. Everyone will enjoy the pavilion and boat rentals, as well as the playground, volleyball and horseshoe areas.
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Nestled at the foot of Slide Mountain, the tallest peak in the Catskills, and surrounded by Panther, Cornell, and Wittenberg Mountains is Woodland Valley Campground. Woodland Valley Campground serves as the trailhead for both Slide-Wittenberg Trail and Woodland Valley-Denning Trail. Area attractions include the Village of Phoenicia, which offers tubing on the Esopus Creek (famous for its trout fishing), a railroad museum, train rides on the Catskill Mountain Railroad, fine shops, antiques and restaurants.
