Best Dispersed Camping near Forestport, NY
Stillwater Reservoir provides the most highly rated free dispersed camping near Forestport, with numerous sites accessible primarily by boat. Only one drive-up campsite exists on the reservoir, with the remainder requiring watercraft to reach. North Lake Reservoir Campground offers 32 primitive sites around the lake, including some walk-in locations directly on the shoreline. Visitors note the importance of taking the left fork at the start of the lake to avoid private roads. Most sites have fire rings, and some include vault toilets.
Sunday Lake features primitive dispersed sites accessible via a quarter-mile walk from Stillwater Road to McCarty Road. The area includes a small fire ring and lake access for swimming and fishing, with limited roadside parking for two vehicles. Seventh Lake Primitive Camping provides canoe-accessible sites and a lean-to, identifiable from the water by a large rock with signage. Powley Road in Ferris Wild Forest offers numbered roadside sites, with some deeper in the woods featuring outhouses. As one camper shared, "There is zero Verizon cell service in the whole area. So plan accordingly."
