Covered Bridge Campsite accommodates tent campers and RV owners with pets on spacious, wooded sites near Livingston Manor. The family-operated campground features 20 and 30 amp electrical service with water hookups at nearly every site, though no sewer connections are available. Tent camping spots offer more seclusion than the RV areas, which primarily host seasonal campers with permanent setups. Blue Wind Nature Camp provides another pet-friendly option with four private tent sites spread across 50 acres of scenic hiking trails. The campground supplies unlimited firewood for campers with dogs and maintains clean restrooms with hot water nearby. Hunter Lake Campgrounds welcomes pets in a quiet, well-kept setting directly on a lake, creating a family-friendly environment where dogs can enjoy water access. Most campgrounds in the area maintain standard leash requirements and request that owners properly dispose of pet waste.
Russell Brook Campsites offers massive sites with direct access to Russell Brook, providing natural water play areas where dogs can cool off during summer months. The campground balances modern conveniences with natural surroundings, maintaining clean facilities while preserving the peaceful woodland atmosphere. Willowemoc and Beaverkill campgrounds provide additional options along scenic rivers, though sites are positioned close together with limited privacy between neighbors. Mongaup Pond features more private sites with good access to water, allowing campers with pets to enjoy paddling and swimming opportunities. The region's campgrounds generally maintain quiet hours to prevent excessive barking disturbances. Several campgrounds have recently changed ownership, with new management making gradual improvements to facilities and pet amenities. The Livingston Manor area provides excellent access to fishing rivers, hiking trails, and small-town amenities within short driving distances from most camping locations.
$22 / night
"Pros: Near wonderful, little-used hiking trails - challenging ones, too!
- Close to Catskill town options to explore, e.g."
"You can see a picture here of the water just a 10 foot trail away from our campsite. All in all a great trip."
$20 - $40 / night
"This campground was so pleasant, very clean and quiet, I loved how close the river was to our campground, only a few steps away."
"Bathrooms were very cleaned and everybody respected COVID-related social distancing. Would come again!"
"Great access to the beaverkill. It’s perfect for a quick getaway."
$10 - $50 / night
"It's a quiet well kept campground right on a lake. Great family friendly campground and the owners are the best. Highly recommend"
"We were right next to a small brook, and falling asleep to the sound of the water behind our tent was amazing. Everyone we met was super friendly. We will definitely be back!"
"As close to nature as possible with modern conveniences still nearby. Terri and her gang do a great job of running her Dad's adventure."
"There are two campsites located right outside of the park where you can park your car next to your tent but we opted to hike in."
"There are several beautiful, secluded hike-in sites along the lake which I would love to return to someday. The hike around the lake is a lovely, easy walk."
$65 / night
"They offer 4 private tent sites and 50 acres of scenic hiking trails. Campsites are spaced out, feel private, and offer all of the amenities (grill, chairs, picnic table)."
$20 / night
"This campground had easy access to excellent hiking trails. Woodstock, NY was about 30 min away and we enjoyed exploring the area on our non-hiking day. Very dog friendly."
"water to play in right behind tent. I do prefer fire pits over the brick stove. this had the stove. more advanced hiking in walking distance. no cell service. my gps on phone was able to track though."
"Some of the campsites are a bit strange in their layout due to the stream that runs around the grounds and the way the land is but it worked really well for what we were going for."
ScoutWe had the best time staying in Rosa! She was easy to handle and has every amenity you need for a wonderful camping experience! I would highly recommend Rosa for couples and families. Can't wait to stay at the Livingston Manor location!
RangerHad a great summer camping weekend at Little Pond.
Pros:
- Near wonderful, little-used hiking trails - challenging ones, too!
- Close to Catskill town options to explore, e.g. Livingston Manor
- picnic table and room to park at your site
- there is a dump station and recycling center.
- Clean bathrooms and shower facilities
- Nice tent sites with well-maintained fire pits (have rack for grilling over coals, very large fire pits, sturdy)
- payphone near entrance/park ranger's office
- firewood for sale at ranger's office
-wildlife: hummingbirds on the path around Little Pond, frogs, deer, birds
- foraging: plaintain, raspberries near camp, blueberries and huckleberries on hike
- views on hike
- ruins on hike
Cons
- no cell service, however, if you hike to a mountain top can have fun joking with those you call about that's what it took to be able to get a signal and be in touch with them :-)
- weekend around the lake is more like a park with day-trippers, as opposed to serene wilderness/lakeside camping.
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There was a high school group (on Satuday?) there that made it feel more like a family/public place than a wilderness getaway. The hiking, however, more than made up for it. The trail we took to get to the top and, at last, have cell phone service and AWESOME views more than made up for that.
The Park Rangers were helpful and unobtrusive. They drove their carts around periodically but not like they were hovering in any one spot or making trouble for anyone.
We like visiting the nearby towns and breweries. It was a wondrful weekend. They have some tent sites right on the lake for hike-ins. If you drive, you have to carry all your stuff for awhile before you get to yourcamp site. However, these are right on the lake in supreme spots, even with "old school" outhouses a stone's throw away.
I recommend Little Pond for a weekend. If you stay longer, be sure to check out the surrounding area. We stayed at campsite 2, which was ok, but not on the lake. Go for a site on the lake, even if you have to carry your stuff to set up, it was breathtaking in the morning to see the mist rising off the lake.
From the park:
Campground Phone:(845) 439-5480 Regional Office Phone:(607) 652-2032 Make Your Camping Reservation: ReserveAmerica
Little Pond is a quiet picturesque campground located in the Catskill Forest Preserve 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 campgrounds, beach, boat rental, and Junior Naturalist Program offers fun for all ages; and for the primitive camper, we offer remote sites on the back side of the pond. Little Pond is located minutes from Beaverkill, a world renowned fly fishing stream. Amenities = 67 tent and trailer sites; 8"remote" tent sites; picnic area with tables, grills, or fireplaces; pavilion rental; playground; volleyball; horseshoes; soccer; basketball; ice sales; firewood sales; flush toilets; hot showers; trailer dump station; recycling center; sand beach; boat launch; rowboat, paddle boat, kayak and canoe rentals.
The campground offers accessible campsites with a mile long trail around the pond. A newly constructed ADA fishing platform is at the end of the trail near the day use area. There is also a new ADA path to the beach. Full listing of DEC's Accessible Recreation Destinations. Campsite Restoration Project This campground has sites that have been selected for restoration. While undergoing restoration the chosen sites will be closed. For the list of sites and more information on the project visit the Campsite Restoration Project page. People using the accessible trail at Little Pond Featured Activities boating Boating No motor boats allowed. Rowboats and canoes allowed. Rowboat, paddle boat, kayak and canoe rentals available. fishing Fishing A variety of pan fish.
The Beaverkill, renowned fly fishing stream, is with minutes from the campground. The Pepacton Reservoir is also close by. A special permit is needed to fish in this reservoir and can be obtained from the city of New York Board of Water Supply. Record sized brown trout and smallmouth bass have been caught in the reservoir. Fishing licenses are no longer being sold at any of our campground facilities, but can be conveniently purchased on-line or by phone.
Hiking Trailheads for both the campground trail and Little Pond trail are located within the campground. These trails connect the campground to the 33 miles of foot trails located on the 27,000+ acre Delaware Wild Forest, which boarders the campground to the north. swimming
Wildlife to Watch: White-tailed deer Wild turkeys Bald eagles Bears Coyotes Foxes
Historic Interest: The campground was constructed between 1965 and 1968. It opened for camping in 1968 with 67 sites; the picnic area and the beach in 1968. The 8 remote sites were added at a later date. The shower house was constructed in 1984. In celebration of the 100th year anniversary of the Forest Preserve in July 1985, a time capsule was buried in the campground. This capsule, containing the names of the persons camping in the campground at that time, was entombed in the base of a stone monument located in front of the facility supervisor's office. The capsule is scheduled to be opened on the 200th anniversary of the Forest Preserve.
ScoutThe campsite was great. Big and going after Labor Day means there was tons of space. Well priced. We did have neighbors that had a trailer and used their generator early in the morning and late at night. Beside that it was fantastic. We had planned on driving to hiking but there was so much to do around the camp site we just walked around and did the hiking near by. The dog park is wonderful. Our dog loved it.
GuideLots of room in many sites for my 24 ft RV and 30 ft trailer. Big meadow in middle with new full playground set.
Dry camping but water available and a sewer dump. Gotta haul your own trash.
Two ponds to play in and a fenced dog park.
Some nice hiking in the park.
GuideSuch a clean and well maintained campground. Staff were so nice and friendly. Only one shower area that was a bit of a trek from our site, a bike would have been nice to get around. We had to move our tent as we had set it back too far and was not on the site pad and park ranger Brian who was very lovely came and asked us to move it and we had a nice chat. Lovely big dog park. There are some nice little walks and small hikes on the ground with a lake that you can rent kayaks or canoes. Close to Woodstock which is a cute town. Our site was a little exposed but the sites either side of us were closed for restoration thankfully. There are some more secluded and set back sites too though.
ScoutRecently, we camped here for a week. We don’t ever post negative reviews like this. The last day, we experienced a violent attack by a very large and aggressive Pit Bull. The Pit Bull did not have a collar or a leash and was accidently let out of the RV to roam free and unsupervised. It immediately ran to our site(4 sites away) and attacked our dog that was tied at the time. The incident was unprovoked. While trying to save our dog, my wife and I were also attacked. The wounds were serious enough to require emergency transport to a hospital for treatment including stitches. All we could think of was what might have happened if our granddaughter had been playing with our dog.
To put it mildly, their existing pet policy is grossly lacking. They never checked what breed of dog or ask to see documentation of shots when we were registering. Yogi Bear Jellystone Park needs to better manage their pet policy to address aggressive dog breeds and ensure the safety of campers. We camped there for seven days and saw multiple sites have more than one large dog, which in many places we’ve camped at would have been banned due to breed type or size. We have RV’ed extensively across the US and have never seen such careless enforcement of a pet policy regarding aggressive dog breeds. Seriously, think about avoiding this park if you have pets or small children.
LegendWe were on a 5 state East Coast camping trip. Our first campground was in New York Aug 8th. Unfortunately, Debbie was socking New York hard. North South Lake Campground in the Catskills was our camping home. Thursday & Friday it was Neverending rain & wind. Saturday was the nice day.
North South Lake has no electricity. The sites are almost all beautiful, tucked in under shady trees. Not a good way to try out our solar panel! Some are by a stream. A few are by the lake. This is a tent campers paradise. New York tent campers are hard core camping during Tropical Storm Debbie!
There are 7 loops. We were in loop 2. Site 85. There are some sites with an incline down to the site. That might give some rvs trouble. It did for us & I had to be driven out of the campground to call 911. Thank you Mary!! It all ended well & we got a different site.
There are bears that visit the campground & one came one of the nights & visited our camping neighbor's site. They showed us a picture- it was a large black bear.
Generators are allowed for 5 hours & they tell you when you can use them.
The bathrooms/showers are state park clean- which means not very.
There is NO cell service & just forget about WiFi. You are unplugged.
This is a hiking park & for this middle aged overweight flatlander they are pretty strenuous. Kaaterskill Falls is an exception - short, easy trail, but the parking fills up quickly. Then they close it! You'll have to take a shuttle to get in.
The trail to the Mountain House Site is also pretty easy, with more of an incline.
There's 2 nice lakes with beaches.
The Catskills are very scenic& we enjoyed our time there!
TravelerGood for skinny dipping and other fun things! Most acidic lake in New York but completely safe.
GuideThis campground is nestled in the Catskills, New York, with easy access to New Jersey and Connecticut. With large campsites and most surrounded by trees, you will find just the right mix of privacy and community depending upon what you are looking for. Although the showers aren't top notch, they do have them and a great recycling center for all of your garbage. If hiking is what you enjoy, they have nearly 4 miles of trails within the campground and surrounding areas that circle two nearby ponds and their day use area. If you are looking for something offsite, don't miss the Giant Ledge hike, a 30 min drive and about a 3 mile out and back hike to Giant Ledge for amazing views overlooking the entire area. Head out to watch the sunrise one morning with awesome views looking east. When you need a break from cooking, don't miss the nearby Phoenicia Diner for some great breakfast and coffee! All of the Park Rangers are very helpful and will provide recommendations and maps, just ask!
Camping in the Catskill Mountains near Livingston Manor offers direct access to trout streams and backcountry trails between 1,200 and 2,400 feet elevation. The region experiences four distinct seasons with warm summers reaching 80°F and winter temperatures frequently dropping below freezing. Fall camping season typically extends through mid-October when nighttime temperatures can drop into the 30s.
Fly fishing opportunities: The Beaverkill River provides premier fishing spots within minutes of Beaverkill Campground. "Known for its covered bridge and trout fishing. Nice quiet camping," notes Tara L. about the historic fishing area.
Water activities at Hunter Lake: Campers can rent kayaks and paddle the calm waters at Hunter Lake Campgrounds. "It's a quiet well kept campground right on a lake. Great family friendly campground and the owners are the best," reports Jesse S., highlighting the lakefront amenities.
Hiking from Woodland Valley: Access numerous Catskill peaks including Slide Mountain (4,180 ft) and Wittenberg (3,780 ft) directly from campsites. "Most important is the fact that you can quickly get to many great hikes in the Catskills including Hunter, Slide, Plateau Rock, and many others," explains Gary G. about the convenient trail access.
Private walk-in sites: Alder Lake offers secluded lakefront camping for those willing to carry gear a short distance. "The campsites are very spacious with lots of room between you and other campers, and have a fire pit and some have picnic tables," shares Nora S. about the hike-in spots.
Natural water features: Creekside camping spots provide both scenery and recreation. "Our site was massive (39) and and direct access to Russell Brook. Couldn't keep my son out of the water," reports Mike C. about his experience at Russell Brook Campsites.
Night sky viewing: The area's limited development creates excellent stargazing opportunities. "It was beginning of fall in October and the dark nights were filled with gazing shooting stars," describes Shirley A. about her yurt stay at The Blueberry Patch.
Limited cell service: Most campgrounds have spotty or no connectivity. "Cell service is non existent and they have a pay phone near the entrance booth where you can use to make/receive phone calls. It's a 20 min drive back into town to get cell service," warns Giselle P. about Little Pond Campground.
Wildlife precautions: Bear activity requires proper food storage. "The campground is in bear country so you have to be mindful about leaving food out when you're not at the site or asleep," notes Giselle P., explaining the safety protocols at several area campgrounds.
Seasonal considerations: Most campgrounds operate from mid-May through early October, with some closing after Labor Day. Weekends book quickly during peak leaf-peeping season (late September to mid-October).
Kid-friendly water access: Blue Wind Nature Camp offers shallow, calm water access on its 50-acre property. "They offer 4 private tent sites and 50 acres of scenic hiking trails. Campsites are spaced out, feel private, and offer all of the amenities (grill, chairs, picnic table)," explains Ashley F.
Easy hiking options: Children can manage the loop trails around most lakes, including the 1.5-mile Alder Lake trail. "The hike around the lake is a lovely, easy walk," confirms Erik C. about the family-appropriate paths.
Bathroom accessibility: When camping with small children, check restroom locations. "Restroom and hot water close by," mentions Ashley F. about Blue Wind Nature Camp, making it suitable for families needing convenient facilities.
Site sizes and layouts: Many RV sites throughout the region have limited space. "The roads are tight for larger trailers/RV's and some sites are very hard to get into. 20 & 30 amp service available with water at nearly every site. No sewers," advises a camper about Covered Bridge Campsite.
Dump station availability: Plan accordingly for waste disposal. "You can dump nearby at Mongaup State Park if needed," notes a Covered Bridge Campsite visitor about utilizing facilities at nearby state parks.
Seasonal camper presence: Many dog friendly campgrounds near Livingston Manor cater primarily to long-term seasonal RVers. "The majority of the trailer/RV's here are seasonal people," explains a camper about the typical arrangement, which can mean fewer available spots for short-term visitors.
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