Best Dispersed Camping near Mount Morris, NY

Best Dispersed Sites Near Mount Morris, NY (8)

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  1. Palmers Pond State Forest

  7 Reviews

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  Alfred, New York

  Palmer's Pond State Forest totals 3,645 acres. This area provides opportunities for outdoor recreational activities like snowshoeing, hiking, horseback riding, snowmobiling, camping, hunting, fishing, bird watching, and nature photography.

  The state forest is also a source of raw material for New York's forest products industry which provides employment and income for many New Yorkers and provides various habitats for many wildlife species such as deer, rabbit, grouse, and turkey.

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  2. Ossian State Forest on Scoville Road

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  Dansville, New York

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  3. Ossian State Forest West Camp

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  6 Saves

  Nunda, New York
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  4. English Hill State Forest

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  Hunt, New York
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  5. Sugar Hill Recreation Area Camping

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  Tyrone, New York

  The Sugar Hill Recreation Area, located at 3360 Tower Hill Rd, Watkins Glen, NY, is the largest designated camping area on Sugar Hill State Forest. Available on a first-come first-serve basis, the area is a nine-acre open field for camping, with a limited number of fire rings and picnic tables. New for 2021 (in order to limit the spread of COVID-19) 26 campsites have been designated in the open field area. Upon arrival, campers must fill out a self-issued camping permit. There is no reservation system, if you arrive and it is full you will have to find another location to camp.

  Other facilities in the Rec Area include; a picnic area with picnic tables and pavilion, an accessible horse-mounting platform, open horse stalls, during summer months a restroom with potable water are available, and access to the Six Nations Trail System, as well as the Sugar Hill Fire Tower. The gate is opened to vehicle traffic, and the water turned on, from the 3rd Monday in May through the 3rd Monday in October of each year.

  The Lower Evergreen Parking Lot, located off of Evergreen Hill Rd, is smaller and has picnic tables, fire rings, open horse stalls and a pit privy. New for 2021, three campsites have been designated. No trash pickup is provided. This is a carry in-carry out facility.

  Individual campsites are located throughout the State Forest. These 19 additional primitive designated camping sites are semi-flat spots, some are graveled parking areas, others are small openings set back in the woods on topsoil, most with no other facilities provided.

  Primitive camping is allowed. Campsites must be at least 150 feet away from the nearest road, trail, or body of water.

  Camping for more than three nights or in groups of ten or more requires a permit from a Forest Ranger. No trash pickup is provided. These are carry-in, carry-out facilities.

  Lean To: Lean-to in the trees, benches and fire ring in front. Buck Settlement Lean-to

  Lean-to Camping :There are five Adirondack-style lean-tos at four different locations. Lean-tos must be shared to their capacity on a first-come, first-use basis, with no exclusive reservation allowed.

  Buck Settlement Lean-to on the Finger Lakes Trail north of Templar Road and near Glen Creek;
  Parks Hollow Lean-to on Mohawk Trail, north of Sugar Hill Road;
  the Twin Lean-to's (Sugar Hill Lean-to #1 and #2) - on Seneca Trail, south of the Sugar Hill Rec Area;
  and VanZandt Lean-to - on Seneca Trail, east of Tower Hill Road.
  September 14, 2021 to September 23, 2021 the VanZandt Lean-to will be undergoing maintenance, please plan accordingly.

  No trash pickup is provided. These are a carry in-carry out facilities.

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  6. Boyce State Forest

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  Franklinville, New York

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  7. Palmer's Pond State Forest

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  4 Saves

  Alfred, New York
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  8. Stewart Road Horse Camp

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  3 Saves

  Alfred, New York