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. The campground offers 70 tent and trailer sites, a picnic area with tables and grills, flush toilets, hot showers, a trailer dump station and a recycling center. 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.

70 tent and trailer sites, picnic area with tables and grills, flush toilets, hot showers, trailer dump station, recycling center, mobility impaired accessibility, pay phone.

Woodland Valley Campground - DEC

Stayed here for a long weekend in October 2016\. Campground was clean, on-site host was available for firewood purchases, facilities were clean. Campground was full, but did not feel crowded. Hiking trails accessible by foot from the campground.

Car-camping in the Catskills

Can't say enough good things about the Catskill mountains! 

Catskill Camping

If you like to camp by water, this is the perfect place for you. It has amazing on the water sites you can camp at, plus a stunning view of the Catskills. The hikes are just easy enough for anyone in the family. 

Best creek campsite

We forgot our airpump, for out air mattress (glamping at its finest)   The very kind caretakers allowed us to come into their basement and use their airpump! (we also went into town and bought a pump from The Storehouse!


Our site was perfect, it poured rain, but the grade worked will, no puddling!  The access to Woodland Valley Stream provided the greatest relief from the heat, and the night time ranger was also sweet as pie!

A wonderful Memorial Day Weekend

The long, narrow, and winding road from Route 28 to Woodland Valley campground should not keep you from camping there!  The campground is located on a nice stream (Woodland creek) and has some really nice sites and some really basic sites.  The rangers were very friendly and helpful, and the facilities were in good shape (free hot showers!).

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.

Base camp for hiking in the Catskills

This is a great place to escape for a night or a weekend. I made sure to have my fishing permit with me along with my fly rod. The mountains are beautiful. I made sure to bring extra bug spray because the ticks and mosquitoes can be quite a pain in the butt. The hiking isn't amazing! They have restrooms, which is a plus if you have never been camping without them. They also have picnic tables! I was surprised at how clean this campground was!!! Will certainly be back.

Fly fishing for dinner

Large campsite, clean facilities, fire pit, friendly and knowledgeable staff. This is an excellent site if you're looking to explore the Slide Mountain Wilderness and a great place to prep if you're planning to go backpacking as well. No/ very limited cell service but that's not important. Did not encounter black bears but they do frequent the area.

Fantastic site for exploring the Catskills.

Spent a night here after a festival. Hiked the slide mountain loop the next morning. We asked in the am if there was anything available for the evening after our hike - there was not but they said we could have first dibs once we got back. Luckily there was a site open later and we stayed another night. Cell service is limited, but that wasn't a problem for us.

Beautiful Campground in Catskills

We came on a less busy weekend--so it wasn't packed! Seems like it might be a bit squished if all sites are full, but we loved our experience! Down a longer road off of the main drag, so it is isolated. Beautiful!! Loved listening to the river all day and night. Went and splashed around in the river, right down a trail from our sight. Recommend!

Compact, beautiful, isolated, river sites! 

we got rained out. but it was still an awesome campground. private and just secluded enough. everyone was 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.

loved this campground

Gets booked up in the summer..so plan in advance..beware of bears!

Nestled in the Catskill Mts.low key camping with secluded sites..many are c

this campground was very well kept. we ended up in a great spot right next to the creek and close to the bathrooms (which were very nice and flushable). very close the the town of Phoenicia. we ended up taking the 3.5 strenuous hike to Giant Ledge from the campground which was very tiresome but well worth it. it poured Saturday night and there was no flooding by our tent just in other parts of the campground. we got a warning we’ll before to keep our food locked up because of four bear in the area (didn’t see any). would definitely come back to this campsite.


camping, hiking, and more

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.

Great secluded location

The campground has everything that you need: public toilets, showers, public phone, picnic tables, grills, firewood (for sale), dump station. Close to Woodstock, NY, many trails and other attractions. You need to plan for it, there's a lot to explore; some trails are challenging. 

**Highlights**: the mountain creek is like nature singing a lullaby - sleeping next to it was very relaxing; weather was great and we could see the stars through the canopy - very very enjoyable!

No mobile signal, but that's the point, isn't it? You get to disconnect from it all for a while. Will definitely come back again, and again...

Woodland Valley mountain creek lullaby 

Make sure you consult your maps when hiking in this area. We mistakenly took the long loop. Enjoyed this area. Nice mountain rage with the sound of water in the background.

Woodland Valley = hiking <3

This campground is 5 miles out of the town of Phoenicia.  There are showers available.  The sites are large, but not particularly laid out for privacy.  Site surfaces are rocky and dirt, although some sites do have a little grass.  

  

Like many of the NY State Campgrounds, the cleanliness and overall maintenance of the campground is average at best.  We don't mind rustic, so it works for us.  The location of this one to the hiking we were going to do in the Catskills made it ideal for this trip.

Quiet camping in the heart of the Catskills

Clean facilities and friendly staff. Also our site was right next to bathroom and the water which was a plus for us. Hike was a bit intense since it was going up the hill. The only thing to consider is that about half an hour to the campground we lost phone signals. 

Peaceful and quiet

Spent two nights here in late August of 2021. The campsites all have fire pits with grills and picnic tables. There's a full time campsite host, showers, bathrooms, and a trash room. 

  

Pros:

\- some of the sites are right by a stream, and all of them have plenty of shade

\- campsite was clean and well maintained

\- campsite hosts were friendly and helpful

\- tons of nice hiking trails nearby

\- restrooms were clean 

  

Cons:

\- some of the sites are pretty close together. Our"neighbors" both nights were pretty quiet, but if they weren't, it could have been noisy.

\- while the bathrooms were clean, the showers definitely weren't. Bring you shower sandals!

\- It can get a little busy on the weekends, so worth reserving in advance. 

  

We were camping in a VW Westfalia, so we had no trouble getting in and out. Something bigger might have a problem with some of these sites. They're definitely intended to be tent sites.