Best Campgrounds in ADKs?

Hey All-
Hoping to do a camping trip this summer in the ADKs...any suggestions for campgrounds? Not looking for backcountry and not looking for super nice amenities...just basic, no hook-up, walk to the water spigot and toilets/showers. Nearby hiking trails would be ideal.

I checked out the KOA and North Pole Campgrounds in Wilmington, but their prices were outrageous.

Thanks!

Check out the wilderness campsites at the ADK lodge on Heart lake. You can also remt a lean to. There are showers and bathrooms in the HPIC and you have some of the best hiking in the park.

Taylor Pond..state campground outside of Wilmington

anything on lower and upper Saranac...some are boat and canoe access, some not, but all go quickly.

Browns tract pond is awesome by raquette lake

I like the state campgrounds at Harris Lake and Putnam Pond.

They are car camping sites, but you can get far away from the cars if you hike or paddle.

If you're interested in the Central ADKs, Golden Beach on Raquette Lake is nice, and so is Forked Lake. They're both pretty well known campgrounds so you won't be alone, but you're right by the water.

I've always had a blast at Moffitt Beach near Speculator

I'll second the upper/lower Saranac...can't go wrong

I think I'm going with Harris Lake..they still have a campsite on the lake available the weekend we're looking at..

Any tips on good hiking in the area (on or near Route 28N)? And how far is it from LP/Wilmington??

Indian Lake has some boat in campsites along the lake on the wilderness (east) side. Very private and remote. You gotta have a boat though.

check out Lake Eaton near long lake.

http://www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/camping.html

jimvdak wrote

Any tips on good hiking in the area (on or near Route 28N)? And how far is it from LP/Wilmington??

Goodnow Mt is part of the ESF School of Forestry, and the views from the fire tower of the high peaks are outstanding. There is also Camp Santanoni, which you can either hike or mt bike to, and of course the Upper Works trail head for the High Peaks is just over in Tahawus.
To Lake Placid, you looking at close to an hour with summer traffic. 28N to The Blue Ridge Rd to I-87 exit 29. North on I-87 to exit 30. Rt 73 through Keene.

Fish Creek Pond/Rollins pond are in a real nice spot.

Here is a great resource to choosing campsites at 21 state campgrounds in the Adirondacks.

Adirondack Campgrounds Site Photo Database

Thanks! I do prefer the state campgrounds...you usually know what you're getting and you can't beat the price.