Campground Details - LEWEY LAKE, NY

Description

Lewey Lake Campground offers wonderful amenities, like a swimming beach and comfortable campsites, and a range of outdoor activities, including fishing and hiking. Its campsites are secluded and wooded, offering campers a true opportunity to "get away from it all."

Geography:

Lewey Lake Campground is located in the central portion of the Adirondack Park on a 90-acre lake.

Recreation:

Motor boats (please note that smaller boats are recommended as the lake is shallow),, rowboats, and canoes are allowed. Visitors enjoy fishing for sunfish, yellow perch, white sucker, brown bullhead, lake trout, lake whitefish, rock bass, northern pike, and smallmouth bass. Great hiking is to be found on Sucker Brook Trail.

Facilities:

The park offers campsites, a picnic area with tables and fireplaces, and restrooms with a separate shower building, all of which have some facilities designated as accessible for the mobility impaired. A trailer dump station, a recycling center, a sand beach, a swimming area, a bathhouse, boat launches on Lewey Lake and Indian Lake, and hiking trails round out the park's many amenities.

Nearby Attractions:

The Adirondack Park Visitors Interpretive Center at Newcomb, off Route 28N, is 59 miles north of New York State Routes 30 and 28. The Adirondack Museum at Blue Mountain Lake is located 27 miles north of New York Route 28 and 30 and features the history of the Adirondack Mountains and the Adirondack Park. The village of Indian Lake is 12 miles north on New York State Route 30 and offers restaurants and shopping. Golf courses are available in the villages of Indian Lake, Inlet and Lake Pleasant.

Services & Amenities:

Within Facility
Bath House Boat Launch Boating Canoe Rental Canoeing Comfort Station Dump Station Fishing Handicap Access Hiking	Parking Picnicking Powerboating Recycling Station Sail Boating Showers Swimming - Beach Telephone Water Fillup Station Water Skiing
Greater Than 10 Miles
Convenience Store	Emergency Clinic

Alerts and Important Information

CAMPGROUND SPECIFIC INFORMATION

"Turn Around" sections are available in each loop for parking, if vehicles don't fit on your reservation site

WHEN YOU ARRIVE-You must sign for your own site. Have your equipment with you and be ready to camp when you register. Names of all campers on a site must be listed on the permit at time of registration
CHECK-IN TIME-From 12:00 noon until 9:00 p.m. Campers must register for their campsite by 9:00 p.m. on the first night of their reservation or the campsite will be subject to re-rental and all fees will be forfeited
CHECK-OUT TIME-11:00 a.m. on your departure date
OCCUPANCY-Limited to 6 individuals per campsite and 2 tents or 1 unit of hard wheeled camping equipment and 1 tent. Only 2 vehicles permitted on any campsite. Extra vehicles will be required to park in a designated area (additional fees will apply)
AGE REGULATIONS-Campsites must be registered and occupied by a responsible person 18 years of age or older
LENGTH OF STAY-Your camping permit can be issued for a maximum of 14 nights. From July 1 through Labor Day only 14 cumulative nights will be permitted at any campground.
QUIET HOURS-From 10 p.m. until 7 a.m., and are strictly enforced. Violators of this policy may be evicted
GENERATORS-The use of generators may be limited to no more than 5 hours per day and fall between the hours of 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. daily. If the use of a generator is deemed unreasonably loud by the facility staff then individual use of a generator may be prohibited/limited
FIRES-Must be built in fireplaces provided. Only dead and down wood may be used for fuel. No chainsaws are allowed in campgrounds, and cutting down trees, alive or dead is prohibited.
FIREARMS-Are not allowed in campgrounds except during the Fall and Spring hunting seasons. Firearms must not be discharged within campground boundaries at any time
ACCESSIBLE SITES-At least one member of the camping party staying on the site must be mobility impaired (i.e. in a wheelchair or uses a walker) or the camping party may be turned away at the campground
SWIMMING-Is allowed at campgrounds with supervised bathing areas during designated hours when a lifeguard is on duty. Please note that there may be times when lifeguards are unavailable, and for the safety of our customers these beaches will not be open and swimming will be prohibited. Not all campground locations offer swimming, to inquire please contact the campground directly
PETS-Are allowed with proof of a currently valid rabies vaccination in the form of a current year's tag or a certificate issued by the veterinarian. Campers can walk dogs on a leash no longer than six feet as long as the animal is under control. Dogs cannot be left unattended and are not allowed in facility structures, on the beach or in day use areas

Getting There:

GPS Info. (Latitude, Longitude):
43.65576, -74.38668
43°39'21"N, 74°23'12"W

From New York State Thruway (I-90), take Exit 27 at Amsterdam; go north on Route 30 through the villages of Wells and Speculator. The campground is 12 miles north on Route 30 from Speculator, on the left side of the road. From Adirondack Northway (I-87), take Exit 23 at Warrensburg; take Route 9 north to Route 28 west to Indian Lake Village. The campground is 12 miles south of Indian Lake, on the right side of Rte. 30.