Camping reservations can be made up to 9 months in advance. Sites become available at the 9-month window at the following times:
March 15 - Labor Day: 8AM Monday - Friday, 9AM Saturday & Sunday.
Day after Labor Day - March 14: 9AM Monday - Friday, 9AM Saturday & Sunday.
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GOLDEN BEACH CAMPGROUND, NY
Book a Site at GOLDEN BEACH CAMPGROUND, NY
** Arrival dates earlier than the online-reservation-window may also be available at the facility.
*** Some sites may be available only from the campground on a first-come-first-served basis.
Description
The remote Central Adirondack setting of Golden Beach Campground offers a relaxing, quiet beauty. The campsites offer privacy, and are large and well-forested. The campground offers a variety of recreational opportunities, including canoeing and boating, fishing, hiking, and bicycling.
Geography:
Golden Beach Campground is located on the southeast shore of 5935-acre Raquette Lake.
Recreation:
Activities include swimming, hiking, boating, and fishing. Fish present in Raquette Lake include lake trout, brook trout, white fish, smelt, smallmouth bass, sunfish, yellow perch, brown bullhead, sucker, and minnow.
Facilities:
The park offers tent and trailer sites, a picnic area with tables and fireplaces, restrooms with showers, a trailer dump station, a recycling center, handicapped accessibility, a sand beach, a swimming area, a bathhouse, and hiking trails.
Nearby Attractions:
The Adirondack Park Visitors Interpretive Center at Newcomb is 30 miles east on N.Y.S. Route 28. The Adirondack Museum at Blue Mountain Lake is located 8 miles east on N.Y.S. Route 28 and features the History of the Adirondack Park. The village of Raquette Lake is 3 miles west on N.Y.S. Route 28, and offers restaurants, boat rentals, and scenic excursions on Raquette Lake with dining on board. Golf courses are available in the villages of Indian Lake and Inlet.
Reservations can be made for today and can be made up to 9 Month(s) in advance.
Season Schedule
- Boat Launch
- Boating
- Canoeing
- Dump Station
- Fishing
- Handicap Access
- Hiking
- Jet-Skiing
- Picnic Tables
- Picnicking
- Powerboating
- Recycling Station
- Restroom
- Sail Boating
- Shower Building
- Showers
- Swimming
- Swimming - Beach
- Telephone
- Toilet, Pit/Vault
- Water Skiing
- Water Spigot
- Boat Rental
- Convenience Store
- Museum
- Restaurant
43.80811, -74.60166
43°48'29"N, 74°36'6"W
From New York State Thruway (I-90), take Exit 31 at Utica; go north on Rte. 12 to Alder Creek; follow Rte. 28 through Old Forge and Inlet. The campground is about 4 miles east of Raquette Lake Village, on the left side of the road on Rte. 28. From the Adirondack Northway (I-87), take Exit 23 at Warrensburg; take Route 9 North to Route 28 West through Indian Lake and Blue Mountain Lake; the campground is about 8 miles west, on the right side of Rte. 28.
Mailing Address:
GOLDEN BEACH CAMPGROUNDROUTE 28
RAQUETTE LAKE NY 13436