Free Public-Lands Camping in New York
Sites that don't charge a nightly fee. BLM dispersed land plus some USFS spots. 76 sites in New York.
National Park Service sites
48 sites. National Park Service camping rules →
- African Burial Ground National MonumentDeveloped
- Castle Clinton National MonumentDeveloped
- Castle Clinton NMDeveloped
- Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic SiteDeveloped
- Erie Canalway National Heritage CorridorDeveloped
- Federal Hall National MemorialDeveloped
- Fire Island LighthouseDeveloped
- Fire Island National SeashoreDeveloped
- Fort Stanwix National MonumentDeveloped
- Fort Wadsworth Visitor CenterDeveloped
- Gateway National Recreation AreaDeveloped
- General Grant National MemorialDeveloped
- Goldenrod CampgroundDeveloped
- Governors Island National MonumentDeveloped
- Hamilton Grange National MemorialDeveloped
- Harriet Tubman National Historical ParkDeveloped
- Henry A. Wallace Visitor CenterDeveloped
- Historic Fort Gregg BarracksDeveloped
- Home Of Franklin D Roosevelt National Historic SiteDeveloped
- Hudson River Valley National Heritage AreaDeveloped
- Lower East Side Tenement Museum National Historic SiteDeveloped
- Marinus Willett Visitor CenterDeveloped
- Martin Van Buren National Historic SiteDeveloped
- National Parks of New York HarborDeveloped
PRIVATE sites
12 sites. PRIVATE camping rules →
- Cherry Ridge Camping AreaDeveloped
- East River TrailDispersed
- Fahnestock Group Campsite 1 and 2Developed
- Fahnestock Group Campsite 3Developed
- Fahnestock Group Campsite 4Developed
- Graymoor Hiker CampsiteDeveloped
- Moose River Plains Camping AreaDeveloped
- Pineapple Junction Horse CampDeveloped
- Primitive CampsiteDeveloped
- Santway ParkDeveloped
- Sno-birdDeveloped
- Village of UnionvilleDeveloped
US Army Corps of Engineers sites
US Forest Service sites
2 sites. US Forest Service camping rules →
US Fish and Wildlife Service sites
10 sites. US Fish and Wildlife Service camping rules →
- Amagansett National Wildlife RefugeDeveloped
- Congressman Lester Wolff Oyster Bay National Wildlife RefugeDeveloped
- Conscience Point National Wildlife RefugeDeveloped
- Elizabeth Alexandra Morton National Wildlife RefugeDeveloped
- Iroquois National Wildlife RefugeDeveloped
- Montezuma National Wildlife RefugeDeveloped
- Seatuck National Wildlife RefugeDeveloped
- Shawangunk Grasslands National Wildlife RefugeDeveloped
- Target Rock National Wildlife RefugeDeveloped
- Wertheim National Wildlife RefugeDeveloped