Sugar Hill State Forest

Category: State park in Watkins Glen, New York

Address: 3361 Tower Hill Rd, Watkins Glen, NY 14891, USA

Phone: +16077762165

Opening hours

Sunday: Open 24 hours

Monday: Open 24 hours

Tuesday: Open 24 hours

Wednesday: Open 24 hours

Thursday: Open 24 hours

Friday: Open 24 hours

Saturday: Open 24 hours

Reviews

D Van

Sep 20, 2022

Beautiful views from the fire tower and the campground is in great shape

Patrick VanZile

Sep 18, 2022

Excellent place to camp

Josh Bigler

Sep 5, 2022

Can't speak to the equestrian side of things but I appreciate that they allow you to climb to the top of the fire tower. Many I've been to have the box locked.

Ryan Thurman

Aug 19, 2022

This is a fine enough place for free, with some nights being great and others being a nightmare. I came back from a hike along the Finger Lakes Trail to find that some group had set up a tent (and now their car) virtually on my site. As I look around everyone else has maybe thirty to fifty feet between them but I for some reason have others about 10 feet away, with loud voices and uncouth tongues. I called the ranger but they seem relatively unresponsive to such matters. Make this your stop for a night, I guess. This ain't the west.

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Questions & Answers

Any free over night camp spots?

steve oakes | Sep 22, 2018
Josie Lemieux | Sep 22, 2018

Lots of places

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Are there stalls in the state forest to stay overnight with a horse?

Lynn Kelley | Sep 22, 2018
Chum Lee | Sep 22, 2018

Yes, it's set up perfectly for horses, and easy for trailers too.

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Can i park on or near Parks Hollow rd in my rv for the night?

Sam Hermann | Sep 22, 2018
Wayne Sharaf | Sep 22, 2018

I believe camping is free and Sugar Hill and Arby's I do believe are allowed and it's probably free as well check their website

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Is there free camping?

Dakota Harder | Sep 21, 2020
Amanda Brooks | Sep 21, 2021

Yes and currently bathrooms are open but must use masks.

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Is there a Waterway there for canoeing?

Tiffany Fresina | May 24, 2022
A Google User | May 24, 2022

There is not. But you can take a canoe down to Seneca Lake. There are a few pretty large streams to hike throughout sugar hill. Just don't get lost. Sugar Hill is very beautiful and the trails are very well marked and labeled.

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Is there winter camping here ?

Hope Baker | Feb 23, 2022
Claude Ellison | Feb 23, 2022

Primitive camping , hike in to lean-to.. Road to fire tower is closed...

are there spots to set up my nissan frontier with a roof top tent on it?

Chris Thiel | Sep 21, 2021
David C | Sep 21, 2021

Yes, it is first come first serve, but there are about 30 designated camp spots. They are all very nice

Can I ride atvs

robert kubitz | Sep 21, 2020
Amanda Brooks | Sep 21, 2021

No. No snowmobiles either...

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Are bathrooms open yet at sugar hills in Watkins Glen

Cliff Brown | Sep 21, 2020
Amanda Brooks | Sep 21, 2021

Yes must use mask

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Is sugar hills bathrooms open

Cliff Brown | Sep 21, 2020
Christopher Scott | Sep 21, 2020

No , not at this time.

Are there times when there are no camping spots? Or are there enough available at all times?

Rachel Centner | Sep 22, 2019
Ryan Brown | Sep 22, 2019

All times

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Is there a way to reserve a free site I would love to surprise my soon to be husband on our wedding day July 7th 2019

Sandie Tortorice | Sep 22, 2019
Sean Haney Design | Sep 22, 2019

No reservations but it is a large area so unless it's a holiday/Watkins Glen race weekend there should be plenty of room

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Can you still camp and ride during race weekend or is it full?

Marlene Martin | Sep 22, 2018
Wayne Sharaf | Sep 22, 2018

1st come, first serve

Are there RV sites along Pebble Hill Road?

Sam Hermann | Sep 22, 2018
Gilly LeRoux Jr | Sep 22, 2018

I just looked it up and no, private property, closest to sugar Hill would be Paradise campground about 5 miles away

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How far do you have to hike to find a lean to?

Blake Pugliese | Sep 22, 2018
Jeremy Allen | Sep 22, 2018

On the Seneca trail right off co Rd 21 you can drive up in that field and it's about a quarter mile from there. I take the kids all the time. From the park itself it's about half a mile.

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is there a waterfall here

S Miles | Sep 22, 2018
Heather Wilson | Sep 22, 2019

Yes there is. It's called Templer Falls. It's in the lower part of Sugar Hill State Forest. It's just off Templer Rd. Above the falls is a very old cemetery off the fingerlakes trail. Also remnants of a bridge washed out by a flood. It's in Google maps and does exist.

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When they open for camping

Lyndon Allen | Sep 22, 2018
Lyndon Allen | Sep 22, 2018

Ok thank you all

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