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Peekamoose Valley: The Peekamoose Valley (County Route 42 in the Town of Denning) is a popular rustic camping area. Camping permits are now required to reserve primitive tent sites from May 15- September 15 of each year. Camping is restricted to reserved, designated campsites marked with the yellow camping symbol. Visit Reserve America (leaves DEC website) to make a reservation.

Lower Field: Camping is restricted to 12 designated sites. Permits can be obtained from Reserve America.

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Location

The Peekamoose Valley is located in New York

Directions

To Peekamoose Valley Primitive Campsites and Trails: Take Route 28 from Kingston or Boiceville to 28A (wraps around the southern side of the Ashokan Reservoir, New York City's water supply) to Watson Hollow Road (County Route 42), then continue south past the Kanape Trailhead. The Peekamoose Mountain Trailhead and campsites will be on your right several miles down. As an alternative, take State Route 209 to State Route 55 to a right on County Route 153 (bordering the west side of the Rondout Reservoir, just before Grahamsville), then continue on Route 153 (Sundown Road) till it becomes Route 42 (Peekamoose Road). Campsites and trailhead are on your left. (41.91590°N, 74.443422°W) Google Maps (leaves DEC website)

Coordinates

41.916032000001536 N
74.4433189999944 W

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Access

Walk-In
Park in a lot, walk to your site.
Hike-In
Backcountry sites.

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Site Types

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Features

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Fires

Enjoy camping on government land. Limited or no services at this camping area.

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Guy M.

Guide

Reviewed Jun. 2, 2021

PeekaMoose should be renamed Tic-a-Moose

Peekamoose is a very nice place if you’re into the primitive thing. I suppose it’s my fault for not doing my due diligence. I was in the lower area and had to walk pretty far with everything and make at least 6-8 trips for each load-in and out. I went and bought a wagon after the first day to carry the firewood down to our site, But the terrain was so rough it almost didn’t help. Site #6 is directly on the path, so people camping past you need to actually walk through your site and I feel it was more awkward for them as well. Other then those negatives the “ Blue Hole” is amazing and it’s quite beautiful to stay right on the creek. Oh, did I mention the Tics!??

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Month of VisitJune

Nora S.

Ranger

Reviewed Apr. 14, 2021

A quiet night by the river

We stayed here mid-March and although it was a little chilly at night, overall a great spot. We got to the spot at around 4pm, and choose a spot in the “upper field”, although we didn’t see anyone at the lower spots on the road. The upper field spots have a little more flat area and were more secluded. The only thing was there was no port-a-potty at the upper field. There was a fire pit with lots of wood available and flat ground for tents. The area was pretty big and we walked down the river to watch the sunset which was beautiful. At night, the only noise you’ll hear is from the river and animals in the forest which is of course an added benefit! In the morning we went hiking, and there are lots of cool hikes close by to do so. Really cool spot, can’t wait to return.

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Kelsey

Scout

Reviewed Feb. 13, 2021

Winter camping

Camped out at one of the sites by the river and it was amazing, no one was around except a man far from our site. Good walking distance to the car especially in the cold! A few benches, and no trash cans so take your trash with u.

Cameron

Guide

Reviewed Oct. 1, 2020

Nice, Free, Primitive Campground

There are three campgrounds (upper, middle, and lower field) and a trailer field for a total of 24 campsites. Calling them “fields” might be misleading - they’re heavily wooded areas by a river. I slept in the middle field. On a Wednesday night in early September I had the whole campground to myself. Quiet, next to a lightly trafficked road. There was a port a potty. Campsites in middle field are just clearings with fire pits and nothing else. Soft ground for staking a tent. Very few bugs. Good water access with the river. At the middle field, you have to walk 200+ feet from the parking lot to your campsite, so just be prepared to carry your stuff. I got there long after dark: had to stumble around a little in the dark to figure out where the campsites were, but it wasn’t too bad. Highly recommended.

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Ali B.

Traveler

Reviewed Sep. 28, 2020

Easily accessible primitive campground

This was a good campground for a base point for hiking around the peekamoose area. I stayed in the middle field campground site #6 (which is the worst spot on that field). BUT the other sites are nice right by the river, and there is plenty of privacy between spots. It is not remote though (road is right next to you so you hear cars/ can see 1 house with lights, although I had no service). There was 1 portapotty. Overall it was nice because it was an easy walk-in site. First come first serve.

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Month of VisitOctober

Mollie R.

Guide

Reviewed Sep. 18, 2018

Next to no amenities but nice

This is a cute little campground between the Peekamoose Road and Rondout Creek. It’s actually a set of 4 campgrounds, the lower field, the middle field, the upper field, and the trailer field. All of the sites are walk in except for the trailer field, which I didn’t look at. There are fire pits at each marked site and one port-a-poty at each of the four campgrounds. No cell service whatsoever (Verizon). I did a bit of picking up litter and broken glass while I was there.

Spent one night here and enjoyed it a lot. It was nice to walk in but still be close enough to leave the food in the car rather than hanging the food up. Will be back soon!

Month of VisitOctober

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