This place is pretty darn nice. The campsites are secluded enough to make it really feel like you're out in the wilderness and keep the sun off of you. Also, there's no cell phone service which helps there. Every campsite has a fireplace (with a grill over it) to make a campfire and cook if you want to. There's a big, pretty lake within walking distance that you can take a hike around. There's a "beach" on one side with some sand over the dirt that you can go swim at if it's warm enough. You can rent canoes or bring kayaks. There's a great big playground with swings and some fun slides and other things in the middle of the campsites by the bathrooms. That all combines to have made this place a lot of fun for us and two other families to get together and do a combined getaway the last two years. It's one of the most fun trips we do each year as a family. The only possible downsides are: 1. The rangers are pretty serious about noise after hours. Even though we were the parents with sleeping kids that might be woken, up we got asked to keep it quieter when quiet time hit. Still, maybe that's missed blessing for those of us who do have kids that we need to sleep. 2. The only showers are a long-ish walk or drive down to the main building by the beach. Usually, we go for little enough time that we just don't worry about it though. Definitely a great spot to go for a long weekend with kids. read more

Sweet little campsite. Not too big. Ranger was very nice and kindly reminded me and my friend that noise travels easily over water. There's a nice stroll around the pond, or hike up the hill, or relax on the little beach. It's an easy place. The sites on the pond are the best. A little frog hung out with us during breakfast. Lots of privacy between sites. Site 36 was fabulous! read more

Little Pond Campground - Site. 36. Amazing! - Campgrounds Near Me - Andes, New York

As pretty regular campers we are always looking for a great camp ground. We don't always go with a state campground; sometimes we go private as well. Little Pond is a little gem in my opinion. We stayed at site #7 which is on a dead end road overlooking a beautiful field where we saw deer everyday. The flush (yes flush) bathrooms are a short walk away as well as potable water. Also, Little Pond is an easy walk as well. The bathrooms by Little Pond have showers as well with hot water. They are decent for a camping shower. What I liked was the ADA/Handicapped trail that went around the lake. it was a mile so my friends and I would walk it a few times a day. I am recovering from ACL surgery so I couldn't hike any of the other loops they offered. They were very vigilant about food being left out, but if anyone has ever camped before you know that's the norm. They were a bit extreme with what could be left out. For example you cannot leave out dish detergent, washing bins, citronella candles, beverage containers etc. I would highly recommend this location ! read more

BE WARNED....There is a speed trap before you enter check in booth. It is the mountain road entrance to the campground with signs posted 15 mph. The state police ranger sits at the top of the hill and had pulled over 10-12 cars (maybe more) at prime check-in time Memorial Day weekend. What a coincidence-right?? He clocked me doing 33 which is an automatic 6 points on your license with a huge ticket I'm sure. There are no campsites, playgrounds, etc on this long mountain road leading up to the campground. The officer made it seem as if all of us were pretending to be Mario Andretti through the populated area of the campground. I actually really love everything about this campground...the staff is polite, friendly and accomodating. The sites are well kept as well as bathrooms, beach, and day use area. There are paddle boat, kayak and row boat rentals for the pretty large lake full of fish, frogs and a resident beaver. They are strict about keeping coolers out of sight and they don't play with raucous campers and music after 10:00 pm quiet time. The NYS police shakedown is not related to this lovely place but unfortunately it put a bad taste in my mouth as well as ruined the weekend of several campers. The officer even wrote tickets for people doing 20 mph...really? Give me a break!!! Needless to say...this very affordable weekend turned into an expensive one. If you like camping, please give this place a try but just BE WARNED about the money making speeding scam that preys on touristas. The signs says 15 mph...dont even think of doing 16 mph. read more

The process of getting a reservation online was the WORST. I was trying my darnest not to fall for the slew of obnoxious promotions they were trying to automatically sign me up for, but the truly annoying website automatically signed me up for a free trial of an "active advantage" program which turns into a annual $65 fee starting a year from now (like I'll have any idea what that is for a year from now on my bank statement). I had to get into my email to find a statement which said: "To modify or cancel your membership, you can call us at 866-561-0647 or login to your account." I tried calling, but 30 minutes on hold gave me enough time to (eventually) try to sign into my account, request a new password, sign back into the account, and weasel around until I was able to get to my profile to the check the box that said "Disable Advantage Membership Auto-Renewal." THANKS LITTLE POND CAMPGROUND. THANKS RESERVE AMERICA. I don't know what kind of kickback you get for the scam of automatically signing people up for "ACTIVE ADVANTAGE" but YOU SUCK. Only in America do you try to diligently pay $154 for a few nights in a state campground and get knowingly SCAMMED along the way. Thanks corporate america! Good lord, it's just amazing how screwed up it is. read more

My pregnant wife and I arrived at 10pm to be told we wouldn't be allowed to our site until 9am as we were slightly past the 930pm registration time (we already had a reservation for the weekend, assigned campsite etc) We pleaded with the staff and explained that we had hit some traffic and that we had nowhere else we could stay that night. We'd even said that we'd even sleep in our car if necessary, and to just please let us drive to our campsite. They refused and told us that if we didn't leave we'd be arrested. With nowhere to go, way to make a phone call (there is no service in the area) and the threat of imprisonment for my wife and I, we were forced out of the campground into a dark, desolate unfamiliar area. The way these staff treated us is completely unacceptable. To force us out of the campground, at night in a secluded area, when we had a paid reservation is reckless and irresponsible. We will be filing a suit with the state of NY for the disturbing behavior of the staff working at little pond campground on the night of July 31st, 2015. read more

I love this place!! I came here with my boyfriend and we were seriously amazed. We went in the middle of September and the weather was amazing. It definitely got chilly at night so bring extra layers and blankets. The layout of the campground is perfect - set around the beautiful pond which is definitely not little, are the campsites. Try and get one by the water but if you don't it's totally fine. Each site has it's own fire pit and they sell fire wood at the office. The bathrooms are clean and open all night and so are the showers. We went on a gorgeous hike it was so amazing I seriously keep thinking about it even a month later! I definitely would love to come back here. If you're into meditation there is a zendo center near the campground that is definitely worth checking out - it's beautiful. Love love little pond!!!! read more

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I love this campground. Perhaps I may be biased because it was the first place I ever camped at in my adult life. Still, after visiting several other campgrounds in the state, this one is one of the better ones. The name "Little Pond" may be misleading. The pond is actually pretty large. The campgrounds are separated into several loops, with the most popular sites being the ones right on the pond. Those waterside sites may offer great views but they are a bit on the smaller side, and they don't offer much privacy between sites. Also, the sites themselves are not open to the pond, there are trees between the sites and the pond. There are also a few remote sites that you must hike to, which are also on the water. These sites are more primitive, and are serviced by pit toilets. For the remainder of the sites on the campground, they are spacious and private. There are very well maintained restrooms with flush toilets and sinks around the campground as well. Each site is equipped with a picnic table and fireplace with a flip-down grill though some sites may be in better condition than others so bring your own grill in case your fireplace grill grate is not functional. The pond has a very small, sandy beach where you can wade into the water, though at the deepest point the water will come up to your thighs. By the beach is a bath house with warm showers. The bath house is a bit old, but it is kept very clean. Also by the beach is a picnic pavilion and a dock where you can rent boats. They have rowboats, canoes and paddle boats for rent. The prices are reasonable, with the paddle boats being the most pricey as they charge by the hour. There are no motor boats allowed on the pond so you can really enjoy the peaceful waters. There isn't much to do in the immediate area except to just enjoy nature. There is a trail to touch-me-not mountain that is accessible from the campgrounds. The trail is pretty magical, with lots of different topography - fields, pine forests, and a few rocky scrambles. There are a couple of old stone walls along the trail, with an old fireplace and cellar from past settlements. When you exit the pines and come near the top of the trail with an open field (near the old ruins of a cellar), there is a little side trail that can take you to a frog pond. If you're on a good day, you'll see lots of different varieties of frogs and a few turtles. There are also some yummy blackberries along the trail if you're there at the right time of year. There are a few other trails in the area as well as a fish hatchery if you're into that type of thing. The campgrounds are about a 3 - 3.5 hour drive from NYC so it makes for a great weekend getaway. read more

This is a beautiful campground, but the problem is the noise. After one night with music blasting from four different directions we decided to leave. I don't understand why anyone would go to a forest to experience nature and bring noisy music with them. It felt like I was taking my family to vacation in a slum. Unless they set no-music rules and enforce them I don't see how anyone looking to spend time surrounded by nature would enjoy staying here. read more

This is one of the best campgrounds in NY/NJ area and I've been to quite a few. Beatiful well maintained area, very clean bathrooms and hot showers. Campsites located pretty far from each other and those which situated closer are devided by lots of trees. Public is serious respectful campers so you won't be forced to listen to loud music, drunk laughter, screams, etc. Kids at a play - that's all we heard, and that's totally fine. Excellent place, nice rest - highly recommend. read more

This place is fantastic, especially for families. The surroundings are gorgeous and the campground is very well run. As other reviewers stated, the other campers can be noisy (which happens everywhere) but the rangers did a very good job of enforcing the 10pm - 7am quiet hours. We'll definitely be back! read more

Just stayed at this campground for two nights. I found it to be very pleasant and scoped out some other sites for a possible return. We were in the first loop closest to check in and I really liked our site. (15) Some are closer than others but you're not on top of each other. If you keep it at a reasonable noise level you can't hear much. The first night though we had some really loud campers way past 10 I guess no one was checking which was really obnoxious. The next night was quiet so either someone complained or they ran out of alcohol. Other than that it was just kids playing and people having a good time. The walk in sites looked fun and I'd like to try those out some are right up to the water. The pond was nice and I enjoyed renting a boat and hanging out. The beach area is not deep and its mostly little kids running around trying to catch various things so really great if you have young kids. Bizarrely the first day there was no swimming allowed because there were no lifeguards then the next day lifeguards came at like noon took an hour to set up at least then said they didn't have life saving equipment that day so no swimming. That was my only gripe as there's not a ton to do here and we had children in our group who were looking forward to this as their main activity. Overall though nice campground especially if you have little kids. read more

We used to camp in NY DEC campgrounds for 15 years. The last weekend camping on Little pond was a great disappointment because of delusional rangers. The lady was hearing the music which we never had in a first place (yes, she looked inside the truck for it), she demanded not to place a tent on the grass on the campsite, which is impossible considering that occasional grass is covering the whole site (she was pathetically claiming that we are killing the nature and she was telling it to professional biologists), she was demanding that coolers to be put away while we were actually eating. Overall staff is rude and unwelcoming, which is, I have to repeat, is something really new to DEC campgrounds system. There was nothing like that at neighboring Mongaup Pond campground where we were camping a few weeks earlier. Staff there was great. Shame on Little Pond campground for hiring such unprofessional and rude people. read more