Bear Spring Mountain CampgroundBear Spring Mountain (DEC)
Season 2025 Dates: Fri May 16 to Sun Aug 31, 2025
Season 2025 Dates: Fri May 16 to Sun Aug 31, 2025
9 Month Booking Window: Mon Feb 2, 2026
Campground Overview
Bear Spring Mountain is located in the western end of the Catskill Forest Preserve. The campgrounds beach, boat rental, and multi-use trail system offers fun for all ages. For the horse riding enthusiast, Spruce Grove camping and trail system is one of a kind facility in the Catskill region. This region is also known for its excellent hunting and fishing. The facility is broken into two distinct areas, the Launt Pond Area (the main campground) and the Spruce Grove Area which is 3.5 miles from the campground office. The Spruce Grove Area is equipped with pit toilets. The hot showers, rest rooms and garbage disposal area are all located in the Launt Pond Area. Spruce Grove campers have access to all amenities, however they will be a drive from their camping area.
Status: CLOSED but opens in 13 days on Fri May 16
Season 2025 Dates: Fri May 16 to Sun Aug 31, 2025
9 Month Booking Window: Mon Feb 2, 2026
Campground Phone: (607) 865-6989
Region: Central New York
Weekend Occupancy: Medium
Minimum Nights Reservation: 2 nights
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Reservations (Reserve America)
| Base Fee | $18 |
| Out of State Surcharge | $5 |
| Showers | hot shower building |
| Washrooms | flush toilets |
| Dump Station | yes |
| Recycling Station | yes |
| Boat Mooring | none |
| Lakeside Rating | 2 out of 5 lakeside stars. Offers a fine camping experience with a few sites fairly close to the water while the rest are mostly a short distance away from water and without a water view. The smaller pond offers water activities like swimming, paddling and fishing. No motorboats. |
| Total Campsites | 41 |
| Reservable Sites | 41 |
| Lakeside Sites | 3 |
| Lakeside 20ft | 3 |
| 20ft Trailer Sites | 20 |
| 30ft Trailer Sites | 4 |
| 40ft Trailer Sites | 17 |
| Pull thru sites | 12 |
| Hookups | no hookups, dry camping only |
| Site Pads | Some level but many with grade going up to pad, some sloped sites |
| Ground Cover | Mix of grass and sand/gravel |
| Tree Cover | Mosted wooded with a mix of deciduous and coniferous trees. Lightly to mostly shaded. |
| Road Access | Narrow dirt roads with difficult access in the main loops for anything but smaller trailers |
| Pets Allowed | domestic pets, horses |
| Water | On a small pond. |
| Beach | Small 60ft long sandy beach. |
| Paddling | Small lake paddling opportunities on very small lake/pond. |
| Boating | Canoes, kayaks and row boats only. |
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