What you’re stepping into .
Paddle through locks to claim your own Lower Saranac island
Located on the Lower Saranac Lake Islands, this campground offers primitive, boat-access-only campsites. Campers can enjoy miles of boater recreation and direct access to four other lakes through a series of locks that manage water levels. Each island site provides a rustic camping experience with outhouses, but no potable water is available, and a strict carry-in, carry-out policy is enforced.
Reservations can be made up to nine months in advance, with same-day bookings permitted until 5 PM on arrival. Check-in is from 2 PM to 9 PM, and check-out is at 11 AM. Each campsite accommodates up to six individuals, with a limit of two tents or one hard-wheeled unit and one tent. Two vehicles are permitted per site, though parking may be limited, potentially requiring use of municipal lots in Saranac Lake Village.
Key regulations include quiet hours from 10 PM to 7 AM and limited generator use during designated daily hours. Fires must be built in provided fireplaces using only dead and downed wood. Visitors must not move firewood and should help prevent aquatic invasive species. Pets are allowed with proof of rabies vaccination and must be on a leash, but are not permitted in facility…
The setting .
NY 12945 · Saranac Lake.
The hamlets around you.
Red Fox
Steak and red-sauce Italian in a wood-beamed Saranac Lake mainstay
7.0 mi awayHohmeyer's Adirondack Alps Restaurant
Seasonal fusion from the 100-mile radius, plus a speakeasy below
7.9 mi awayThe 1892 Bar & Grille
Lake Clear's revived roadhouse now serving proper homemade pub fare
8.0 mi awayOwl's Nest Pizza Parlor
New York crust done right where the tourists haven't found it
8.2 mi away
Within a short drive .
- § Peak · 1.0 mi
Plymouth Rock
- § Peak · 2.1 mi
Stony Creek Mountain
- § Lake · 1.1 mi
Bartlett Pond
- § Lake · 2.0 mi
Tamarack Pond
- § Listing · 4.0 mi
Panther Mountain Trailhead Parking
Short, steep climb to a Tupper Lake overlook.
- § Listing · 4.4 mi
Saranac Village - A Young Life Camp
Young Life's Upper Saranac outpost where high-schoolers sleep in actual beds
The essentials .
- § Nearest villageNY 12945
- § Nearest grocerynone nearby
- § Nearest gasnone nearby
- § Nearest hospitalnone nearby
What’s closest .
- Plymouth Rock1.0 mi away
- Stony Creek Mountain2.1 mi away
- 5844.2 mi away
- Bartlett Pond1.1 mi away
- Tamarack Pond2.0 mi away
- Weller Pond2.4 mi away
- Panther Mountain Trailhead Parking3.9 mi away
- Ampersand Mountain Trail1.1 mi away
- Bartlett Carry Road1.9 mi away
- Gulf Point Road3.1 mi away
If this isn’t quite right .
Saranac Lake Islands Campground Campsite 71
Primitive island site reached by boat on Lower Saranac Lake
0.1 miSaranac Lake Islands Campground - Campsite #74
Island campsite with lock-and-paddle access to five connected lakes
0.7 miSaranac Lake Islands Campground - Campsite #77
Island camp on Lower Saranac — paddle in, stake your site
0.9 miThe Point
Forbes Five Star Great Camp on Upper Saranac Lake.
5.0 miKiwassa Lake Adirondack Bed & Breakfast
Cabins and lodge suites on 20 wooded acres at Lake Kiwassa.
5.6 miAmpersand Bay Resort
Cabins, townhomes, and a marina on Lower Saranac.
7.4 mi
