NATIONAL PARKS:

Fire Island National SeashorePatchogue, NY

Fort Stanwix National MonumentRome, NY

Gateway National Recreation AreaBrooklyn, NY

NATIONAL FORESTS:

STATE PARKS:

State Parks in New York Allan H. Treman State Marine Park, Allegany, Allegany State Park - Quaker Area, Allegany State Park - Red House Area, Anthony Wayne Recreation, Area - Harriman, Battle Island, Bayard Cutting Arboretum, Bayswater Point, Bear Mountain, Beaver Island, Beaver Pond Campgrounds - Harriman, Belmont Lake, Bethpage, Big Six Mile Creek Marina, Blauvelt, Bonavista State Park Golf Course, Bowman Lake, Buckhorn Island, Burnham Point, Buttermilk Falls, Caleb Smith, Preserve, Canandaigua Lake State Marine Park, Canoe-Picnic Point, Captree, Caumsett, Cayuga Lake, Cedar Island, Cedar Point, Chenango Valley, Cherry Plain, Chittenango Falls, Clarence Fahnestock, Clark Reservation, Clay Pit Ponds State Park Preserve, Coles Creek, Conesus Lake Boat Launch, Connetquot River State Park Preserve, Cumberland Bay, Darien Lakes, Dean's Cove Boat Launch, Delta Lake, Devil's Hole, Dewolf Point, Earl W. Brydges Artpark, Eel Weir, Empire-Fulton Ferry, Evangola, Fahnestock Winter Park, Fair Haven Beach, Fillmore Glen, Fort Niagara, Four Mile Creek, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Gilbert Lake, Glimmerglass, Golden Hill, Goosepond Mountain, Governor Alfred E., Smith/Sunken Meadow, Grafton Lakes, Grass Point, Green Lakes, Hamlin Beach, Harriet Hollister Spencer, State Recreation Area, Harriman, Heckscher, Hempstead Lake, High Tor, Highland Lakes, Higley Flow, Hither Hills, Honeoye Lake Boat Launch, Hudson Highlands, Hudson River Islands, Hunt's Pond, Irondequoit Bay State, Marine Park, Jacques Cartier, James Baird, John Boyd Thacher, Jones Beach, Joseph Davis, Keewaydin, Keuka Lake, Kring Point, Lake Erie, Lake Sebago Beach - Harriman, Lake Superior, Lake Taghkanic, Lake Tiorati Beach - Harriman, Lake Welch Beach - Harriman, Lakeside Beach, Letchworth, Lodi Point, Long Point State Park - Finger Lakes, Long Point State Park - Thousand Islands, Long Point State Park on Lake Chautauqua, Macomb Reservation, Margaret Lewis Norrie, Mark Twain, Mary Island, Max V. Shaul, Mine Kill, Minnewaska State Park Preserve, Montauk Downs, Montauk Point, Moreau Lake, Niagara Reservation, Nyack Beach, Oak Orchard State Marine Park, Ogden Mills & Ruth, Livingston Mills, Oquaga Creek, Orient Beach, Peebles Island, Pinnacle, Pixley Falls, Point Au Roche , Reservoir, Riverbank, Robert H. Treman, Robert Moses State Park - Long Island, Robert Moses State Park - Thousand Islands, Roberto Clemente, Rockefeller, Rockland Lake, Sampson, Saratoga Lake State Boat Launch, Saratoga Spa, Sebago Cabin Camp - Harriman, Selkirk Shores, Seneca Lake, Silver Lake, Silver Mine - Harriman, Southwick Beach, Sterling Forest, Stony Brook, Storm King, Taconic State Park - Copake Falls Area, Taconic State Park - Rudd Pond Area, Tallman Mountain, Taughannock Falls, Thompson's Lake, Valley Stream, Verona Beach, Waterson Point, Watkins Glen, Wellesley Island, Westcott Beach, Whetstone Gulf, Whirlpool, Wildwood, Wilson-Tuscarora, Woodlawn Beach

TRAILS:

New York Trails
Huge database of hiking trails covering every state in the union.

Adirondacks Homepage
Paul Smiths, Mooers, Russell, Tupper Lake, Saranac Inn, Lake Placid, Keene, Lowville, Old Forge, Blue Mountain Lake, Newcomb, Schroon Lake, Speculator, Warrensburg, Lake George

Hiking Adirondack Park
Chestertown/Warrensburg, Lake George, Schroon Lake, Newcomb, Speculator, Blue Mountain Lake Area Trails, Keene, Lake Placid, Saranac Lake, Tupper Lake

Hiking the Catskill Trails 

Hudson Valley Hiking 
ANTHONYS NOSE, ISLAND POND, ASHOKAN HIGH POINT, KAATERSKILL FALLS, GERTRUDE'S NOSE, KAATERSKILL HIGH PEAK, GIANT LEDGE, EASTERN IRON MINES, HUCKLEBERRY POINT, THE TIMP

OTHER INFO:

New York Campgrounds

New York Lakes

New York Beaches

Whitewater in New York

AMC NY-NoJ: Backpacking Page
Appalachian Mountain Club, New York-North Jersey Chapter. Backpacking Committee Page

Backpacking in New York State

Backpacking in the Catskills
Pictures taken from overlooks in the Catskills, along with some trail descriptions. Links to related sites.

Go Take a Hike
Photography and trail recommendations for Saguenay and Charlevoix in Quebec, the Adirondack mountains of New York, New Hampshire's White Mountain National Forest, Vermont's Green Mountains, and the Southwest US.

Grand Island Snowmobile Club
Grand Island Snowmobile Club home page

Hamburg Snowmobile Club 
Hamburg Village, New York

I LOVE NY - TOURISM IN NEW YORK STATE 
In New York State, choose from more than 500 public and privately-owned campgrounds. Some are deep in the wilderness, accessible only by boat or on foot. Others hug the shores of the state's many lakes, rivers or the Atlantic Ocean..

New York Chapter, Adirondack Mountain Club, ADK
(NY) The chapter maintains a rustic camp in Harriman State Park, Nawakwa, allowing for a variety of walks, hikes, swimming, canoeing, fishing, snowshoeing and cross-country skiing. Membership has special requirements, including sponsorship and completion of specified activities.

New York State Snowmobile Association
NYSSA seeks to preserve and improve snowmobiling in New York State. NYSSA works toward improving trails, facilities and services for participants, and defends snowmobilers against discriminatory legislation.

Rip Van Winkle Hikers
Sponsors hikes cross country skiing and snowshoeing in the Catskills, Berkshires, Taconics, and Hudson Valley.

Snowmobiling in New York State 
Very good text only info resources for snowmobiling in New York State

Snowmobiling in New York, Adirondack Mountains, Inlet, Long Lake, Tupper Lake, lake George
New York offers some of the best snowmobiling available anywhere.Miles and miles of snowmobile trails await you.