Campgrounds and RV parks near Chelsea Cove, NY

Chelsea Cove is a small community in the town of Beekman in southern Dutchess County, New York, sitting on the north side of Sylvan Lake in the Hudson Valley. The location puts RV travelers within easy reach of the Taconic State Parkway, Interstate 84, and Route 9, which together open up the Hudson Valley from the Highlands north to Rhinebeck and east into western Connecticut. Campground options fall into two groups. Sylvan Lake Beach Park Inc sits on the same lake as the community and offers RV and tent sites on a wooded, private-beach property. Interlake RV Park & Campground provides another private option nearby. State-park campgrounds within an easy drive add public-land alternatives. Pelton Pond at Clarence Fahnestock State Park is a wooded campground in the Hudson Highlands, though the campground is currently closed to facilitate construction of a new bathhouse. Margaret Lewis Norrie State Park in Staatsburg offers tent sites, electric sites, platform sites, and cabins on bluffs above the Hudson River. Macedonia Brook State Park in Kent, Connecticut, offers 51 rustic wooded and brook-side sites in a 2,300-acre park just across the state line.

New York state park campgrounds, including Pelton Pond at Clarence Fahnestock and the campground at Margaret Lewis Norrie, are booked through ReserveAmerica online or by calling 1-800-456-2267, with same-day reservations allowed until 3 p.m. on day of arrival. Reservations can be made up to 9 months in advance. Macedonia Brook State Park in Connecticut uses the state ReserveAmerica portal as well. Camping reservations are accepted 11 months in advance, must be made at least 48 hours prior to arrival with a two-night minimum, and no walk-ins are allowed. Pets and alcohol are prohibited at this campground. Sylvan Lake Beach Park Inc and Interlake RV Park & Campground are booked directly with the operators by phone or through their websites. Reserve holiday weekends well in advance.