Campgrounds and RV parks near Hillside Lake, NY

Hillside Lake sits in southern Dutchess County, New York, roughly an hour north of New York City in the Hudson Valley. The area gives RV renters access to a mix of private lake campgrounds and Hudson River state park campgrounds, most within a short drive of the Taconic State Parkway. The closest option is Sylvan Lake Beach Park Inc, a Hopewell Junction campground set on wooded acres along a private beach on Sylvan Lake, with full hookup RV sites and rustic tent sites. To the west, Clarence Fahnestock State Park covers more than 14,000 acres of forest in the Hudson Highlands of Putnam and Dutchess counties, with Pelton Pond as its main campground area. To the north along the Hudson, Margaret Lewis Norrie State Park sits in Staatsburg and adjoins Ogden Mills and Ruth Livingston Mills Memorial State Park; together the two parks total more than 1,000 acres along the river. Interlake RV Park & Campground and the New York City North / Newburgh KOA Holiday round out the nearby options, giving renters both state park sites and full-hookup private parks within reach.

New York state park campgrounds, including Margaret Lewis Norrie and the Fahnestock Group Wilderness Campground, use the ReserveAmerica system. Camping reservations can be made up to nine months in advance, and same-day reservations are allowed until 3 p.m. on the day of arrival for campsites only. Reservations can be made online or through the ReserveAmerica call center at 1-800-456-2267, and walk-ins are permitted on campsites only. Private parks like Sylvan Lake Beach Park Inc, Interlake RV Park & Campground, and the New York City North / Newburgh KOA Holiday book directly through their own websites or phone lines. Full-hookup sites at the private parks tend to sell out earliest for July and August weekends, so book those months as soon as calendars open.