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Ausable Point Campground
Ausable Point Campground (DEC)
Peru, NY (Adirondack Park)
Location: ///puppy.deeply.instruments
Status: CLOSED but opens in 145 days on Fri May 16
Season 2025 Dates: Fri May 16 to Sun Oct 12, 2025
9 Month Booking Window: Sun Sep 21, 2025
Campground Overview
Ausable Point Campground protrudes from Route 9 into Lake Champlain and offers a shoreline comprised of natural sand and a gentle slope from many campsites. It borders a wildlife management area that offers a hiking trail, as well as water access for canoeists and sea kayakers to explore. With the city of Plattsburgh a short drive from this campground there is virtually no limit for entertainment opportunities.
Ausable Point has 123 campsites, 115 are reservable, 40 of which are directly by the water. There are no electric sites.
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Status: CLOSED but opens in 145 days on Fri May 16
Season 2025 Dates: Fri May 16 to Sun Oct 12, 2025
9 Month Booking Window: Sun Sep 21, 2025
Campground Phone: (518) 561-7080
Region: Adirondack Park
Weekend Occupancy: High
Minimum Nights Reservation: 2 nights
View 2,849 Campsite Photos of Ausable Point
Reservations (Reserve America)
Fees
| Base Fee | $22 |
| Out of State Surcharge | $5 |
Facilities
| Showers | hot shower building |
| Washrooms | flush toilets |
| Dump Station | yes |
| Recycling Station | yes |
| Boat Launch | Car top boat launch only. A regular boat launch is available at Peru Docks, 3 miles outside campground. |
| Boat Mooring | none |
| Cell Coverage | Verizon: Good service. AT&T: Excellent LTE service along the waterfront. |
Campground Summary
| Lakeside Rating | 4 out of 5 lakeside stars. Offers a fine lakeside camping experience with sites close, or directly by the water. 40 campsites are directly by the water, many others have views. Located directly by a large body of water for enjoying water activities including swimming, paddling, boating and fishing. |
| Total Campsites | 123 |
| Reservable Sites | 123 |
| Lakeside Sites | 39 |
| Lakeside 20ft | 2 |
| Lakeside 30ft | 3 |
| Lakeside 40ft | 34 |
Site Details
| 20ft Trailer Sites | 3 |
| 30ft Trailer Sites | 13 |
| 40ft Trailer Sites | 106 |
| Tent Sites | 1 |
| Pull thru sites | none |
| Hookups | no hookups, dry camping only |
| Site Pads | level |
| Ground Cover | mainly sand or mix of sand and grass |
| Tree Cover | Very wooded with a mix of deciduous and coniferous trees. Mostly shady except around the beach where sites are more partially shaded. |
| Road Access | Wide nicely paved roads. Fairly easy back-in access into sites. |
| Pets Allowed | domestic pets |
Featured Activities
| Water | Situated on Lake Champlain and the mouth of the Ausable River. |
| Beach | Long extensive beach behind campsites as well as the main beach. .8 miles total beach shoreline. There is also a windsurfing beach area. behind the campsites. |
| Paddling | Open water paddling on Lake Champlain or along the smaller Ausable River accessible right from many of the campsites. |
| Boating | Big water boating on Lake Champlain. |
Ausable Point photos were taken in the spring on May 20, 2015. As such consider that the leaves on the trees are not fully out. If you are camping at Ausable Point in the summer, you can assume that there will be more shade and site privacy on sites that have deciduous trees.
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