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Buck Pond Campground
Buck Pond Campground (DEC)
Onchiota, NY (Adirondack Park)
Location: ///slippers.blotches.jumper
Status: CLOSED but opens in 143 days on Fri May 16
Season 2025 Dates: Fri May 16 to Sun Aug 31, 2025
9 Month Booking Window: Tue Sep 23, 2025
Campground Overview
Buck Pond compares to a mountain retreat; it offers secluded sites, numerous water access, a guarded bathing beach, and a walking path that stretches for miles along an abandoned railroad bed. The campground offers a variety of recreational opportunities, including canoeing and boating, fishing, hiking, and bicycling.
Buck Pond has 114 campsites, 112 are reservable, 21 of which are directly on the water. There are NO electric sites.
Buck Pond is about 30 minutes north of the town of Saranac Lake in the northern Adirondacks.
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Status: CLOSED but opens in 143 days on Fri May 16
Season 2025 Dates: Fri May 16 to Sun Aug 31, 2025
9 Month Booking Window: Tue Sep 23, 2025
Campground Phone: (518) 891-3449
Region: Adirondack Park
Weekend Occupancy: Medium
Minimum Nights Reservation: 1 night
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Reservations (Reserve America)
Fees
| Base Fee | $20 |
| 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 on Buck Pond. A regular boat launch is available across the road on Lake Kushaqua. |
| Boat Mooring | none |
| Cell Coverage | Verizon: No service. Might pick up 2G on the beach. AT&T: No service. |
Campground Summary
| Lakeside Rating | 3 out of 5 lakeside stars. Offers a fine lakeside camping experience with sites close, or directly by the water. 21 campsites are directly by the water although only about half have a view or easy water access from the site pads. Campground is adjacent to a smaller pond and a medium sized lake for enjoying water activities including swimming, paddling, boating and fishing. |
| Total Campsites | 115 |
| Reservable Sites | 114 |
| Non Reservable Sites | 1 |
| Lakeside Sites | 19 |
| Lakeside 20ft | 12 |
| Lakeside 30ft | 7 |
Site Details
| 20ft Trailer Sites | 76 |
| 30ft Trailer Sites | 25 |
| 40ft Trailer Sites | 1 |
| Tent Sites | 13 |
| Pull thru sites | none |
| Hookups | no hookups, dry camping only |
| Site Pads | mostly level, a few have grade going up onto pad |
| Ground Cover | mainly sand and small gravel |
| Tree Cover | Very wooded with a mix of deciduous and coniferous trees. Very shady. |
| Road Access | Older pavement but in decent condition. Some roads are narrow. Fair easy back-in access to sites. |
| Pets Allowed | domestic pets |
Featured Activities
| Water | Watersites are located on both Buck Pond and Lake Kushaqua. Buck Pond is a smaller fairly round pond where motor boats are prohibited. It is .6 miles long by .4 miles wide with a surface area of only 128 acres. Lake Kushaqua is a 2 miles long by .65 miles at its widest. It has mainly narrow areas as well as a few islands and a complex interesting shoreline and a surface area of 377 acres. It is forever wild except at the north end which has mainly camps lining the shoreline. |
| Beach | A smaller sandy beach with a 90ft shoreline however the beach itself extends back a full 125ft from the water making it perfect for sunbathers. |
| Paddling | Excellent paddling on Lake Kushaqua and onwards into Rainbow Lake. Choose Buck Pond for a smaller paddle. |
| Boating | A full range of water activities would be suitable on Lake Kushaqua, although the north end being much more open would be more suited to watersports. Lake Kushaqua also connects to Rainbow Lake via a boat friendly culvert. Rainbow Lake is 4 miles long and quite narrow (max 1/3 mile in width). Clear Pond is also accessible from Rainbow Lake. |
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