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Hi, my friends and I are looking to go camping. But we would like to sort of backpack into the woods and find a remote area by a water source and make a fire and camp out for the weekend. We don't really wanna go to one of those campsites that have benches and running water etc. Are there any cool places in NJ, PA, NY, or anywhere around there that allow that?
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Harriman State Park is great. its right off the palisades Pkwy and Seven Lakes Drive. All the camping is remote. Then of course there is the famed Catskills and Adirondacks in NY. Dont overlook the Appalachian trail its all remote camping.
Then you have the Allegheny Mtns and Delaware Water Gap in Pa. NJ has the Pine Barrens
Click on the map for different hikes (all hikes are remote):
http://www.backpacker.com/
Harriman State Park is great. its right off the palisades Pkwy and Seven Lakes Drive. All the camping is remote. Then of course there is the famed Catskills and Adirondacks in NY. Dont overlook the Appalachian trail its all remote camping.
Then you have the Allegheny Mtns and Delaware Water Gap in Pa. NJ has the Pine Barrens
Click on the map for different hikes (all hikes are remote):
http://www.backpacker.com/
Are there any free camping sites or nearly free camping sites in Northern,NJ or North Eastern, PA?
tpsurvey19
Preferably near a river or large lake.
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I can't say for certain what is available in North Jersey, but my guess is no. You might get lucky with a trail camp along the Appalachian Trail, but aside from that almost everything I know of is a fee site.
As for Eastern PA. Pretty much the same deal as NJ. Private campgrounds all charge a fee. All of the campgrounds along the Delaware River in PA, NY, and NJ all charge (Kittatiny, Landers, etc.) Camping is not free in the Delaware Water Gap NRA, and all of the Pocono State parks charge a nominal fee for camping. Camping is not allowed on state game lands, and free camping may be available by permit in certain PA state forests. You'd have to check by state forest.
http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/forestry Free camping is usually only available to backpackers along the Appalachian Trail or some of the smaller hiking trail loops. Look on the KTA website for info on free backpacking campsites. http://www.kta-hike.org/
The largest lakes in Eastern PA are all either surrounded by private land (like Lake Wallenpaupack and Harvey's Lake) or are on state park lands (like Hickory Run or Beltzville.)
I can't say for certain what is available in North Jersey, but my guess is no. You might get lucky with a trail camp along the Appalachian Trail, but aside from that almost everything I know of is a fee site.
As for Eastern PA. Pretty much the same deal as NJ. Private campgrounds all charge a fee. All of the campgrounds along the Delaware River in PA, NY, and NJ all charge (Kittatiny, Landers, etc.) Camping is not free in the Delaware Water Gap NRA, and all of the Pocono State parks charge a nominal fee for camping. Camping is not allowed on state game lands, and free camping may be available by permit in certain PA state forests. You'd have to check by state forest.
http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/forestry Free camping is usually only available to backpackers along the Appalachian Trail or some of the smaller hiking trail loops. Look on the KTA website for info on free backpacking campsites. http://www.kta-hike.org/
The largest lakes in Eastern PA are all either surrounded by private land (like Lake Wallenpaupack and Harvey's Lake) or are on state park lands (like Hickory Run or Beltzville.)
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