Campsites directly on Lake Ontario in Canada or NY

Aadkins101 wrote:
Check out Association Island KOA in Henderson, NY

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Check out Association Island KOA in Henderson, NY

WNYBob wrote:
Beaches are going to be hard to find in NY, as the Joint Commission has decided to let the lake rise to record heights. This has washed away or flooded the shore line, beaches and homes!

I was recently in the Rochester area and saw first hand how bad the flooding is. People are evacuating their homes, docks 2 feet under water, people piled sandbags to help and they're a foot or more under water, beaches gone due to massive erosion, break walls you used to be able to walk out on are under water. It's a mess and a huge problem.

Beaches are going to be hard to find in NY, as the Joint Commission has decided to let the lake rise to record heights. This has washed away or flooded the shore line, beaches and homes!

camp-n-family wrote:
The two nicest provincial parks on the Canadian side of Lake Ontario are Sandbanks and Presquile. Both can be tough to get into during summer months and usually need to be reserved 5 months in advance. See here for the park reservation site and more info.

There’s a vast difference between trying to snag a site on a weekend or on week days.

If the OP is doing a run to the east coast making a mid-week stop shouldn’t be an issue at all. I just picked a handful of dates during the summer and gots of availability on each one.

The two nicest provincial parks on the Canadian side of Lake Ontario are Sandbanks and Presquile. Both can be tough to get into during summer months and usually need to be reserved 5 months in advance. See here for the park reservation site and more info.

For the New York state campgrounds, a great resource is the CampADK campsite photo database. There are a number that are on or very close to Lake Ontario, and some more along the St. Lawrence seaway.