Statue of liberty

Liberty Harbor RV Park, not really a park. A wharf with RV hookups, but location, location, location............................

Funny you should mention this? I watched a YouTube video a few days ago. According to the video, the Statue of Liberty has moved to a different spot than where it use to be. (yes... really ... according to him).

In the same video, the originator was (I'm sure, completely confusing Liberty Island with Ellis Island). Anyway, just in case it did actually move, good luck finding it and .... even more good luck finding a campsite thats close to it (wherever "it" is located now). Maybe the campground moved too? :S

Liberty Harbor RV Park is the only place to go with your RV anywhere near the city. Just a parking lot with hookups, but it is very convenient. Very close to public transport into NYC or anywhere else in the area. Around $100/night for W/E, no sewer or cable (but over the air TV is good, as well as cell phone reception). There is a dump station there. Very tight spots, crowded, can be noisy, but it is right across the river from NYC! Don't know what kind of rig you have, but driving anywhere in that area is not for the timid! Heavy traffic, often high speed highways, and during morning or evening rush hours it can be just brutal.

It did move, years ago that island was in NJ, now they say it's in NY.

NY claims it even though it's on the Jersey side of the river.

Just like Giants Stadium. ;)

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Liberty Harbor RV Park is the only place to go with your RV anywhere near the city. Just a parking lot with hookups, but it is very convenient. Very close to public transport into NYC or anywhere else in the area.

Floyd Bennett Field, part of Gateway National Recreation Area, is not just close to the city but actually in Brooklyn, and offers dry camping (and a dump station) for RVs as well as some pretty nice looking tent sites. There is a bus that runs to the entrance to the park, though not to the campground area specifically. Getting there with an RV is a bit of an adventure, and it would certainly not be as convenient as Liberty Harbor for seeing the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island specifically. For seeing New York City more generally, though, it can be a valid option for some people, such as yours truly.

You don't go to NYC for the wild open spaces. Liberty Harbor does the trick nicely. We stayed for a couple weeks in our boat and very convenient to the statue along with the rest of the city. The RV sites were perfectly acceptable for the purpose.

I would look at Croton-on-Hudson. Nice county park, full hookups, walking distance to train that goes right to the city. It is located in westchester county, just outside of the city.
Park name is croton point campground.

Funny! I’m at Liberty Harbor right now! Yes it’s a trick to get to! Yes they are tight sites! Yes it is pricey! But seeing the sky line and Lady Liberty from my site are priceless! I highly recommend it. Nice bar within a very short walk. And the train to NYC is a 5 block walk. The Ferry to lower Manhattan is right from the campground. And a short walk to the ferry that takes you Liberty State Park. A perfect place to stay this close to NYC.

Here are some excellent posts on Liberty Harbor RV with lots of photos and directions on how to get there along with siteseeing. They had a 40' motorhome.

https://wheelingit.us/?s=liberty+harbor