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Availability and prices for Sun, Oct 11 – Mon, Oct 12, checked live Oct 7. Those dates have passed, so treat it as a snapshot.

11 places

Rainbow Falls and Rainbow Bridge on the Gorge Trail

Gorge Trail passing behind Rainbow Falls

Stone path winding through the mossy gorge

Turquoise pools in the gorge with fallen autumn leaves

Swirling plunge pool carved in the Glen of Pools

Top pick #1

Watkins Glen State Park

Watkins Glen · Finger Lakes · 2 hr 35 min

2 cabins · 49 tent sites

From $24 / night

Fall foliage reflected in Round Lake at Green Lakes State Park

Wooded shoreline mirrored in Round Lake at Green Lakes State Park

Turquoise shallows of Green Lake framed by cedars

Clear green water off Deadman's Point on Green Lake

Swimmers at the sandy beach on Green Lake on a summer day

Top pick #2

Green Lakes State Park

Fayetteville · Central New York · 45 min

1 cabin · 21 tent sites

From $24 / night

Keuka Lake and vineyard hills from Keuka Lake State Park

Bluff Point rising between the two branches of Keuka Lake

Sunset over a wooden dock on Keuka Lake

Red barn above Keuka Lake in the fall

Clear blue Keuka Lake from the state park shore

Top pick #3

Keuka Lake State Park

Bluff Point · Finger Lakes · 2 hr 20 min

61 tent sites

From $24 / night

Canada geese on Oneida Lake at Verona Beach State Park in October

Looking southward along the shore of Oneida Lake near the mouth of Fish Creek at Sunset Park in Sylvan Beach, New York, May 2021.

Looking northward along the shore of Oneida Lake at Sunset Park in Sylvan Beach, New York, May 2021.

Park benches and picnic tables afford visitors to Sunset Park in Sylvan Beach, New York pleasant vistas over Oneida Lake.

The breakwall at Sylvan Beach, New York delineates the entrance of the Erie Canal into Oneida Lake (left) from the lake proper (right).

Closest

Verona Beach State Park

Verona Beach · Central New York · 17 min

11 tent sites

From $31 / night

Stone Selkirk Lighthouse at the mouth of the Salmon River (nearby Selkirk Lighthouse, Port Ontario)

Anglers wading the lower Salmon River in October (nearby Salmon River, Port Ontario)

Dunes and beach grass along the Lake Ontario shore (nearby Sandy Pond Beach)

Selkirk Lighthouse with its red lantern room (nearby Selkirk Lighthouse, Port Ontario)

Selkirk Lighthouse beside the harbor road (nearby Selkirk Lighthouse, Port Ontario)

Open next weekend

Selkirk Shores State Park

Pulaski · Lake Ontario · 1 hr 20 min

15 tent sites

From $28 / night

Otsego Lake stretching south between wooded hills

Hyde Hall Covered Bridge over Shadow Brook in early autumn

Pink sunrise over Otsego Lake (nearby Cooperstown)

Hyde Hall mansion and its lawn in Glimmerglass State Park

Weathered Hyde Hall Covered Bridge spanning Shadow Brook

Cheapest site

Glimmerglass State Park

Cooperstown · Leatherstocking · 1 hr 30 min

10 tent sites

From $18 / night

Fall color on the hills around Seventh Lake (nearby Fulton Chain of Lakes)

View over Fourth Lake from Rocky Mountain (nearby Fulton Chain of Lakes)

Boat launch at Eighth Lake Campground in autumn (nearby Fulton Chain of Lakes)

Calm lake with a dock and evergreens (nearby Old Forge)

Sunset over Fourth Lake (nearby Fulton Chain of Lakes)

Last night of the season

Nicks Lake Campground

Old Forge · Adirondacks · 1 hr 40 min

8 tent sites

From $22 / night

Dusk over Seneca Lake from Sampson State Park

Orange sunrise over Seneca Lake

Seneca Lake shoreline under a blue sky (nearby Dresden, Seneca Lake)

Sailboats at the marina with fall hills behind (nearby Watkins Glen, Seneca Lake)

Small boat dock on clear, calm Seneca Lake

2-night min on cottages

Sampson State Park

Romulus · Finger Lakes · 2 hr

1 cottage · 29 tent sites

From $28 / night

Buttermilk Falls cascading into its pool in autumn (nearby Buttermilk Falls State Park)

Buttermilk Falls seen through yellow fall leaves (nearby Buttermilk Falls State Park)

Small waterfall along the Buttermilk Creek gorge trail (nearby Buttermilk Falls State Park)

Water spilling over a shale ledge in the gorge (nearby Buttermilk Falls State Park)

Buttermilk Falls in spring (nearby Buttermilk Falls State Park)

Glamping

Firelight Camps

Ithaca · Finger Lakes · 2 hr 5 min

Glamping tent: check

Lucifer Falls in morning light with autumn color

Lower Falls and the swimming hole at Robert H. Treman State Park

Sunlit waterfall in Enfield Glen

Cascades above a green pool in Enfield Gorge

Enfield Creek tumbling over rock ledges

No cabins

Robert H. Treman State Park

Ithaca · Finger Lakes · 2 hr 15 min

7 tent sites

From $24 / night

Geese on the grassy shore of Moreau Lake in summer

Golden evening light on the pines at Moreau Lake in winter

Late-fall color in Saratoga Spa State Park

Cascade under a stone arch in Saratoga Spa State Park in autumn

Autumn trees along a Saratoga Spa State Park trail

Open next weekend

Moreau Lake State Park

Gansevoort · Capital Region · 2 hr 40 min

18 tent sites

From $24 / night