Quiet, friendly, private and cool.
Mike’s land is beautiful. His sites are quiet, private, and well-organized with hand-built fire circles, handmade benches, picnic tables, grill, firewood stand. He was building a meditation garden while we were there. There are amazing trees on the property. Mike was helpful and kind and gave us good local recommendations. He has firewood by donation and wheelbarrows to cart your stuff in. Hot shower and real bathroom, an outdoor sick and kitchen if you need it.
Each site we saw had multiple tent areas all nicely away from each other. There were only two of us, but we usually camp in small groups, so this was good to see. I suspect we’ll come back with others.
The weather was very hot and humid, but our campsite was 10-15 degrees cooler due to the lovely tree canopy.
Swimming holes, rivers, lakes, parks, and hikes near by. A cute town, Livingston Manor, with a great old fashioned local supermarket, as well as restaurants and shops. Design shops, bookstores, kid’s shop with art & craft supplies, art galleries, retro used shops — good browsing to be had. Two breweries nearby. Some of the town might be called a bit “hickster”-ish, but that is to be expected in the Catskills. (One shop had a baseball hat with that word on it. lol.) There’s something for everyone to like here.