🗿Stone Ruins @ New Paltz

The Wallkill Valley Rail Trail is a 5 minute bike ride away. It takes less than 20 minutes to bike to the Main streets in both New Paltz and Gardiner for food and shopping. Bring your own bikes, or rent bikes from bike shops in either New Paltz or Gardiner.

There is public fishing access to the Wallkill river less than a 5 minute walk away. Fishing may require a permit, and the site may sometimes be overgrown and require some machete action to get to the river bank, depending on time of year.

Take a short stroll in the woods and dirt lane behind the site. Drive into New Paltz for some light trail walking. Drive up towards Minnewaska or Mohonk Mountain house for more serious excursions.

Deer walk the grounds daily. Barred owls are frequently heard at night. Foxes, wild turkeys, woodpeckers have all been spotted. Keep an eye out for monarch butterflies. And in mid-summer, fireflies light up the meadow and trees like stars in the sky.

The meadow is surrounded by maple, hickory, and oak trees so expect an artistic palette of fall colors. Drive into the Shawagunk ridge for more leaf peeping. There's plenty of wineries and apple orchards nearby. Enjoy watching the stars under a clear night sky.

The back side of the site has about 2 acres of forest which you're welcome to stroll through. There is a trail leading back to the dirt lane.

Trees provide a screen from the road and most neighbors, which are about 200 feet from the tent site. The neighbors are quiet; we ask that you are as well.