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Willow Hill Farm and Mountains

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· Keeseville, Essex, New York

375 acres hosted by Tara E.

2 lodging sites · 20 RV/tent sites

Off-leash friendly

Pets can be off-leash at this Hipcamp.

Creature comforts

Enjoy the comforts of home—including flush toilets, showers, and a kitchen.

Willow Hill Farm is a family-run working horse farm. We train , teach, board horses, and run a day camp. We had a resident camp for 40 years. We have mountains in our backyard and the Au Sable River with world class fishing bordering our meadow for a half mile. We are 45 minutes from Lake Placid and 30 minutes from Plattsburgh. Montreal and Burlington, VT are a 1.5 hour drive. Lake Champlain is 15 minutes away. Hiking, boating, and swimming are all close, and riding lessons are available on the farm. Most hip camp sites are where resident campers stayed. There are two sleeping cabins with many bunks. Each has two small rooms where a counselor slept and one large room. There are screened windows with shutters on all sides and screen doors without locks on each end. There are electrical outlets and over head lights in the cabins. We have plans to improve the cabins. Past the cabins is the Green with 4 loose stone firepits. Across from the cabins is the shower house with four hot showers, sink, and toilets. Showers and toilets have closed stalls. Currently, the water system is above ground and will not work in freezing temps. We are installing an outhouse for year round use. All water is from our excellent well. On each side of the former(closed) dining are spots. There are electrical outlets on the outside of the dining hall. People with campers may like to park in the riding arena near the barnyard. There are outlets, but no toilets. Good water is available from the barns. Lovely views of sky and mountains! We also have a beautiful 50 acre field with an outlet, but no well. We will be putting an outhouse there. Excellent sky viewing here. This is where we jump and train our horses. is

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263 ratings · 113 reviews

Kenji S.recommends

April 11, 2024

Site 8 - Willow Hill Farm and Mountains Camp

Very enjoyable camping experience

We camped on the edge of the horse-field at Tara's Willow Hill Farm, originally we were assigned Site 8 but instead because of the coming eclipse totality Tara (Host) invited us to stay at the edge of the field near Gate 2 which had a full 360-degree view of the sky and surrounding mountains, perfect for night-time stargazing and of course viewing the eclipse (which was amazing).. The field was right near the road (but not too near), and there was a gate which we could close for additional privacy. Across the road from the field is the Ausable River, which provided a perfect hiking and bird-watching opportunity for our two girls, also from Gate 2 I could hear the gentle sounds of the river all day and all night, perfect! Check-in was flawless, I called Tara when I was a few miles away from reaching the site, and she pointed us to the option to camp along the field and where we could access drinking water (near the center barn) and portable-potty (we used one conveniently near the field). Forgot to mention, but cell phones had 100% coverage and 4-5 bars covering most of the area, with no degradation of call/text/e-mail services. I believe there was enough throughput for viewing videos and other data-heavy activities, but I didn't try it and with the eclipse going on there were more users than usual, I do know that the girls iPads gave them access to all of whatever they were trying to look at most of the day and evening! Perfect for us!

Ethan S.recommends

March 9, 2024

Site 20 - Willow Hill Farm and Mountains Camp

Awesome host and a great place for the price! Will stay again!

Catherine H.recommends

November 18, 2023

Site 7 - Willow Hill Farm and Mountains Camp

We enjoyed our stay at Willow Hill Farm. Tara was super friendly, and the site was perfect for our needs. Our only regret was not getting to the site sooner in the day so that we could tour the farm and pet some animals. Would highly recommend!

Daniel L.recommends

October 27, 2023

Site 20 - Willow Hill Farm and Mountains Camp

The camp site was easy to get to and nestled in a meadow in the woods. I only stay a night but there was a lot of interesting both in nature and towns to see and do.

David C.recommends

October 13, 2023

Site 8 - Willow Hill Farm and Mountains Camp

Quiet get-away

Great place to go and relax away from society. Very peaceful and quiet. Showers were fantastic . Definitely will be staying here again! Many thanks to the landowners

Martin S.recommends

October 3, 2023

Site 1 - Willow Hill Farm and Mountains Camp

Beautiful fall week-end

Nice camping experience. We were camped close to the dining hall, on a small meadows, close to a 15 amp power outlet. Quiet place. Hot showers and flush toilet available and working fine. 20 min. from Plattsburgh. Great thank to Tara.

Location

Keeseville, Essex, New York, United StatesTraditional, ancestral territory of Kanienʼkehá꞉ka (Mohawk) and Ho-de-no-sau-nee-ga (Haudenosaunee) First Nations according to To respect the Host's privacy, the precise address of this land will be provided after booking

Hosted by Tara E.Joined in October 2017

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