NY DEC Handicapped Fishing Access:




Opening the Outdoors to People with Disabilities

New York campgrounds, educational centers and other facilities offer many recreational opportunities for people with disabilities, including camping, picnicking, fishing and nature viewing.
DEC's regional offices and education centers have been renovated to facilitate wheelchair travel from parking lots into buildings. Parking lots and walkways are paved, and ramps and wider doorways help accommodate wheelchair traffic. In addition, DEC has remodeled restrooms for use by people with disabilities. Toilets, sinks, mirrors, water fountains, towel and soap dispensers, and grab bars are installed at wheelchair level.
DEC strongly recommends that prospective visitors call the area for further information before making the trip. All access points are marked by signs.
Access Features

Picnic pads: 20' x 20' hard surface areas, usually concrete, with picnic tables, barbecue grills and water spigots at wheelchair level.
Camping pads: 20' x 20' hard surface areas, usually macadam, with all picnic accessories - some pads have dirt centers for easier tent staking.
Fishing areas: accessible platforms or piers with safety rails.
Nature viewing: wood or hard surface walkways, ramps and observation platforms, all equipped with safety rails.
Showers: lowered shower heads and controls, fold-down seats, hand-held showers and grab bars.
Water access: wood or hard surface walkways to water's edge.
Linked counties have recreational areas with access features for people with disabilities

Delaware County
  • Little Pond Campground (914) 439-5480
    Off Rte. 17, 14 miles northwest of Livingston Manor
    day use, camping, picnic pads, grills, picnic tables, camping pads, showers, fishing access, water access, rest rooms, nature walk, pavilion
  • Bear Spring Mountain Campground (607) 865-6989
    Off Rte. 206, 5 miles southeast of Walton
    day use, camping, picnic pads, grills, picnic tables, camping pads, fishing access, rest rooms, pavilion
Dutchess County



Stony Kill Farm Environmental Education Center (845) 831-8780
Rte. 9D, 2 miles north of Interstate 84
day use, picnic tables, fishing access, rest rooms

Lewis County

LimeQuarry Accessible Fishing Pier - no telephone

Lime Quarry Road, Town of Diana


accessible fishing pier


Otsego County
  • Basswood Pond - no telephone
    Off Rte. 80, 1 mile north of Burlington
    day use, picnic pads, grills, picnic tables, fishing access, rest rooms
Putnam County
  • White Pond Multiple Use Area - no telephone
    Off Rte. 42, NW of Lake Carmel
    fishing access
St. Lawrence County

Cranberry Lake Campground (315) 848-2315
Off Rte. 3, 1.5 miles south of Cranberry Lake Village
day use, camping, picnic pads, grills, picnic tables, camping pads, showers, fishing access, rest rooms, pavilion

Suffolk County

Ponquoque Fishing Pier (631) 444-0439
Lighthouse Road, Hampton Bay
fishing access


Sullivan County



  • Mongaup Pond Campground (914) 493-4233
    Off Rte. 17, 3 miles north of DeBruce
    showers, fishing access, rest rooms, pavilion