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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
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