Backbone Horse Campground in NY -- Campground & RV Camping
Backbone Horse Campground in NY
CampgroundUSFS
7.9 mi from Watkins Glen
Maps 1,659 ft
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VerizonWEAK
AT&TNONE
T-MobileNONE
StarlinkGOOD
Road Access
Easy
- Road difficulty 1 of 5: an easy drive in.
- Recorded as maintained for passenger cars, gravel, pitching to 10%.
Campground details
1 site
Setting
Limited privacy
Backbone Horse Campground is a small, semi-primitive facility designed for campers and picnickers traveling with horses.
- Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, a single-site campground with the nearest through road 0.1 miles off.
- Sits on broad, near-level ground.
- Open country, with nothing named rising within 30 miles.
Climate averages
October normals 40–58°F, 3.7″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.
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Starlink Radar
Open sky · Terrain & buildings · Tree canopy
Estimated horizon in eight compass directions, using 10 m USGS elevation. Sky clearance 57 of 100.
Tree cover63%30m sat. est.