Potomac Group Campground in NY -- Campground & RV Camping

Potomac Group Campground sits in New York's Finger Lakes National Forest between Cayuga and Seneca Lakes. Designed for group primitive tent camping for 8 to 40 people, the facility requires carrying gear roughly 500 feet from the 10-vehicle parking lot. The grounds feature group campsites and a picnic shelter equipped with picnic tables, a campfire circle, grills, and nearby vault toilets. Drinking water, electricity, and trash collection are not available on-site. The 5-mile Potomac Trail connects directly to the campground, leading past local ponds and forest tracks.

Getting there: From the south, take State Route 14 north to Watkins Glen. Turn right at the Fourth Street intersection, onto State Route 414. Continue about 9 miles north, past the Hector Ranger Station, and turn right on County Route 2. Drive 5 miles to the intersection, turn left on Potomac Road and continue to the campground. From the north, take State Route 414 south to Hector. Turn left onto County Route 2 and continue about 5 miles east to an intersection. Turn left onto Potomac Road and continue to the campground.

• Moderately separated here.
• Sits on broad, near-level ground.
• The Potomac Ponds shoreline is 0.3 mi off.
• Open country, with nothing named rising within 30 miles.
• A group campground, with most of them shaded.

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