Camping at Rogers Rock in New York

Convenient to Interstate 87 (known locally as the Northway), Rogers Rock Campground sits on the north shore of immensely popular Lake George, at the eastern edge of New York's Adirondack Mountains. Rogers Rock itself, a steeply sloping face rising 700 feet from the water, is named for colonial soldier Richard Rogers, commander of Rogers' Rangers during the French and Indian War, and popularly remembered in Kenneth Roberts' novel "Northwest Passage" and in a film of the same title.

Camping

• Rogers Rock is a large facility of 332 campsites, including 11 on the Waltonian Islands, reachable only by boat. Additionally, the park has two group campgrounds that accommodate between 35 and 60 people. Although no electrical hookups for RVs are available, many other amenities are on hand, including picnic tables and fireplaces, hot showers, a trailer dumping station, a picnic pavilion and a sand beach for use through Labor Day when a lifeguard is on duty. Firewood restrictions apply.

Boating and Fishing

• Lake George is beautiful, busy and popular. Boats large and small ply its waters. Rogers Rock offers a boat launch and offshore mooring buoys. Bring your fishing tackle to go after any of pike, perch, bullhead, lake trout and brown trout, or smallmouth and largemouth bass. A fishing license (not available at the campground) is required. If you'd prefer to stay on dry land, there are many hiking trails nearby.