Allegany State Park News
Summer 2016
Page 7
Stay in the Park
Cottage on Fancher Trail
Camp Site on Red House Loop C
Camp site on Cain Hollow
Cabin on Kaiser Trail
Group Camp 5
Group Camp 12
Allegany State Park offers hundreds of options to best fit your stay inside the park. Numerous camp sites for tents or campers can be found in the Red House Campgrounds on ASP 1, at Cain Hollow, behind Quaker Lake, and on the Diehl Trail on Quaker. Choose from a variety of cabins. Within the park, you’ll find very bare bones cabins with one room and no electricity, to electrified cabins with multiple rooms and full size kitchen appliances. Some are close to the action and to one another, while others are in more private, wooded settings. Do you want to be able to easily access the paved bike path? Do you need a bathroom on your trail? Do you want to back up to the woods? Are you hoping a creek runs behind your site? If a certain location or type of site is a deal breaker for you, take a drive around and jot down some sites or cabins you like. If you really want to live it up, book a stay at one of the park’s full-service cottages, located on the Bova (Red House) and Parallel (Quaker) trails. There are 15 cottages on Bova and 13 on Parallel, five of which on each trail are pet-friendly. Full service means you really just need to bring your personal items. Amenities include sheets/pillows, towels, kitchen supplies, two bedrooms (one with a full bed, one with two twin beds), a full bathroom with shower, two futons, forced air heat, stove, refrigerator, blankets, utensils, coffee machine and a toaster. Cottages also include two picnic tables and outdoor grills. The cottages, many of the cabins and the “prime” location camp sites are very popular during peak season, , which runs from the end of June to the end of August each year. During peak season, cabins and cottages are reservable for 7 or 14-day minimums. During peak season, a camping party and their equipment may occupy a site for a maximum of 14 continuous days, after which, the camping party and equipment must leave the site and facility for two days before registering again for another site. The popularity of these cottages means you need to make your plans early, as fall dates are already booking up. Reservations can be made up to nine months in advance at www.reserveamerica.com. Walk-ins are welcome in the off-season and guests can rent one at either rental office in the park. To insure fairness for all NY customers, any reservation with departure dates outside the 9-month Maximum Window cannot be changed or cancelled until 18 days after the reservation was made.
Looking to reserve for just one night? If you make your reservation within three days of your arrival, you can book a onenight stay online or through the Call Center. This applies only to campsites. Walk-In Campers If you decided on a whim to camp, and didn’t make plans ahead of time, walk-ins are welcome when space allows. From Labor Day to July 1, cottage, cabin, campsite renters without reservations must arrive at the Quaker or Red House registration buildings prior to 4:30 p.m. Saturday through Thursday and prior 7:30 p.m. Fridays, or call the park for the most up to date office hours. Bear Notice: Be advised that you will be camping in bear country. Please do not leave food, garbage, coolers or other containers unattended as these items are an attractant to bears. Please keep fire pits clean by not burning garbage in them. Literature regarding Allegany State Park wildlife policy will be given out upon check-in. Group Camps ASP boats two group camps. Group Camp 5 is located on Quaker, accommodates up to 72 people in 18 electrified heated cabins (some with shared porch) with four bunks and mattresses per cabin. The Mess Hall is equipped with a commercial refrigerator, freezer, hot water heater, sinks, shelves, and gas cooking range. Heat available in Mess Hall. Central building with showers, flush toilets and coin operated laundry. Pets allowed. Campers must furnish all bedding and camping equipment. NO individual tents. The Park reserves the right to refuse any reservation if Park determines a noncompliance with any rule. Group Camp 12, located on a rural stretch of ASP 2 on the Red House side, consists of 14 total cabins, two of which are singles and six of which are doubles (adjoined by a center porch). There are four additional bunks located in the mess hall bedrooms. Group Camp 12 accommodates up to 60 people. The cabins are primitive with no source of heat. The Mess Hall is equipped with one walk in cooler, hot water heaters, a three-well sink, storage room, gas cooking range with double oven. 14 table/benches, fireplace, 2 bedrooms with bunks and pay phone. Two shower buildings and pit latrines provided. Group Camps 5 & 12 can only be reserved for 7 days. No longer or shorter reservations will be honored. The fine print: Valid reservations allow one vehicle free entry at tollbooths. Any additional vehicles must pay the first time through and will be issued car passes upon registration. All Cabins are equipped with four cots Beehunter trail (cabins have six cots except #’s 5, 6, 7, 31-34). NO Tents allowed in Cabin Areas. Smoking is NOT permitted in any cabins, cottages or group camp areas. Peak season: A person may be the primary site occupant for 14 total days of camping within a 16 day period. S/ he must leave the park for 48 hours once they have stayed the maximum number of days allowed before beginning a new reservation. Wood sold to wood heated cabins only. Only two pets per site are permitted. Current rabies certificate required. Pets must be on a leash no longer than 6 ft. at all times. Please contact park for additional information prior to making a reservation.
Full Service Cottages in the Park Year-found, full services cottages located on Bova (Red House) and Parallel (Quaker) trails 2 bedrooms, full kitchen, great room and bathroom with shower All linens, dishes, kitchen utensils included Porch, picnic table, fire pit Photos by Paul Crawford
Reserve up to nine months in advance at www.reserveamerica.com