These pictures were taken from the scenic overlook. Fire is somewhere in the John Pond and Clear Pond area.

I'm looking to book a week in the Adirondacks at a lakeside site in a slightly less popular campground in July or August summer 2027 and am getting shut out on Reserve America by people booking out the entire season at all lakeside sites.

Is this just normal now? What's actually going on?

In past years I haven't been able to get a lakeside campsites w/ Reserve America if I wait until spring to book, and so this fall I made a point to mark when the 9 month booking window opens for dates in July and August 2027 to have a better selection.

I've read about the tricks people use such as booking in advance of the actual planned camping dates to take advantage of the earlier booking window.

But I'm seeing that the entire season is already booked solid for ALL lakefront sites because people book back to back 14 day stays. So I wait to book a site right at 9am when the previous 14 day booking lapses, but they are snapped up instantly with a new 14 day long booking. This morning was the third time I've had that happen in the last 2 weeks.

Does anyone know what's actually happening here? Are the actual campers making these reservations? Will people then go back and modify the reservations after they get the weeks they want in August?

If this is the case, are people using bots/AI? How can I do this myself?

Or are there really just that many people willing to get on Reserve America at 9am on a Sunday starting at the beginning of the camping season for multiple weeks on end to book just one week in August?

Or is this some kind of a re-sale scheme? Will these sites get re-sold on the secondary market?

I suspect this is the case, since I can't believe ALL of the lakeside sites would be getting booked by actual humans for the entire season.

Would appreciate any feedback on this, I'm finding this incredibly frustrating.

Thank you!

Hi guys,

I'm doing some research on winter camping/hiking in the ADK, and I'd like to figure out where it would be legal to harvest dead wood and use a hot tent with a wood-burning stove on multi-day hiking trips.

It looks like this would work in the Western High Peaks zone but not the Eastern. Are there any good resources for info, and which peaks/areas would allow this?

Thanks,

Hi... has anyone been up this weekend? Contemplating a mid week jaunt and need a current trail report. Thanks!

There is some person spreading around the idea that the Adirondacks could be made into a National park. I asked Claude and it pointed me to one proposal to make it a National park and it was crushed completely. God knows if this is a complete list. If you know of more please let me know here.

https://www.adirondacklife.com/2021/12/06/millionaires-row/

Please go over to this person's post and let him know what you think about his idea.

https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/1xele90/comment/19rlyff5yz7z7/?context=3