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Cowanesque Lake - COE/Tompkins Rec Area


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Sandy Robertson

October 10, 2025

Beautiful and very well manicured grounds. Campsites are large and very nice. Lake is beautiful. Playground is very nice. Bathhouses are outdated and not real clean or very well maintained.

Darlene Townsend

August 20, 2025

Lake access, clean, secure campground. Park rangers and host patrol the campground. The grounds are well kept and decent size with asphalt drive and parking spaces. Dogs allowed on the leash.

Ryan Decker

July 21, 2025

I stayed for 3 nights with my family and I loved every minute of it. I suggest to visit the snack shack for ice cream and plenty of food options. Another great area is in the RV camp area they play movies and play games for the children.

Dana Allison

July 30, 2023

We stayed in the Bench loop near the water with full hookup. Great place to paddle around with kayaks if you can avoid when the powerboats are out. Generally it was pretty quiet with friendly campers all around. This is a dog friendly campground so if you are not then you may want to avoid staying here. They had activities on the weekend for kids to participate in if you have young ones.

JAMES SEIBER

August 20, 2021

Site at 30Knol was Ok, with power,water,sewer, and pets. Unfortunately Fred was overhead and we were evacuated at 5am thursday morning. No wifi or cell phone service. Definitely too far off-grid for us. Fees were automatically refunded.

Andrew Pierpont

August 07, 2021

One of our favorite places to camp! Spacious sites, helpful and friendly volunteers and staff.

Nihar Narla

July 12, 2021

Great place to getaway for weekend. Meadows is less crowded compared to rest

Teresa Knapp

June 16, 2021

Beautiful area to camp! You can completely unplug at the lake! Close to town but nestled in nature!

Cheri Krape

May 24, 2021

Made reservations for the weekend of May 19-23. Weather was beautiful really nice campground. The reason I gave it a 4 star is because the grass was not mowed around the sites and was very high in the site we stayed in. I also gave it a 4 star review is because we were in site #34 and there was a leaking spring or seepage from a leaking water line that made site very wet, muddy and sloppy. We couldn't walk out of our door without stepping in mud. I will be calling about this situation so hopefully it will be fix so others don't experience this.

Anuja Puranik

May 23, 2021

Great campground with amazing views of the lake. Sites are very spacious and clean. Restrooms are clean too. We booked P16 site and lake was right outside the site. Views were amazing and site was very clean. Cowansque lake is a big lake and we can drive boats too. It's a hike from parking lot to reach the campsite. Their is very limited network here , so be prepared accordingly. Highly recommend this place for a quiet, amazing camping experience.