Shawangunk Multiple Use Campground Information

Act Responsibly, Remind Others

You can help keep the MUA campground open by reminding folks at the campground that we need to follow some simple suggestions, or we may lose the site.

Keep a clean campsite and remove your trash from the property.
Use the available portable toilets
Respect the neighbors
Do not block private driveways
Use the available parking within the campground or park within the white lines and shoulder when parking (and packing) on Rt. 299
Avoid creating bottle-necks along the road, especially when packing and unpacking vehicles
Camp only in legal sites designated by a yellow tent marker: you may be ticketed for camping in an undesignated site (see map below for legal sites).

Please do what you can to keep the noise level low after 9 PM.

Work Days

July 31, 2004 - MUA Work Day
We had a successful Work Day on July 31st at the DEC Multiple Use Area. Work was done to maintain existing firepits and firepits on illegal sites were eliminated. An erosion mitigation project was started. The GCC also placed new maps which member France Menk had designed to be larger and more visible and easier to read.

To read more about the day's activities, click here.

April 17, 2004 - First MUA Work Day
Eleven GCC members and volunteers sacrificed half a perfect climbing day to assist with a clean-up of the Shawangunk Multiple Use campground on Rt. 299 in Gardiner. The crew scoured the grounds for glass and garbage, shoveled out knee-deep ash from fire rings, and rebuilt campfire pits on the 58-acre site.

To read more about the day's activities, click here.

Map of the Open Campsites

Please make sure the campsite you choose is not one of the closed ones. Here is a copy (in PDF format) of the new campsite maps that the GCC posted at the MUA site as of July 31, 2004.

Thank you for your help!