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A getaway in the great outdoors doesn’t have to mean roughing it, or breaking the bank. Glamping combines the rustic retreat of camping with hotel amenities, offering cozy beds, electricity, private bathrooms, private patios and more, all in an outdoor setting. This fall, spend a night or two surrounded by New York State’s fantastic foliage without sacrificing modern amenities. Across the state, you’ll find unique glamping stays, from furnished tents and yurts to cabins, treehouses, covered wagons and more, all for $250 or less per night.
Treetopia Campground (Catskills)
📍Where: Athens
💲Cost: $95-$215/night (two-night minimum)
Get your glamp on at Treetopia Campground in Athens, just 20 minutes from Hunter and Windham mountains. Distinctive lodging options showcase off-the-grid vibes while also providing contemporary comforts. Choose from cozy canvas tents, a two-story treehouse overlook, or the classic A-Frame cabin. The glamping tents offer an upscale take on traditional camping with sturdy platforms, multiple beds, and shower and bathroom facilities just steps away. Enhance your experience when you book the two-story treehouse overlook, featuring a queen-size bed, outdoor camp kitchen, running water, charcoal grill, picnic table, and firepit, while the A-Frame offers a full chef’s kitchen, spacious living room, deck, bathroom, outdoor grill, firepit, Wi-Fi, and air conditioning. You’ll also have access to campground amenities including a clubhouse, game room, swimming pool, multiple playgrounds, event pavilions, and more.
Huttopia (Adirondacks)
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📍Where: Lake Luzerne
💲Cost: $100-$142/night
Venture into the “Forever Wild” Adirondacks at Huttopia, nestled on nearly 300 acres of forest at the base of Kenyon Mountain, and just 15 minutes from evergreen destination, Lake George. Surrounded by stunning scenery and hiking trails, Huttopia offers five accommodation options consisting of rustic wood-and-canvas tents, creating an ideal glamping getaway for couples, families, solo travelers, friends, and even pets for an extra fee! The top-tier tents include amenities like private bathrooms, kitchens, while all accommodations offer wood stoves, BBQ grills, fire pits, and access to the main lodge that is home to a swimming and wading pool, playground, camp store and upper deck with spectacular views of the surrounding forest.
Yurts at Golden Hill State Park (Greater Niagara)
📍Where: Barker
💲Cost: $100/night
For a (great) lakeside excursion, Golden Hill State Park on the shore of Lake Ontario offers spacious yurts that sleep up to six. The wood lattice-framed structures are sturdy, insulated, and feature wood floods, windows, and a domed roof with a skylight, along with electricity. Inside, you’ll find two sets of bunk beds, a futon bed, a mini-fridge, microwave, and an eating area. Outside, enjoy your own deck, picnic table and fire pit. Take advantage of the park’s boat launch, fishing, hiking and nature trails, playground, playing fields, or explore the historic Thirty Mile Point Lighthouse. You can even stay overnight at the Lighthouse Cottage, a full-service vacation rental ($200/night) offering exclusive views of Lake Ontario.
The Buckminster at Shady Oaks Camping Resort (Adirondacks)
📍Where: Plattsburgh
💲Cost: $129-$135/night
Drift off to stories around the bonfire beneath the stars without giving up the comforts of home at The Buckminster at Shady Oaks Camping Resort, located just a mile from Lake Champlain and Plattsburgh City Beach. This one-of-a-kind geodesic glamping tent features a queen-size bed, mood lighting, curated décor and comfortable linens. Outside, decompress in your private seating area around the fire pit (s’mores supplies provided) while air conditioning, Wi-Fi and electricity keep you comfortable inside. Steps away, you’ll have access to the recently renovated and well-maintained bathrooms that offer everything you need plus hot showers. Make the most on-site amenities, including a camp store, The Great Room for gathering and unwinding, and the Holiday Rambler Theater, an outdoor movie theater showing classic films under the stars. Challenge friends to a game of cornhole, or groove to live music and other campground events.
Camp at the Rocks (Chautauqua-Allegheny)
📍Where: Panama
💲Cost: $134-$236/night
For glamping that truly rocks, book a stay at Panama Rocks Glamping, part of Panama Rocks Scenic Park. Your stay includes admission to the 15-acre park, plus early access to explore the rocks at sunrise. Explore the Paleozoic ocean floor in a magical natural landscape of winding corridors between 60-foot-high rocks. Hike the trails around the rocks and navigate through the nooks, crevices, and caves. After a day of exploring, retreat to a furnished glamping tent with comfortable beds, linens, a pullout futon in most units, mini-fridge, picnic table, private fire pit and everything you need for a cozy night under the stars. A shared amenities shed provides a coffee maker, microwave, tea kettle, toaster, refrigerator, propane grill, books and games, while the bathhouse offers hot running water, showers, electricity and flushing toilets. For an extra dose of luxury, book The Zephyr, a spacious 314-square-foot glamping tent with a king-size bed, queen futon, raised deck and private on-site hot tub. If you’re planning a midweek escape, use promo code BIGDEAL when booking Sunday-Thursday to save 50% on select two-night stays or more, or 30% on select one-night stays.
Silverlaken Estate & Glampground (Greater Niagara)
📍Where: Silver Springs
💲Cost: $139-$189/night
Perched on five peaceful acres along the shores of Silver Lake near Letchworth State Park, Silverlaken is a nature-focused glamping retreat where you’re invited to slow down, unplug and reconnect with the outdoors. With a wide variety of affordable accommodations, including cottages, log and canvas cabins, a bubble dome, retro camper and versatile tiny houses, there’s a memorable stay for every type of traveler. Countless complimentary amenities are offered, including kayaking or paddleboarding on the lake, relaxing in the sauna, fishing from the docks or unwinding in a hammock or by the waterfront. The grounds are dotted with campfire pits, gas grills, picnic tables, a camp kitchen, horseshoe pits and even a yoga and meditation platform.
North River Hobby Farm (Adirondacks)
📍Where: North River
💲Cost: $164-$172/per night
Set on 40 tranquil acres atop a mountain near North Creek, North River Hobby Farm showcases four cozy canvas glamping tents surrounded by wildflower meadows, woods and majestic mountain views. Just five miles from Gore Mountain and a half-hour from Lake George, the tents are so inviting, you may never want to leave. Each is furnished with a comfortable bed, electric fireplace, Oriental rugs, a sofa, private deck and handmade feather quilts. Each tent has access to a newly renovated bathhouse, as well as individual kitchenettes in the lodge. After a day of exploring nearby 13th Lake or wandering through the wildflower meadows, unwind in the Japanese wood hot tub or book a private sauna experience. In the evenings, gather at the wood-fired pizza pavilion where your pizza will be cooked right in front of you, just bring the toppings! Before heading to bed, settle into a hand-built Adirondack chair around the bonfire and gaze up at the spectacular, light-pollution-free night sky. Start your morning with fresh eggs from the farm’s chickens, Belgian waffles on weekends or a continental breakfast during the week.
FLX Glamping (Finger Lakes)
📍Where: Consensus
💲Cost: $167-$197/night
Soothing songbirds, whispering pines, and great wines await at FLX Glamping at O-Neh-Da & Eagle Crest Vineyards on Hemlock Lake. Surrounded by nature and world-class wineries, each of the three glamping sites (Starglazer Glamping Cabin, Sublime Wild Vine Safari Tent, and Sunset Glamping Cabin) offers a private, homey haven with modern comforts, including plush queen beds, extra linens, private outdoor heated showers, a fire pit enveloped by Adirondack chairs, private balconies, patios, lake access, and more. Soak in the scenery as you traverse private trails leading to the pristine Hemlock Lake.
Bison Trace Luxury Camping (Chautauqua-Allegheny)
📍Where: Clymer
💲Cost: $175-$220/night (two-night minimum)
Situated along historic French Creek in a wooded setting, Bison Trace Luxury Camping is enveloped by nature and abundant wildlife, including American eagles! Wake up to fresh coffee from the on-site 1829 Coffee Café, then spend time exploring nearby attractions like Findley Lake. Get your game on in the recreation center, hit the pickleball courts, or relax at your campsite’s private fire pit. Choose from upscale tent sites featuring furnished, covered porches and private outdoor seating with Adirondack chairs, fire pits and deluxe smoker grills. Inside, you’ll be treated to a refrigerator, microwave, hot plate, toaster, sink, electricity, bedding, plus your own private bathroom in the newly renovated bathhouse. For a one-of-a-kind stay, opt for one of the covered wagons, which sleep up to four with a queen-size bed and two twin bunk beds. Each wagon has a full bathroom, refrigerator, microwave, toaster, electricity, heating and air conditioning. If you book a two-night stay Monday through Thursday you can even enjoy 50% off your second night!
Camp Hudson Pines (Capital-Saratoga)
📍Where: Corinth
💲Cost: $181-$225/night
Set along the Hudson River between Lake George and Saratoga Springs, Camp Hudson Pines offers all of the charm of a country setting while still being near vibrant towns and cities. Sitting beneath a canopy of trees near the riverfront, the cozy canvas tents come in King Canvas, Classic Canvas and Group Canvas options, with comfortable beds, warm down comforters, cotton linens, electricity, fire pits and more. Each tent is set on a wooden platform with seating inside and Adirondack chairs outside, and a brand-new bathhouse offers individual-entry bathrooms. Explore the grounds to enjoy a swimming pool, playground, camp store, kayak rentals, and wooded trails, or gather around the bonfire for s’mores under the star-filled sky.
AutoCamp (Hudson Valley)
📍Where: Saugerties
💲Cost: $182-$250/night
Experience the great outdoors in style at AutoCamp, where Insta-worthy Airstream suites and luxury tents offer a unique way to experience the natural beauty and vibrancy of the Catskills and Hudson Valley. Set at the crossroads of mountainous landscapes, dynamic arts scenes, delicious dining, and outdoor adventure, the Saugerties-based AutoCamp is also perfectly placed near both Woodstock and Hunter, making it an idyllic home base for hiking, mountain biking, paddling, fall foliage viewing, stargazing and relaxing around the bonfire.
Opt for the luxury tent which sleeps up to four and features a king bed and sofa bed, space heater, private outdoor fire pit, and access to a cozy, charmingly curated clubhouse with upscale bathroom amenities, a bar and restaurant, and inviting lounge areas. For a more elevated glamping experience, settle into an Airstream, where retro-inspired exteriors are complemented by modern comforts. Inside, you’ll find bright, airy living spaces, kitchenettes, a plush king bed, spa-inspired bathrooms, flat-screen TVs, and private outdoor space. AutoCamp also offers complimentary morning coffee and granola, along with access to the on-site clubhouse, bar and restaurant.
Bellfire in the Catskills (Catskills)
📍Where: Roxbury
💲Cost: $185-$205/night
Go off-grid at Bellfire, a family-owned, 10-acre retreat nestled among maple forests and wildflower meadows in the Western Catskills. Settle into one of Bellfire’s handmade camps, surrounded by tall trees, woodsmoke, and starry skies. Choose from the Forest Belle, a romantic woodland retreat by the mountain stream, The Birdhouse, a stargazer’s haven in the wildflower meadow, or Cosmic Nomad, a family-friendly forest fairy tale retreat. Each site is fully furnished with custom-made furniture, comfortable bedding, wool carpets, cedar floors, handmade decor, a private fire pit, grill, outdoor furniture, and ample private outdoor space. Unwind in the cedar sauna, cool off in the spring-fed cold plunge, and find inner peace on the spacious floating yoga deck.
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