Fair Haven Beach State Park

State Park New York

Visited June 2009

Entrance sign for Fair Haven Beach State Park

Fair Haven Beach SP is located on the shore of Lake Ontario, about 12 miles southwest of Oswego NY. There are three camping loops with a total of 184 sites, 46 of them with electric hookups.

No problem finding a site on this early June visit. We stopped at the office and were told to go pick a site and return to the office to register. We chose a site in the Bluff Camping Area, the only loop with electric hookups. The only drawback is that there is no view at all of the lake from this loop.

Greetings from

Fair Haven Beach State Park

No problem finding a site on this early June visit. We stopped at the office and were told to go pick a site and return to the office to register. We chose a site in the Bluff Camping Area, the only loop with electric hookups. The only drawback is that there is no view at all of the lake from this loop.

Ribbit! The WxToad

Around the campground

Located in a wooded area, the Bluff area has some sites that are a little more open than others.

The Lakeview Area has 14 sites facing the lake. Two of the 14 sites do have electric hookups.We did not visit the third camping loop, the Drumlin Area. It is even further back from the lake than the Bluff Area, and does not have hookups.

The view of the lake from the Lakeview Area is somewhat limited by the growth on the bluff.

The bathhouse in the Bluff Area was receiving a thorough face-lift at the time of our visit. Inside one finds clean facilities including hot showers.

The day use area includes a large swimming beach and a picnic area.

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