There are 12 state parks with a campground within forty-five miles of Ithaca. State park camping is the consistent option — same booking system, same facilities standard, public land around it.
State park campgrounds
| Park | County | Drive | On site |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buttermilk Falls | Tompkins | 4 min | Beach · Campground · Playground |
| Robert H. Treman | Tompkins | 8 min | Beach · Campground · Playground |
| Taughannock Falls | Tompkins | 15 min | Beach · Campground · Playground |
| Fillmore Glen | Cayuga | 30 min | Beach · Campground · Playground |
| Watkins Glen | Schuyler | 34 min | Beach · Campground · Playground |
| Long Point | Cayuga | 35 min | Beach · Campground · Playground |
| Sampson | Seneca | 45 min | Beach · Campground · Playground |
| Newtown Battlefield | Chemung | 47 min | Campground · Playground |
Showing the 8 closest of 12 state parks with a campground. The finder further down covers all of them.
Drive times are estimated from straight-line distance ×1.15 for road routing, at a speed that rises with distance from 40 mph on local roads to 65 mph on the interstate. Fees are not in the state dataset — every entry links to its official page.
Camping sorted? Now the days in between.