Best Tent Camping: New York State

Aaron Starmer is a freelance writer and editor specializing in children's novels and travel guides. His far-flung adventures inform much of his writing and include chasing down leopards in Kenya's Maasai Mara, rafting through the Grand Canyon, crossing mountain passes in New Zealand's Fiordland National Park, tripping over iguanas in the Galapagos Islands, and swimming beneath waterfalls in Tahiti. When closer to home, he takes every opportunity to explore the mountains, lakes, and rivers of New York, New Jersey, and New England. He lives in Hoboken, New Jersey with his wife Cate.Cate Starmer has reviewed New York City restaurants, written a guidebook to camping, edited dozens of non-fiction books, and produced a daily-updated travel blog. She received a dual degree BS in marketing and tv-radio-film from Newhouse School at Syracuse University and a certificate in Editing from New York University's School of Continuing and Professional Studies. Whether it's horseback riding in the Colombian jungle, running the NYC marathon, or trekking to a backcountry hut in winter, she is always up for a new challenge--especially if it involves an adventure that can be turned into a story.Timothy Starmer has always been an outdoor enthusiast and spent most of his childhood seeking out remote and wild areas whenever possible. During a brief hiatus from Brown University during 1997, he drove across the United States for six weeks, camping the entire way. Along the way he explored many of the West's national and state parks, including Canyonlands, Yellowstone, Arches, Bryce Canyon. At the trip's conclusion, he headed down to Australia, where he backpacked for a few months exploring the eastern Outback, the Great Barrier Reef, and the caves of Tasmania, as well as traversing the Tasmanian World Heritage Area along the Overland Track. Tim currently works in upstate New York as a timber framer and can still be found exploring the wilds whenever possible.

• Long Island1 Sears Bellows County Park2 Watch Hill3 Wildwood State ParkCatskills and Hudson Valley4 Clarence Fahnestock Memorial State Park5 Devil's Tombstone6 Little Pond7 Mills-Norrie State Park8 Mongaup Pond9 North-South Lake10 PeekaMoose11 Taconic State Park: Copake Falls Area12 Woodland ValleyCentral/Leatherstocking and Capital13 Bowman Lake State Park14 Cherry Plain State Park15 Delta Lake State Park16 Fair Haven Beach State Park17 Glimmerglass State Park18 Green Lakes State Park19 Max V. Shaul State Park20 Moreau Lake State Park21 Whetstone Gulf State ParkAdirondacks22 Adirondack Loj23 Alger Island24 Ausable Point25 Brown Tract Pond26 Buck Pond27 Cranberry Lake28 Eighth Lake29 Forked Lake30 Indian Lake Islands31 Lake George Islands32 LAKE HARRIS33 Lincoln Pond34 Little Sand Point35 Luzerne36 Meacham Lake37 Putnam Pond38 Rollins Pond39 Sacandaga40 Saranac Lake IslandsThousand Islands41 Mary Island State Park42 Wellesley Island State ParkFinger Lakes43 Buttermilk Falls State Park44 Keuka Lake State Park45 Stony Brook State Park46 Taughannock Falls State Park47 Watkins Glen State ParkWestern New York48 Allegany State Park: Cain Hollow (Quaker Area)49 Lakeside Beach State Park50 Letchworth State Park