I'll be making my way by motorcycle from Beacon, NY to the Thousand Island border crossing in a couple of weeks and was hoping to find any advice for solo camping. Since I'm leaving around 4pm on a weekday, I figure I can prob ride until 10pm and get somewhere camp worthy not in a big city within 2.5 hours of the border crossing. I attached a route that looks to be about where I'll end up but of course anywhere within a 100 mile radius should be OK as my route is flexible. I would love to hear about other route recommendations as well as I've never been through there (pins are just from some notes I've taken).
My ideal scenario would be to camp at one of those primitive camping spots, ideally one I can ride up to on my motorcycle. Here's a map I found although there are no pics or much info there directly but it seems you can usually google search the names or locations and find a DEC page on it. https://andyarthur.org/explore/new-y...e-camping-maps
But to be honest, I think I'd be too chicken to camp at one overnight. I think I'd have to be so tired or drunk to not think about every sound being from a bear stalking me. I tried stealth camping once by literally just driving my motorcycle (it's a dual sport with knobby tires) off a side road of a side road but couldn't fall asleep.
I guess if I can't be persuaded to try again then I should consider regular camping grounds but I'm not certain if every one is open for walkups due to covid? I remember this being the case last year at least. Also, on a previous trip around that area but a little ways east, I was surprised to hear a lot of public campgrounds didn't want hammock camping (or maybe it was the motorcycle??).
Anyway, I'm just dumping my thoughts for now and will be planning this out for the next week. I appreciate everyone's comments.
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