Map: Beartown State Forest

More about Lake Kushaqua...

Lake Kushaqua is a 380 acre man-made lake in Onchiota. Part of the Rainbow Lake, it offers paddling and several primitive campsites along it's western shore. On it's eastern shore is the Buck Pond State Campground (fee).

Map: Lake Kushaqua
Photo: South Along Lake Kushaqua
Photo: Flames
Photo: Mud Pond Mountain and Buck Pond Hill
Photo: Towards Buck Pond
Photo: Another View of Campsite 2
Photo: Tire Swing
Photo: Heading Out on Lake Kusaqua
Photo: Heading Into Kushqua Narrows
Photo: Paddlers in the Narrows
Photo: Power Line Right of Way

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  • Beautiful. This elusive site — is it still okay to camp there? I live in Saranac Lake, and we often go out to Kushaqua, but the only site I see along the “other” side of the lake (i.e., not the Buck Pond side) says Camping Prohibited.

    How does one get to this site?

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