Why don't you post some PICS of the site. I and my friends go camping in Hancock area every year. Where exactly is your property?

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Well, right now it is heavly wooded wild land. It is on the Schoharie-Montgomery County border line, near the Schoharie river. We have our own tent camping spot, and are deciding what to do with the land. I was just wondering if anyone thought it was a good idea to put cabins on it and rent it out. Kind of a wildlife campground without many amnenities(sp?). Would someone actually pay to camp there?

Yes, you know you can advertize it as goat/lama/donkey hiking packing trips. You could make your own little maps with small trail head markers or leave it totally overgrown. There are lots of people looking for quiet outback type places that doesn't attract a lot of visitors. The marketing is key so you don't bring car campers. Just serious hikers or animal packers. I belong to packing web sites and this type of thing is always a "great" find. You can start by just putting a few camp sites, with garbage pick up. Keep it on reservation only and advertize the wilderness aspect.

snycal, thanks for the reply. I am struggling with alot of the fine points of this. I feel in limbo between the average campsite that has car campers and a wilderness campsite that is not as popular and there is not alot of info. about. Like what should the campsites look like, should there be designated areas or let people camp where they want. How much do I charge. What about liability. If anyone knows of anyone who has a wilderness campsite, let me know, I would love to talk to them. Here is a link of what I have come up with so far:

Here is a link that might be useful: My Camp

Ok here is what I'll do, I'll try a few of my favorite pack sites and list your link. I'll then let you know what some of the responses are. They may even contact you, who knows, Lisa

Lisa, Cool thanks. One major "discussion" my husband and I have is we both work full time jobs and Camp is almost 30 min. away.He doesn't think we can keep running out there to check on our guests. I reminded him of all the state spots we have camped and nobody had been in or out in weeks. What is your thought on this. Can "real" campers handle most of it on their own or do they need us there to handle all the details?

Hey, I have some real positive results. I don't know if anyone has contacted you through your website but people reacted very well. The biggest concern because I only listed on animal pack group lists is hunting, all terain vehicles, and other dogs. I suppose this would need to be worked out. You could easily do that with reservation only during hunting etc. Then you could monitor who is on the property and when. The animal pack groups always pack out there garbage, its more of a luxury thing to leave it for pickup and this would go along with the added fee for using your property. Lisa

Lisa, no one has contacted me yet. Do you have a few favorate places you like to visit? I'd like to get an idea how they run things. We were at camp this weekend and will probably go back next weekend with the canoe. It is so peaceful there. Oh my phone is out, so I wonder if anyone tried to call. Reservations will be needed for sure. There are a few neighbors with dogs and a horse farm at the bottom of the mountain. We just bought a farm tractor for the land, but right now there are no ATV's.

Megdagooch,
We also were going to purchase some upstate land & put a cabin on it. The idea was nixed when we found out that poachers (fishing & hunting) find empty cabins, break into and ransack them. With you 30 miles away, you can't watch your property on a daily basis and would need to hire someone, like the neighbor at the foot of the mountain, to watch and be held responsible for things. Although it's a good idea, it's probably not practical in current times.

Topcat,
I have lived here for 30+ years and know many people with cabins, and have never heard of anyone breaking in. We did have people take our posted signs down. We have a camping spot where we leave all kinds of stuff all winter long and nobody has touched it. Could be futher upstate that stuff might happen, but not in our neck of the woods. Could also be a rumor started by locals to keep "city people" away. Anyway, I am not concerned about it. There will be a cabin put up for our use and maybe for rent someday.
I did add photos to the website, I hope to add more as soon as I get a reliable camera

Here is a link that might be useful: Camp Land