The Adirondack Park Agency unanimously approved plans for an RV campground on Great Sacandaga Lake in the town of Mayfield, though it brought up jurisdictional questions.
Commissioners spent nearly an hour deliberating plans for an expanded state boat launch seven miles up the lake from the Mayfield campground. The Adirondack Blue Line, however, cuts off at the lake’s southern tip, giving the APA no say over the campground’s proposed dock and boat slips.
The 277-site campground is on 83.4 acres in the area of Woods Hollow Road and state Route 30. About 39.5 acres are inside the park, including 90 RV sites, 20 glamping sites and 13 primitive tent sites. Lane Winney and his family proposed the project and received a $200,000 reimbursement grant from Market New York, part of Round 11 of the Regional Economic Development Council awards.
The APA had jurisdiction over about half of the project site as a Class B regional project, a new campground in low intensity use and a new tourist accommodation. Staff recommended commissioners approve the project with conditions. Those include that the campground must be built as depicted in its plans, it may only operate from April to November, the RV’s must be readily moveable and the bathhouse buildings inside the park must be dark green, gray or brown, among other requirements.
Ariel Lynch, staff member of the APA, said she received 59 public comments on the project, 36 against and 23 in support. Some of the concerns, she said, involved lake access and the state highway, which were outside of the APA’s jurisdiction. Ultimately staff found the project would have no undue adverse impact to the environment and was an allowable use on private lands.
