Cherry Ridge Campsite is located in the middle of the 10,000 acre Charles T Baker State Forest in Brookfield NY. A long dirt road leads to it. It consists of a circular dirt drive with about a dozen campsites, complete with fire pits and picnic tables (and one outhouse). There is no charge to camp here and the place is usually unoccupied, so you can usually have it to yourself. It's quiet and peaceful, except for the birds in the spring, which are pretty darned noisy. For birders, here's a partial list of some of the birds I've either heard or seen in the vicinity of this campsite: cooper's hawks, great horned owls, ovenbirds (there's a lot of these here), hermit thrushes, red-eyed vireos and black-throated green warblers. There are many more species than that here, but those are the ones that come to mind. Oh, and the name "Cherry Ridge" isn't a misnomer. There are quite a few very large wild cherry trees here. This campsite isn't on the water, though, so you need to bring your own water with you, and if you want to be on the water you'll have to hike into Woodland Pond, which is about a mile or so further back in the woods. It's an easy hike, though, only slightly hilly and suitable for anyone who's in reasonably good health, and the pond is beautiful, so it's worth the walk. An historical novel (it might even be a nonfiction autobiography) has been written about this area, titled The Eternal Hills, by Donna Spooner Tanney. It's a sort of deep woods companion piece to Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House on the Prairie. A couple of minutes on Google and you should be able to find a copy, if you're interested in this type of book.