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There are 170 islands on Lake George, and you can camp on 44 of them! See map. The camping islands have a total of 387 campsites, as well as 116 picnic/day use sites on 8 islands. Picnic sites have grills, fireplaces & picnic tables. Nine have picnic shelters which you can reserve for a larger picnic and they are ideal for parties. You need to reserve the islands for day use or for camping, and there are some rules and restrictions. There are three main clusters of islands available for camping on Lake George. Grouped by their locations on the Lake, the islands are: Long Island Group, Glen Island Group and Narrow Island Group. All islands are state owned. Some islands are very large, offering 90 campsites and having resident deer, while others are very small and private, big enough for only two or three campsites. All islands are equipped with at least one toilet facility, fireplace and picnic table. Long Island Group - Lake GeorgeRanger Station: 518-656-9426
Glen Island Group - Lake GeorgeRanger Station: 518-644-9696
Traveling north from the Long Island Group brings campers to the Glen Island Group, also referred to as the "Narrows." These islands are in the central part of Lake George near Bolton Landing. Most sites on these islands allow up to six people, but some are limited to two or four people per site, depending on the size of the island. The Glen Island Group is just off of Bolton Landing and this ranger station is the closest one to Bolton Landing, NY. So if you are using a Bolton Landing Marina for launching your boat, the Glen Island Group is the best choice of islands for you. Get more info on the Glen Island Group:
Narrow Island Group - Lake GeorgeRanger Station: 518-499-1288
Red Rock Bay - Lake George
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The first of the island groups are located at the southern basin of Lake George near Lake George Village. 
The Narrow Island Group (not to be confused with the “Narrows” of the Glen Island Group) is located in the central part of Lake George, north of the Glen Island Group. The Narrow Island Group consists of the “Mother Bunch” of islands at the base of Black Mountain extending to Mallory Island off the eastern Silver Bay shoreline. Some of these islands are large enough to allow up to six people per campsite, but on some of the smaller islands, campers are restricted to only two or four per site. The Narrow Island Group is 7 miles north of Bolton. This is the quietest and most private of all the locations. The Narrow Island group is also ideal if you are launching a boat from Hague or Ticonderoga.
Just a bit further north of the Glen Island group and on the east side of Lake George is an area called Red Rock Bay. Red Rock Bay is an area for camping, but is considered a cruiser site only. By this I mean that you must sleep on your boat at the dock, but you still have a picnic table, fire pit and outhouse. My favorite was Red Rock #15, located all the way to the back of the bay, which was perfect for swimming, fairly flat, deep, sunlit and very private. One of the great attributes of this site was that you were always protected from the winds and rough water. An added plus to this site was that you could take a short walk through the woods to one of Lake George’s many gems “ Paradise Bay” and there you could swing from a rope into the water or just jump off the rocks into the water. 
