Selkirk Shores State Park — Attraction in Town of Richland

This is a review of the cabin accommodations, and a bit about the park. We stayed in cabin site 21.

We came as a friend group with 4 families with young children (ages 2-6). We are low-maintenance campers and were very pleased with the cabins. A fridge, small stove, and double-basin sink were very welcome, as were toilet facilities (they provided 3 rolls of TP, but bring a stool for the shorties). Windows had screens and shutters, no curtains. Outlets in each room. Generous wall hooks & hangers in each room. The screened in porch with Adirondack chairs was roomy and a good place to be surrounded by woods while blocking out mosquitoes. Did not use the fireplace, but it looked great. Table and chairs/benches were solid, heavy, and probably milled and assembled on-site 70 years ago, still going strong. The listing says 3 bedrooms, but it’s really two bedrooms, and two twin beds in main living space. One bedroom with a full mattress that was pretty uncomfortable, a dresser, and large shelf. Other bedroom had 2 twin beds with about a foot of space between them and a dresser. (Other friends’ cabins had bunks.) The twin mattresses were more comfortable, but all plastic-coated of course. (Do bring sheets and other linens. If you have the packing space, mattress pads would be a big upgrade.) Gorgeous gigantic oak at the site. Fire pit with a grill, and a separate standing grill. Other key items to bring if you come in July: a fan for the heat, clothesline/pins, trash bags, bug spray, white noise (or ear plugs) if you’re there over Independence Day. Lots of fireworks going off multiple nights!

Our brief interactions with the park staff were very nice. Shower facilities were a 7-min walk away, with your typical camp showers, no complaints. Playground was great, just unshaded, so very hot. Camp store has reasonable prices (!), a small sharing library, a craft room for kids for rainy days that was terrific, and firewood for purchase. Frog pond was nice, but we discovered it was too long of a walk for our kiddos from the cabin, had to drive to a closer trail head another day. Saw frogs! On damp days mosquitoes were THICK. So were fireflies every night, magical for the kids.

Beach: pebbly, but they had also hauled in sand. It does hurt your feet walking out, but gives way to Sandy bottom further out. Terrific place to find pretty rocks. Water was chilly a couple days, warmer on the hottest days in the afternoon. Nice pier. We hit the beach the night of the Fourth and saw fireworks going off over say 10 different places south of us down the shore. Kids loved it, booms not so loud.

We would happily return...

We used to rent a cabin once or twice a season at Selkirk & really enjoyed doing that. Cabins are spacious although beds are typical camp beds. This time we camped with our new travel trailer. We were in Loop "A" (Acorn), site 1. Behind us were woods. Site was a good size; most sites were. On some sites campers could even back trailer into the woods. Grounds are we maintained. Dumpsters & recycle collection areas are conveniently located. The dumping station for the entire park is at the entrance to Acorn loop but is not obtrusive. There are areas in the center of Acorn loop (& probably all loops) for children to play. We chose not to camp anywhere in loop "C" (Chipmunk) because the sites have very little or no shade plus the sites are smaller & closer to your neighbor. However, views of the lake are available in Chipmunk loop. Selkirk has numerous amenities including fantastic trails all throughout the park, a great beach & many nearby areas to kayak. In fact, South Sandy Creek & Deer creek, within 5 miles of Selkirk, are listed among the top 10 places to kayak in NY. These 2 waterways are smooth kayaking & take you 2 - 3 miles out to Lake Ontario. Beautiful scenery & many birds to be admired while...

Beautiful state park with breathtaking views of Ontario Lake. You don’t want to miss the sunsets here- they were some of the best I’ve ever seen. The swimming at the beach was rocky- bring crocs or other water shoes, after about 3 feet into the water it turns sandy. The water isn’t deep at all but it cooled us all off. Lots of places on the beach to sit, and enjoy the view.

We stayed at the campground for a couple of days and overall it was good. The only complaint is that the sites are VERY close together, especially in the chipmunk loop. We tent camped while everyone else had a RV, we definitely felt like an outlier lol. We drove around to scope out which sites we would be more comfortable with for next time. Bathroom and showers were great- kept clean.

Easy hiking trails, with beautiful scenery is worth trying out! Trails are marked and it was easy to follow the map, also, being bug spray.

The staff were wonderful! Shout out to them. The park office has ice and wood you can purchase. The actual camp store in the campground is only open Thursday-Sunday.

We know in 2025 they are having major renovations and will be closed but in 2026 we will...