Getting to Bowfin Bungalow

From the South or West:
1) Find your way to Rt. 81 North.
2) Take Exit 49 (NY 411 Theresa/Lafargeville) and follow NY 411 Northeast toward Theresa.
3) Turn left onto Rt. 37 to go north toward Redwood.
4) Continue on Rt. 37N until you come to the Village of Hammond. At the yellow caution light in the center of the village, turn right onto County Rt. 6, Black Lake Road. This will follow the shoreline of Black Lake. You'll start to catch glimpses of the lake on your right shortly after leaving Hammond.
5) Follow Rt. 6 to the blinking caution light in Edwardsville, and turn right onto Rt. 58 South, towards Gouverneur.
6) Cross the bridge over Black Lake and continue to Pope Mills. Be alert! The road has curves and many Amish travel back and forth in buggies to fish off the bridge. Please heed the warning signs and slow down! In Pope Mills itself, turn right to stay on 58 South.
7) In about a mile, slow down and look for a green "Youngs Rd" sign on the right, next to a large boulder with YOUNG written on it in white paint. This is D Young Road. Turn right onto this hard gravel road.
8) At the fork, bear to the left. You'll go thru some twists and bends and ups and downs, but where it levels off, we're on the right. Bowfin Bungalow is the only gray vinyl-sided camp on Fish Creek.
9) D Young Road continues along the creek and loops back up to Rt. 58. So once you get yourself situated and familiar with the lay of the land, you can use either entrance.

From the North: Rt. 6 Southwest out of Ogdensburg will get you to Edwardsville (just turn left at the blinking light instead of right), as will Rt. 58 South out of Morristown.

From the East: We've found that both YAHOO Maps and Google recognize “D Young Road Hammond, NY 13646” as an address.    

Parking: We have parking in the gravel drive right next to the camp, and also space “across the street” on the other side of the road at the base of the wooded hill area. There's plenty of room there for a boat trailer. All we ask is that you're considerate of the other residents and park so that everyone can easily get through.


Skipper Kory's Notes on Misleading Route Numbers in St. Lawrence County:

Most of us know that the US highway numbering system is designed so that odd-numbered routes run north-south and even-numbered routes run east-west. In St. Lawrence County, this rule can be misleading because the highway system was laid out as dictated by the St. Lawrence River, which runs southwest to northeast. So, for example, while Rte. 58 is even numbered and therefore you might think it should be an east-west route, it's actually runs more north-south. As gleaned from one website: “Even numbers run generally from southwest to northeast, parallel to the St. Lawrence River, with numbers increasing from west to east across the County. Odd numbers run generally south to north, or southeast to northwest, increasing also from west to east.” So a good map app goes a long way in finding your way around.

This is what the "YOUNG ROCK" looks like

Here is the sign that marks the fork in the road - turn LEFT.

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This is the other entrance, about a quarter-mile past the YOUNG rock. If you have a boat or other tow, this is the recommended entrance. Just be aware, the blue bait shop sign is no longer there!

Take the first RIGHT fork. It will look like you're entering a tunnel of trees, but have faith and keep going -  the road levels out at the bottom!