Activities & Area Resources

Weekly gatherings

Every Sunday from late June through Labor Day, there is a Covewood campfire with s'mores, lemonade, songs and stories. All ages welcome!

Wine and cheese gatherings take place from 5:30–7 p.m. on the front porch of the Main Lodge. While adults enjoy this time together, the kids program has a cookout and slip-n-slide in the backyard. Please BYOB and an appetizer to pass for wine and cheese; hotdogs, lemonade, chips, and watermelon are provided for the kids. Wine and cheese nights for summer 2023 are:

  • June 28
  • July 12
  • July 26
  • August 9
  • August 23

Covewood picnics are held every other week at 12:30 p.m., followed by slip-n-slide in the yard. Please bring a dish to pass that will serve 10–12 peopls. Picnics will take place on the following dates in summer 2023:

  • July 5
  • July 19
  • August 2
  • August 16
  • August 30

Activities

Resources

Kids Program

The Covewood Kids Program, which runs from late June until Labor Day, provides approximately four hours a day of supervised activities for children five and up. Click here to see a sample schedule. The Kids Program is free for all Covewood guests.

Boat Rentals and Waterskiing

Covewood's boat rentals include sailboats, hydro-bikes, kayaks, stand-up paddle boards, motor boats, tubes, and canoes. Hourly, half-day and full-day watercraft rentals are generally available. Covewood also offers water skiing for all levels, from the "never done it before" to the accomplished slalom skier.

Covewood does not allow jet skis.

Click here to see fees for all water activities.

Dry Land

If dry land adventures are more to your liking, the surrounding 1300 acres of the Adirondack Park offers miles and miles of hiking. The north woods treks range from the easy to the very challenging. Detailed maps are available at the front desk.

Covewood also offers a tennis/basketball court, pool and ping pong, horseshoe pits, and the famous Covewood ring game. These activities are all complimentary.

Area Attractions

Below is information about Big Moose area services, businesses, events, and entertainment convenient to Covewood guests. Whether you're staying for a week or just the weekend, you'll want to know where you can get groceries, service your car, go white-water rafting and get cash from the nearest ATM. This section should help you plan out your stay so you can focus on relaxing at Covewood and enjoying the surrounding Adirondack wilderness.

Adirondack Museum
Blue Mountain Lake
(518) 352-7311

Arts Center
Old Forge
(315) 369-6411

Enchanted Forest / Water Safari 
Old Forge
(315) 369-6145

The Wild Center: Natural History Museum of the Adirondacks
Tupper Lake
(518) 359-7800

Resources

Banks

Adirondack Bank
Old Forge
(315) 369-3153

Community Bank
Old Forge
(315) 369-2764

ATM at Tamarack Cafe
(315) 357-2001

Boat Service

Dunn's Boat Service
Big Moose Lake
(315) 357-3532

Golf Courses

Thendara Golf Club
Thendara (Old Forge)
(315) 369-3136

Inlet Golf Club
Inlet
(315) 357-3503

Grocery

Diorio's IGA
Old Forge
(315) 369-3131

EZ-Mart
Inlet
(315) 357-4288

Kalil's Grocery
Inlet
(315) 357-3603

Medical

Dentist - Joseph Rintrona DDS
Old Forge
(315) 369-6634

Town of Webb Medical Center
Old Forge
(315) 369-6619

Pharmacies

Kinney Drug Store
Old Forge
(315) 369-6044

Restaurants

Big Moose Inn
Big Moose Lake
(315) 357-2042

Big Moose Station
Big Moose
(315) 357-3525

Duffy's at the Glenmore
Big Moose Lake
(315) 357-4891

Tobaggan Inn
Eagle Bay
(315) 357-3629

Red Dog Tavern
Inlet
(315) 357-5502

Seventh Lake House
(315) 357-6028

Tamarack Café (breakfast and lunch only)
Inlet
(315) 357-2001

Woods Inn
Inlet
(315) 357-5300

See a full listing of Old Forge restaurants.

Service Stations

Byrne Dairy Mobil
Old Forge
(315) 369-6940

Fastrac
Old Forge
(315) 369-3020

Theatres

Strand Theatre
Old Forge
(315) 369-6703

Tourism Offices

Inlet Chamber of Commerce
Inlet
(315) 357-5501

Webb Tourist Information
Old Forge
(315) 369-6983

Wine & Liquor

George's Thing
Old Forge
(315) 369-3022

Fourth Lake Wine and Spirits
Inlet
(315) 357-2477

Worship

Big Moose Chapel
Big Moose Lake
(315) 357-5841

Inlet Community Church
Inlet
(315) 357-2291

Niccolls Memorial Church (Pres.)
Old Forge
(315) 369-3475

St. Bartholomew's Catholic Church
Old Forge
(315) 369-3554