New York Campfire Rules and Burn Bans, With Live Fire Weather
NYS Parks sets the campfire rule for New York's state parks and forests. Burn bans and fire restrictions are posted by NYS Department of Environmental Conservation. Live National Weather Service fire weather alerts for New York load on the page.
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Burn bans and restrictions: NYS Department of Environmental Conservation.
The campfire rule in New York
Campfires in state parks and forests
Fires must be contained in designated areas and always supervised by an adult.NYS Parks, read October 18, 2026. Read it at the source
Where fire restrictions are posted
Check the fire danger map to make sure it's safe to have a fire where you are. Avoid burning on windy days.NYSDEC, read October 18, 2026. Read it at the source
Current restrictions: NYS Department of Environmental Conservation.
Quoted from pages read October 18, 2026. A county, a national forest or a single park can order a stricter ban than the state, so ask the local fire department or ranger district before you light a fire.
Camping in New York
The New York camping guide has the months when the weather works, how New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation books sites, the rule for camping outside a campground and a live weekend forecast for your campsite.
New York campfire questions
Campfire rules in other states
Where this page’s facts come from
- State park, forestry and federal land pages (read October 18, 2026). Booking windows, reservation systems, campfire rules, fire restriction sources and rules for camping outside a campground, each quoted word for word with a link to the page it came from.
- NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991 to 2020 (read October 18, 2026). Average monthly high, low and nights at or below 32 F at 150 reference stations, the same stations the heat season and heating season pages use.
- National Weather Service alerts (live, read in your browser when the page loads). Red Flag Warnings, Fire Weather Watches, Fire Warnings, Freeze Warnings and High Wind Warnings, read live from api.weather.gov.
- National Weather Service 7 day forecast (live, read in your browser when the page loads). The weekend forecast for the ZIP code a visitor enters, read live from api.weather.gov.