Activities & Area Resources

Covewood offers a wide variety of fun activities for all members of your family.

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 four 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, motor boat rentals, and canoes. Hourly, half-day and full-day water craft rentals are generally available. Covewood also offers water skiing for all levels, from the "never done it before" to the accomplished skier who may want to try out the slalom course on the lake.

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, horse shoe pits, and the famous Covewood ring game. These activities are all complimentary.

Area attractions and resources:

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.

All businesses, services and organizations listed here are within 30 minutes of your Covewood retreat unless otherwise noted*.

Excellent fishing is available off the Covewood foot bridge. Rods and reels can be borrowed from the Front Desk.

Covewood's Rec Room provides a great place for rainy day arts and crafts.

Rent a tube and Boston Whaler for a fun afternoon of tubing around the lake.

There is a potluck picnic every other week on the Lodge's main porch.

Diane Bowes giving a waterski lesson.