Places to sleep in car near gunks

I want to spend the night in new paltz in my car anyone know any spots I saw an old post that said the Tops in new paltz allows it but I called and they said they don’t anyone know any other spots thanks

Check out the app RV Parky.
There’s overnight at the Kingston NY Walmart. 

Search airb&b for available rentals, park there!

Obviously if you call Tops they will say no.  But it's not realistic they'll have a person going around all night looking.  

Its no fun and counter productive parking in a spot that gets you rousted in the middle of the night by security or the police. Is Kingston the closest wally's? how about planet fittness? 

Im curious how this goes for you as I am in a similar boat, want to sleep in the car but not sure where (for this summer) 

My thought was to go over to Poughkeepsie; there is a Planet Fitness 27 minutes away from Mohawk.  I get that that is far but if your in most other climbing destinations that is a casual drive.  I'd also imagine being a bit farther away from the climbing scene would be good.  

The Walmart in Ellenville is much closer than Kingston. You could reach out to BCs to see if it's cool to park in their lot behind the Walgreens in NP, it's pretty tucked away. 

No overnight parking at Ellenville Walmart. 

Whatever happened to just parking on any old residential street in new Paltz? Just don’t make a scene and you’d have no problem, easy. Don’t overthink it

Rest in piece camp slime/MUA... slept many a night in my car there... If you got up early you could probably crash at the coxing kill parking lot i would be shocked if anyone was poking around there at night... beat the gate attendant though!

Michael Spiesbach wrote:

Rest in piece camp slime/MUA... slept many a night in my car there... If you got up early you could probably crash at the coxing kill parking lot i would be shocked if anyone was poking around there at night... beat the gate attendant though!

Wouldn’t recommend coxing parking lot. Gate gets locked at night as there is a an employee housing cabin behind the lot. 

Elliot White wrote:

Wouldn’t recommend coxing parking lot. Gate gets locked at night as there is a an employee housing cabin behind the lot. 

And the caretaker housed there takes no shit. 

Matthew L wrote:

No overnight parking at Ellenville Walmart. 

Sad, I thought allowing overnight parking was something Walmart (corporate HQ?) encouraged.

Arthur W wrote:

Sad, I thought allowing overnight parking was something Walmart (corporate HQ?) encouraged.

It's up to the local managers.

https://www.walmartlocator.com/rv-parking-at-walmart/

Yet on their interactive map (link is on the page above), it shows that the Napanoch store (not Ellenville, btw) allows overnight parking.

B Max wrote:

Whatever happened to just parking on any old residential street in new Paltz? Just don’t make a scene and you’d have no problem, easy. Don’t overthink it

That's great advice. 

WF WF51 wrote:

That's great advice. 

Certainly better than walmart

Marc801 C wrote:

It's up to the local managers.

https://www.walmartlocator.com/rv-parking-at-walmart/

Yet on their interactive map (link is on the page above), it shows that the Napanoch store (not Ellenville, btw) allows overnight parking.

In my experience, places that are popular outdoor destinations, often do not have nearby Walmarts that allow overnighting. One example, most of Colorado.. draw your own conclusions, but it seems like frequency of overnighters, and I’m sure bad behavior, ruined it for everyone.

When the camping season starts, obvious choice is Samuel Pryor, cheaper to car camp than tent camp, plus amenities.. car area seems quieter and less chaotic than the tents..

what is sam prior  and how close?? 

Nick Goldsmith wrote:

what is sam prior  and how close?? 

It's the expensive one they just opened 

Nick Goldsmith wrote:

what is sam prior  and how close?? 

The AAC one adjacent to the preserve on 299 just before the Brauhaus. 

M M wrote:

Certainly better than walmart

Try it, see what happens.