Once you’ve registered, begun to pray with fellow pilgrims, and requested the shuttle, it’s time to make plans to overnight Thursday in order to be ready to form up with your brigade, pray holy Mass, eat breakfast, and step-off bright & early Friday morning.
There are a few choices, which are as follows, in order of pilgrim-popularity:
1. Stay at the Lake George Battleground Campground.
2224 State Route 9
Lake George, NY 12845
518/668-3348
https://www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/24453.htmlNOTE: The online “ReserveAmerica [dot] com site linked below shows “no sites available” for Thursday, September 22. The Battleground Campground is sold-out already to fellow pilgrims. A pilgrim can ‘take his chances’ to meet-up with a fellow pilgrim, to ask to stay on his reserved site: six campers are permitted per site. Alternately, reserve a tent-site at another campground nearby, or at a motel in Lake George Village. Read on.
Reserve a campsite at Lake George Battleground Campground.
The cost to camp there Thursday evening is not covered by the registration fee. Pilgrims pay when reserving a campsite online, or at the entrance to the Campground upon arrival.
The Company of St. René Goupil volunteers will shuttle pilgrims from their PT terminal in Albany or (if driving) from the destination Shrine at Auriesville (where pilgrims can retrieve their vehicles at the end of the pilgrimage, Sunday) to the above Battleground Campground for required check-in Thursday afternoon and evening, provided they have requested the shuttle in advance. Pilgrims reform with their brigades Friday morning bright and early (at the Million Dollar Beach parking lot) not far from the Campground, and step-off directly from the Campground.
NOTE: There is no need to shuttle pilgrims from Lake George Battleground Campground to form up with one’s brigade at the the Million Dollar Beach parking lot, because the two locations are close to each other, and the step-off point Friday morning is the same Campground.
2. Overnight at Cramer’s Point Motel.
3382 Lake Shore Dr
Lake George, NY 12845-6620
518/668-2292
stay@cramerspointmotel.com
http://www.cramerspointmotel.com/The cost for staying there is also not covered by the registration fee.
Reserve a room at Cramer’s Point Motel. Mention you are a pilgrim, and that you are willing to share a room with another pilgrim in order to qualify for a reduced rate.
See this page for other motels in Lake George Village.
Again, the Company of St. René Goupil (CSRG) volunteers will shuttle pilgrims from their PT terminal in Albany or (if driving) from the destination Shrine at Auriesville (where pilgrims can retrieve their vehicles at the end of the pilgrimage, Sunday) to Cramer’s Point Motel for required check-in Thursday evening, provided they have requested the shuttle in advance. The CSRG drivers return to Cramer’s Point Motel very early in the morning Friday to shuttle pilgrims to reform with their brigades at the “Million Dollar Beach”, close to the Mass site and step-off location.
3. Choose from among other motels in Lake George Village.
https://www.lakegeorge.com/lodging/hotels/lake-george-town-village/Or camp at Hearthstone Point Campground (near Cramer’s Point Motel).
3298 Lake Shore Drive
Lake George, NY 12845
518-668-5193ATTENTION! Hearthstone Point Campground is CLOSED FOR THE SEASON. Please disregard the information published here. Reserve a tent-site at another campground nearby — listed below. Or click here to book a motel room also nearby in Lake George Village.
Reserve a campsite at Hearthstone Point Campground.
Or visit the Heathstone Point webpage.
https://www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/24470.htmlThe cost to camp or stay overnight in a motel Thursday evening is not covered by the registration fee. Pilgrims pay when reserving a motel or campsite online, or at the entrance to the Campground upon arrival.
The Company of St. René Goupil volunteers will first shuttle pilgrims to check-in at the Lake George Battleground Campground Thursday afternoon or early evening and then to your overnight accommodations, provided each pilgrim-driver has requested the shuttle in advance. The volunteer-organizers will also schedule to shuttle you from your over-night accommodations to the step-off location Friday morning.
4. Choose from among other motels in Lake George Village.
https://www.lakegeorge.com/lodging/hotels/lake-george-town-village/
Or camp at Whippoorwill Motel & Campsites – a 3-minute drive to the step-off location Friday morning.
1784 NYS Hwy
Lake George, NY 12845
518-668-5565
Reserve a campsite at Whippoorwill Motel & Campsites.Or visit the Whippoorwill Motel & Campsites webpage.
https://whippoorwilllakegeorge.com/Remember: The cost to camp or stay overnight in a motel Thursday evening is not covered by the registration fee. Pilgrims pay when reserving a motel or campsite online, or at the entrance to the campsite upon arrival.
NOTE: The Company of St. René Goupil (CSRG) volunteers will shuttle pilgrims from their PT terminal in Albany or (if driving) from the destination Shrine at Auriesville (where pilgrims can retrieve their vehicles at the end of the pilgrimage, Sunday) to the Lake George Battleground Campground, or to Cramer’s Point Motel, for required check-in Thursday afternoon/evening, provided they have requested the shuttle in advance. After check-in the CSRG drivers drive you to your overnight accommodations, then return very early in the morning Friday to shuttle you and other pilgrims to reform with your brigades at the “Million Dollar Beach”, close to the Mass site and step-off location.
Pilgrimage for Restoration
Come to restore. The rest will come.
27th annual — 2022 A.D.
Friday – Sunday
23-25 September
“Now is the acceptable time.”
Your friends staying home this year can make pilgrimage from afar, from home or parish: obtain a plenary indulgence, sponsor a pilgrim (or two), request prayers or offer them — all from this page.
Listen to and learn the Songs of Pilgrimage!
“No one makes pilgrimage alone.”
Oremus pro invicem.
In unione orationum.
Ad majorem Dei gloriam.
