Oswego County Nature Park at Camp Zerbe

The Oswego County Nature Park at Camp Zerbe is a county-owned nature park in Williamstown, built around the former Camp Zerbe facility and the county reforestation lands next to it, a mix of camp grounds and woodland. The Oswego City-County Youth Bureau’s parks and recreation division operates it for the public.

Oswego County bought the camp from the Syracuse Boys’ Club in 1991, turning a former youth camp into public land. That history shows in the setting: a camp property surrounded by woods planted as reforestation land, a good fit for a day outdoors in the eastern part of the county.

What to Know

• The county owns the park, and the Oswego City-County Youth Bureau operates it.
• It sits on the former Camp Zerbe, which the county purchased in 1991.
• The Syracuse Boys’ Club was the camp’s previous owner.
• The park also includes adjacent county reforestation lands.
• Visit Oswego County features it as an attraction.