Outdoors · Capital Region
Max V. Shaul Gives Fulton a Quiet Schoharie Creek Camping Base
Fulton has Max V. Shaul State Park, with wooded campsites, picnic grounds, hiking trails, and fishing access to Schoharie Creek.
Published June 24, 2026 · Last verified June 24, 2026
Max V. Shaul State Park gives the Town of Fulton a quiet outdoor anchor. Park materials describe a small camping area with 30 wooded tent and trailer sites, shady picnic grounds, a pavilion, a playground, hiking trails, and ball fields.
The Schoharie Creek detail is what gives the park its local feel. Fishing access is a short walk from the parking lot through the ball fields, so the creek is part of the outing without turning the place into a large destination.
That smaller scale is part of the appeal. A wooded campsite, a picnic table, a short walk to creek fishing, and Mine Kill State Park nine miles south can shape a Schoharie County day or weekend.
Max V. Shaul makes Fulton easier to place. It ties the town to water, valley roads, and the kind of small public land that gives rural counties a friendly outdoor stop without asking every park to be a headline.
That kind of park can matter quietly. It gives people a place for a low-key campout, a shaded lunch, or a creek-side break in a county where the best days are often simple ones.