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Where to Shoot in New York: Ranges, Rod and Gun Clubs and the DEC Archery Ranges
381 ranges in 61 of the 62 counties, from Long Island’s indoor pistol bays to rod and gun clubs on the Tug Hill plateau and in the Southern Tier. DEC runs no firearm ranges; its only public ranges are the Black Creek Marsh and Saratoga Sand Plains archery ranges. The rest of the list: 226 outdoor ranges and rod and gun clubs, 77 trap, skeet and sporting clays clubs, 33 indoor ranges and 43 archery ranges. Checked October 27, 2026.
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Public ranges in New York: 2 DEC archery ranges and 5 run by local or federal government
DEC’s own list is short: Black Creek Marsh WMA Archery Range and Saratoga Sand Plains WMA Archery Range. The table adds the ranges a town, county, city or the National Park Service operates.
| Range | Run by | County | Shooting | Longest | Hours | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Creek Marsh WMA Archery Range [Voorheesville] | DEC | Albany | archery | 50 yd | Open year-round | Free |
| Saratoga Sand Plains WMA Archery Range [Saratoga Springs] | DEC | Saratoga | archery | – | Open year-round | Free |
| Coyne Park Rifle and Pistol Range [Yonkers] | City of Yonkers parks department | Westchester | handgun/smallbore rimfire | – | – | – |
| Islip Rifle & Pistol Range [Islip] | Town of Islip | Suffolk | rifle/handgun/archery | – | – | – |
| Nassau County Rifle & Pistol Range at Mitchel Athletic Complex [Uniondale] | Nassau County parks | Nassau | rifle/handgun | 30 yd | – | – |
| The Floyd Bennett Field Archery Range [Brooklyn] | National Park Service, Gateway National Recreation Area | Kings | archery | – | Mon-Sun 8am–8pm | – |
| Willowbrook Archery Range [Staten Island] | NYC Parks | Richmond | archery | – | – | – |
- Firearm shooters will not find a DEC range: the department’s public ranges, Black Creek Marsh and Saratoga Sand Plains, take bows and crossbows only.
- No fee and no season: the DEC pages call Black Creek Marsh and Saratoga Sand Plains free, year-round ranges.
- Other public operators named on the official sites: Coyne Park Rifle and Pistol Range (City of Yonkers parks department), Islip Rifle & Pistol Range (Town of Islip), Nassau County Rifle & Pistol Range at Mitchel Athletic Complex (Nassau County parks), The Floyd Bennett Field Archery Range (National Park Service, Gateway National Recreation Area) and Willowbrook Archery Range (NYC Parks).
- Before driving out, read the operator page; several limit days or ask for a park permit.
- Plinking on a state forest or WMA is off limits unless signs say otherwise, the guide says.
DEC ranges from the DEC place page and the DEC press release; other public ranges from their operators’ own pages and the listings linked on each name. Checked October 27, 2026.
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Places to hunt and shoot around New York Shooting Ranges
Sort every New York range by your distance
Cards come six at a time, closest first, each with the miles, the kind of range, the access rule and a call button.
Straight-line miles from your position or a county center. Points from DEC, the Census geocoder, OpenStreetMap Nominatim and the listings; clubs whose listed address looks like a home are placed at their town center.
New York ranges sorted into five kinds
Public ranges, indoor bays, rifle and pistol lines, clay target clubs and archery. 198 listings say members only and 7 are public; the others leave access unsaid.
All New York ranges on a single map
359 pins, from Big Tree Sportsmens Club in Chautauqua County in the west to Mattituck Gun Club in Suffolk County at the east end; 22 rows have no reliable point and stay off the map. Counties with the most listings: Erie (28), Suffolk (20), Nassau (19), Dutchess (16) and Genesee (12).
Highlighted pins are the public ranges. A pin opens this site’s range page where one exists, otherwise the range website.
Range lists for New York cities, villages and towns
239 places have at least three ranges inside 35 miles; each list runs closest first.
- Afton17 ranges
- Akron51 ranges
- Akwesasne3 ranges
- Albion33 ranges
- Alfred12 ranges
- Allegany10 ranges
- Almond12 ranges
- Altmar21 ranges
- Altona5 ranges
- Angelica12 ranges
- Auburn37 ranges
- Averill Park32 ranges
- Ballston Spa34 ranges
- Batavia43 ranges
- Bath14 ranges
- Belfast16 ranges
- Belleville10 ranges
- Belmont11 ranges
- Binghamton15 ranges
- Blodgett Mills30 ranges
- Brasher Falls4 ranges
- Bridgeport30 ranges
- Bridgeville16 ranges
- Bridgewater19 ranges
- Brooktondale27 ranges
- Burdett23 ranges
- Camden27 ranges
- Canandaigua30 ranges
- Canaseraga15 ranges
- Canton5 ranges
- Carmel37 ranges
- Caroga Lake10 ranges
- Carthage10 ranges
- Cassadaga14 ranges
- Catskill29 ranges
- Cayuga39 ranges
- Cazenovia32 ranges
- Centre Island64 ranges
- Chatham27 ranges
- Chazy5 ranges
- Cherry Creek17 ranges
- Clayton7 ranges
- Constableville12 ranges
- Constantia27 ranges
- Cooperstown13 ranges
- Copake Lake25 ranges
- Copenhagen10 ranges
- Cortland30 ranges
- Cranberry Lake4 ranges
- Croghan8 ranges
- Dalton25 ranges
- Dannemora8 ranges
- DeRuyter33 ranges
- Delhi10 ranges
- Deposit18 ranges
- Dexter9 ranges
- Dover Plains28 ranges
- Downsville11 ranges
- Eagle Bay5 ranges
- Earlville28 ranges
- East Nassau27 ranges
- East Worcester14 ranges
- Edwards9 ranges
- Eldred10 ranges
- Elizabethtown7 ranges
- Ellicottville21 ranges
- Elmira15 ranges
- Esperance23 ranges
- Fabius36 ranges
- Fonda16 ranges
- Fort Edward17 ranges
- Franklinville22 ranges
- Frewsburg10 ranges
- Friendship14 ranges
- Gang Mills13 ranges
- Geneseo39 ranges
- Gloversville17 ranges
- Goshen33 ranges
- Gowanda28 ranges
- Grahamsville25 ranges
- Greene19 ranges
- Guilford17 ranges
- Haines Falls26 ranges
- Hammond7 ranges
- Hammondsport17 ranges
- Hemlock34 ranges
- Hempstead61 ranges
- Herkimer17 ranges
- Hilton33 ranges
- Honeoye35 ranges
- Hoosick Falls24 ranges
- Hudson28 ranges
- Hunter22 ranges
- Islip44 ranges
- Ithaca27 ranges
- Johnstown17 ranges
- Keeseville8 ranges
- Kennedy15 ranges
- Kingston31 ranges
- Lake Carmel36 ranges
- Lake George15 ranges
- Lake Placid6 ranges
- Little Valley23 ranges
- Lockport38 ranges
- Lodi31 ranges
- Long Lake4 ranges
- Lorraine11 ranges
- Lowville10 ranges
- Lyon Mountain8 ranges
- Lyons32 ranges
- Lyons Falls11 ranges
- Marathon28 ranges
- Margaretville15 ranges
- Maybrook40 ranges
- Mayfield19 ranges
- Mayville9 ranges
- McGraw29 ranges
- Medina44 ranges
- Middleburgh24 ranges
- Mineola62 ranges
- Mineville9 ranges
- Monticello17 ranges
- Montour Falls23 ranges
- Moravia28 ranges
- Morristown5 ranges
- Napanoch33 ranges
- Naples26 ranges
- Natural Bridge10 ranges
- New City47 ranges
- Newfield25 ranges
- North Blenheim17 ranges
- North Creek8 ranges
- North Syracuse30 ranges
- Northville20 ranges
- Norwich21 ranges
- Noyack6 ranges
- Oakfield53 ranges
- Old Forge3 ranges
- Oswego18 ranges
- Otter Lake6 ranges
- Owego22 ranges
- Oxford19 ranges
- Palenville31 ranges
- Pamelia Center10 ranges
- Panama7 ranges
- Parishville5 ranges
- Paul Smiths6 ranges
- Penn Yan28 ranges
- Peru8 ranges
- Phoenicia23 ranges
- Pine Hill15 ranges
- Plattsburgh6 ranges
- Port Leyden11 ranges
- Pottersville9 ranges
- Poughkeepsie36 ranges
- Preston-Potter Hollow23 ranges
- Pulaski13 ranges
- Putnam Lake29 ranges
- Radisson27 ranges
- Redford8 ranges
- Remsen16 ranges
- Rensselaer Falls5 ranges
- Richmondville18 ranges
- Riverhead15 ranges
- Riverside16 ranges
- Rocky Point25 ranges
- Rome19 ranges
- Roscoe10 ranges
- Ruby32 ranges
- Rushford24 ranges
- Salamanca20 ranges
- Salisbury Center12 ranges
- Saranac Lake6 ranges
- Savannah34 ranges
- Savona15 ranges
- Sayville38 ranges
- Schenectady34 ranges
- Schoharie24 ranges
- Schroon Lake9 ranges
- Scio10 ranges
- Scottsburg32 ranges
- Shelter Island Heights6 ranges
- Shirley23 ranges
- Sidney18 ranges
- Slaterville Springs27 ranges
- Smithville Flats20 ranges
- South Edmeston19 ranges
- Sparrow Bush11 ranges
- Speculator4 ranges
- St. Johnsville13 ranges
- St. Regis Falls5 ranges
- Star Lake7 ranges
- Tannersville25 ranges
- Thendara3 ranges
- Three Mile Bay8 ranges
- Ticonderoga5 ranges
- Tivoli32 ranges
- Troy35 ranges
- Tully34 ranges
- Tupper Lake4 ranges
- Unionville16 ranges
- Utica19 ranges
- Valley Falls30 ranges
- Victory25 ranges
- Virgil29 ranges
- Waddington5 ranges
- Wallkill40 ranges
- Wampsville29 ranges
- Warsaw41 ranges
- Watchtower39 ranges
- Waterloo31 ranges
- Watertown10 ranges
- Watkins Glen22 ranges
- Wells11 ranges
- West Danby23 ranges
- West Kill19 ranges
- Westernville17 ranges
- Westmere36 ranges
- Westport6 ranges
- White Lake10 ranges
- White Plains63 ranges
- Whitehall12 ranges
- Willsboro5 ranges
- Wilmington7 ranges
- Windham22 ranges
- Wingdale28 ranges
- Winthrop4 ranges
- Witherbee9 ranges
- Wolcott30 ranges
- Wurtsboro25 ranges
- Wyoming39 ranges
Upcoming shows and matches, New York shooters
106 dated events in all; the soonest leads the table.
| When, shoot, organizer | Kind | Where | Entry fee | Enter | Via, checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 29, 2026 / CT / NJ Concealed Carry Firearms Safety / Qualifications Course at Mount Vernon Shooting Center | Class | Mount Vernon: Mount Vernon Shooting Center | Course page | boisegunclub.com · 2026-10-27 | |
| Oct 29, 2026 / Connecticut, NJ and/or Utah Non-Resident CCW Class at Mount Vernon Shooting Center | Class | Mount Vernon: Mount Vernon Shooting Center | Course page | boisegunclub.com · 2026-10-27 | |
| Oct 30, 2026 / Pistol Speed Clinic at Artemis Arms LLC, Elmsford, NY | Class | Elmsford: Blueline Shooting Sports | Course page | boisegunclub.com · 2026-10-27 | |
| Oct 31-Nov 1, 2026 / NEACA Mechanicville Gun Show, hosted by NEACA Inc | Gun show | Mechanicville: Mechanicville Olde High School Gymnasium | $10.00 | Listing | gunshowtrader.com · 2026-10-27 |
| Nov 1, 2026 / Deer Park Antique and Modern Gun Show, hosted by Northeastern Arms Collectors Association | Gun show | Deer Park: Knights of Deer Park | $10.00 | Listing | gunshowtrader.com · 2026-10-27 |
| Nov 1, 2026 / USPSA at Square Deal Sportsmen, Inc. | Action pistol | Endicott: Square Deal Sportsmen | Match page | boisegunclub.com · 2026-10-27 | |
| Nov 2, 2026 / NJ CCW Class Saturday 1PM to 5PM at Stuyvesant Rod & Gun Club | Class | Middle Village: Stuyvesant Rod & Gun Club | Listing | boisegunclub.com · 2026-10-27 | |
| Nov 4, 2026 / Sporting Clays at Canandaigua Sportsmen's Club | Sporting clays | Canandaigua: Canandaigua Sportsmens Club | Match page | boisegunclub.com · 2026-10-27 | |
| Nov 7, 2026 / Cattaraugus Gun Show, hosted by Niagara Frontier Gun Shows | Gun show | Little Valley: Cattaraugus County Fairgrounds | $6.00 | Listing | gunshowtrader.com · 2026-10-27 |
| Nov 7, 2026 / Cowboy Action Match at Tioga County Sportsmen's Association | Club match | Owego: Tioga County Sportsmen's Association | Sign up | boisegunclub.com · 2026-10-27 | |
| Nov 7-8, 2026 / Middletown Firearm & Knife Show, hosted by Westchester Collectors Inc | Gun show | Middletown: Orange County Fairgrounds | $15.00 | Listing | gunshowtrader.com · 2026-10-27 |
| Nov 7, 2026 / Oneonta Gun & Knife Show, hosted by Midstate Arms Collectors | Gun show | Oneonta: Foothills Performing Arts & Civic Center | $5.00 | Listing | gunshowtrader.com · 2026-10-27 |
New York ranges county by county
61 counties have one or more listed ranges. Bronx has none in this guide, so its county page points to the closest ones.
- Albany County6 on file
- Allegany County5 on file
- Broome County6 on file
- Cattaraugus County5 on file
- Cayuga County3 on file
- Chautauqua County6 on file
- Chemung County4 on file
- Chenango County5 on file
- Clinton County5 on file
- Columbia County5 on file
- Cortland County4 on file
- Delaware County6 on file
- Dutchess County16 on file
- Erie County28 on file
- Essex County4 on file
- Franklin County1 on file
- Fulton County2 on file
- Genesee County12 on file
- Greene County4 on file
- Hamilton County1 on file
- Herkimer County1 on file
- Jefferson County6 on file
- Kings County7 on file
- Lewis County2 on file
- Livingston County6 on file
- Madison County4 on file
- Monroe County11 on file
- Montgomery County1 on file
- Nassau County19 on file
- New York County4 on file
- Niagara County8 on file
- Oneida County12 on file
- Onondaga County10 on file
- Ontario County7 on file
- Orange County7 on file
- Orleans County3 on file
- Oswego County8 on file
- Otsego County5 on file
- Putnam County6 on file
- Queens County6 on file
- Rensselaer County8 on file
- Richmond County7 on file
- Rockland County4 on file
- Saratoga County7 on file
- Schenectady County4 on file
- Schoharie County1 on file
- Schuyler County1 on file
- Seneca County3 on file
- St. Lawrence County6 on file
- Steuben County6 on file
- Suffolk County20 on file
- Sullivan County3 on file
- Tioga County3 on file
- Tompkins County7 on file
- Ulster County9 on file
- Warren County5 on file
- Washington County4 on file
- Wayne County7 on file
- Westchester County10 on file
- Wyoming County4 on file
- Yates County1 on file
New York range questions
Does DEC run any public shooting ranges for firearms?
No. DEC operates no rifle, pistol or shotgun range; its public ranges are the archery ranges at Black Creek Marsh and Saratoga Sand Plains. Firearm shooters use club, commercial and local government ranges.
Where are the free DEC archery ranges?
Black Creek Marsh WMA Archery Range near Voorheesville in Albany County and Saratoga Sand Plains WMA Archery Range near Saratoga Springs in Saratoga County. DEC lists both as free and open all year.
Can I shoot a crossbow at the DEC archery ranges?
Yes, per DEC: Saratoga Sand Plains allows crossbows with field-tipped bolts, and Black Creek Marsh has targets for traditional bows, compounds and crossbows. Firearms are not allowed at either.
Which public ranges take firearms?
Coyne Park Rifle and Pistol Range (City of Yonkers parks department), Islip Rifle & Pistol Range (Town of Islip) and Nassau County Rifle & Pistol Range at Mitchel Athletic Complex (Nassau County parks) are run by a town, county or city. Each sets its own rules and fees.
Can I target shoot on state forest or WMA land?
Not unless the area is posted for it, under the state land rules in the hunting guide.
What county leads New York in listed ranges?
Erie County, with 28 listings.
Do rod and gun clubs take non-members?
Some do. 198 listings say members only, and most of the rest do not say, so call the club about guest days or memberships.
Where do New Yorkers shoot trap, skeet and sporting clays?
77 clay target clubs are listed, 45 of them on the ATA club list; the New York State Amateur Trapshooting Association holds its big shoots at its homegrounds in Bridgeport.
When should I sight in for deer season?
Before the regular season: it opens Oct 24, 2026 in the Northern Zone and Nov 21, 2026 in the Southern Zone in 2026. Many clubs keep set range days, so check first.
Which ranges have the longest lines?
Canastota Conservation Club (600 yards), The Sportsmen's Club Of Clifton Park (600 yards) and Baldwinsville Rod and Gun Club (220 yards), from their listings or own pages.
What sources feed this New York range list?
DEC, boisegunclub.com, gunranges.org, findarcheryranges.com and the ATA club list, checked October 27, 2026. 74 listings were left out, such as PO-box-only clubs and listings with no range.
Keep going: New York matches, results and gun buying
- New York shooting events106 dates ahead
- Match results3 with winners
- Buying a gun in New YorkFFL, stores
- Public ranges7 listed
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