The Wildcat Shelter in New York is a plank sided lean-to in the standard U.S. Forest Service design. It is maintained by the New York-New Jersey Trail Club and is the first shelter that northbound hikers encounter in New York, or the last they encounter if they are hiking south.

The Fingerboard Mountain Shelter in New York is a stone lean-to constructed in the 1930s. It is just north of a popular Trail feature -- the "Lemon Squeezer" -- a narrow rock fissure that hikers must negotiate in order to continue their hike. This shelter is maintained by the New York-New Jersey Trail Club.

The Wiley Shelter is a traditional Adirondack style lean-to located in New York, just west of the border with Connecticut. It is therefore the last shelter northbound hikers encounter in New York and the first that southbound hikers encounter as they leave New England on their way south. This shelter is maintained by the New York-New Jersey Trail Conference.