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A portion of the battlefield is today managed as a 372-acre (1.51 km 2) state park. [3] The entire battlefield (about 2,100 acres (850 ha)) was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1965. [2] [4] The American Battlefield Trust and its partners have acquired and preserved more than 68 acres adjacent to the state park. [5]
That same year, 15 acres (6.1 hectares) of land including the park was deeded to the State of New York and named the Newtown Battlefield Reservation. A new 80 foot (24 m) granite obelisk monument was erected and dedicated in 1912. Further expansion eventually resulted in the creation of the 372 acres (1.51 km 2) Newtown Battlefield State Park. [10]
As of 2017, New York has 215 state parks and historic sites encompassing 350,000 acres. The agency's portfolio also includes 28 golf courses, 35 swimming pools, 67 beaches, and 18 museums and nature centers. [5] The following sortable tables list current and former New York state parks, respectively, all 'owned' or managed by the OPRHP, as of 2015.
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. ... New York; Clermont State Historic Site; ... Newtown Battlefield State Park;
Springside (Poughkeepsie, New York) Elizabeth Cady Stanton House (Seneca Falls, New York) Steepletop; Stepping Stones (house) Stony Point Battlefield; USS The Sullivans (DD-537) Sunnyside (Tarrytown, New York)
Robert V. Riddell State Park began as a 1,036-acre (4.19 km 2) gift to the state by Patricia Riddell Kent and Steven Kent in 2005, who intended for the land to be preserved as open space. [5] Prior to the donation, the land had been held by Patricia's family since 1871, and the park is named after her father, Robert V. Riddell.
Oriskany Battlefield State Historic Site is a historic site in Oneida County, New York, United States that marks the Battle of Oriskany, fought in 1777 during the American Revolution, one of the bloodiest engagements of the war. The park is northwest of the Village of Oriskany on NY Route 69 and is southeast of the City of Rome.
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