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Brenton Point State Park: Newport: Newport: 88.9 acres 36.0 ha: 1974: Host site of the Newport Kite Festival Burlingame State Park: Charlestown: Washington: 3,100 acres 1,300 ha: 1930: Camping and recreation on and around Watchaug Pond: Colt State Park: Bristol: Bristol: 464 acres 188 ha: 1965: The "Jewel" of the state park system Fishermen's ...
Prospect Point at the Niagara Reservation, c. 1900.The reservation, known today as Niagara Falls State Park, was the first park opened by New York State.. State-level procurement and management of parks in New York began in 1883, when then-governor Grover Cleveland signed legislation authorizing the appropriation of lands near Niagara Falls for a "state reservation".
Highland Lakes State Park is a 3,115-acre (12.61 km 2) undeveloped state park in the towns of Wallkill and Crawford in Orange County, New York, United States. The park is located northeast of the city of Middletown, west of Route 211. It is the largest undeveloped park managed by the Palisades Interstate Park Commission. [2]
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.
Sachuest Point National Wildlife Refuge in Middletown, Rhode Island Sachuest Point National Wildlife Refuge in Middletown, Rhode Island. Sachuest Point (SAT-choo-est [2]) is a wildlife refuge in the southeasternmost part of the Town of Middletown, Rhode Island, on a peninsula between the Sakonnet River and Rhode Island Sound, the 242-acre (0.98 km 2).
Connetquot River State Park Preserve is a 3,473-acre (14.05 km 2) state park [1] and conservation area in the Town of Islip in Suffolk County, New York in the United States. . The park contains the Long Island Environmental Interpretive Center as well as the Southside Sportsmens Club District, which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1
RI Metropolitan Park Commission (1904-1934) RI Division of Forests, Parks and Parkways (1935-1952) RI Department of Public Works (Parks and Recreation Division, 1952-1965) RI Department of Natural Resources (1965-1975) The lobbying of the Public Parks Association (1883-1903) was a significant factor in the creation of state parks in Rhode ...
Middletown is a town in Newport County, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 17,075 at the 2020 census . It lies to the south of Portsmouth and to the north of Newport on Aquidneck Island , hence the name "Middletown."