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Southwick Beach State Park is a New York State park that lies along an unusual stretch of sandy beach on the eastern shore of Lake Ontario. The park is 464 acres (188 ha) in size with a 3,500 foot (1,100 m) length of beach, and is visited annually by about 100,000 people. [ 1 ]
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".
Schodack Island State Park was opened in 2002, [3] and was initially a day-use only park. In 2013, plans were proposed to add camping facilities to the park, representing the first new campground constructed by the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation in approximately 35 years. [ 7 ]
State park: Location: 68 Thompsons Lake Road East Berne, New York [1] Coordinates: Area: 308 acres (1.25 km 2) [2] Operated by: New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation: Visitors: 63,934 (in 2014) [3] Open: All year: Website: Thompson's Lake State Park
Wildwood State Park is a 767-acre (3.10 km 2) state park located in Suffolk County, New York. [1] The park is in the Town of Riverhead on the north shore of Long Island . The park includes a beach on Long Island Sound .
Jacques Cartier State Park is a 461-acre (1.87 km 2) state park [2] located in the Town of Morristown in St. Lawrence County, New York. The park is located on the south bank of the St. Lawrence River. The park offers a beach, picnic tables, playground, hiking, fishing, a boat launch and docks.
Whetstone Gulf State Park is a 515-acre (2.08 km 2) state park located in Lewis County, New York. [2] The park is on the edge of the Tug Hill Plateau, south of Lowville, on the border of the towns of Turin and Martinsburg. The east end of the park is located near New York State Route 26.
Sampson State Park (along with Sampson State Park Beach) is a 2,070-acre (8.4 km 2) state park located in Seneca County, New York. [2] The park is south of the city of Geneva in the Town of Romulus on the east shore of Seneca Lake , one of the Finger Lakes .