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The North Country Trail is a 4000+ mile trail that spans through New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and terminates in North Dakota. Allegany State Park's 18-mile (29 km) section of the trail includes 4 lean-tos, two in the Quaker Area, and the other two in the Red House area.
Located on approximately 2,700 acres (11 km2) in Paul Smiths, New York, near Paul Smith's College, the Paul Smith's College Visitor Interpretive Center has approximately 25 miles of maintained trails. Throughout the property visitors will encounter every habitat type found in the Adirondack Park except alpine.
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.
Winding Hills Park is located off NY 17K in the Comfort Hills two miles (3.2 km) west of the village of Montgomery, New York, United States, straddling the Montgomery-Crawford town line. It is a 502-acre (203 ha) area centered on 40-acre (16 ha) Diamond Lake that is primarily used for outdoor recreation. [1]
The State of New York operates a campground offering campsites in Indian Lake, most of which are on islands, that are accessible only by boat. The campground is 12 miles south of Indian Lake village on NY 30, and is open from mid-May until Columbus Day. The lake was made famous by the 1968 pop song "Indian Lake" performed by the Cowsills. [3]
The High Peaks Wilderness Area is the largest wilderness area of the Forest Preserve in the U.S. state of New York.It is located in three counties and six towns in the Adirondack Park: Harrietstown in Franklin County, North Elba, Keene, North Hudson and Newcomb in Essex County and Long Lake in Hamilton County.
By 2004 the state had acquired 272 additional undeveloped acres (110 ha) for the campground and brought its mountain holdings to 2,082 acres (843 ha). [12] Five years later, however, during a budget crisis, the campground was shut down due to low use, [14] although it remains open as a day-use access area to the cliffs. [12]
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