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The Debar Mountain Wild Forest is a 83,405-acre (337.53 km 2) [1] tract designated as Wild Forest by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation in the northeastern Adirondack Park, just north of Paul Smiths, in Franklin County. The area includes 61,500 acres (249 km 2) of state land and 60,600 acres (245 km 2) of conservation ...
Meacham Lake is a 1,203-acre (4.87 km 2) lake eight miles north of Paul Smiths in Franklin County, New York in the Adirondack Park. It is 2 miles (3.2 km) long, north to south, and 1 mile (1.6 km) wide. The lake is found at an elevation of 1,552 feet (473 m). [1] Most of the lake is in the town of Duane; the southernmost shore is in the town of ...
79,609 (in 2014) [3] Open. All year. Website. Four Mile Creek State Park. Four Mile Creek State Park is a 248-acre (1.00 km 2) state park [2] located in the Town of Porter in Niagara County, New York. The park is at the mouth of Four Mile Creek on the shore of Lake Ontario, approximately 15 miles (24 km) north of the Niagara Falls.
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.
The Meacham Lake Hotel was a popular tourist resort until it closed in 1921. The land was purchased by New York State and converted to a campground by the Civilian Conservation Corps. Former New York State Route 99 was converted to County Road 26 in 1994. Gordon's Crossing is located at the intersection of old Rt. 99 and County Road 26.
The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (NYS OPRHP) is a state agency within the New York State Executive Department [5] charged with the operation of state parks and historic sites within the U.S. state of New York. [6] As of 2014, the NYS OPRHP manages nearly 335,000 acres (523 sq mi; 1,360 km 2) of public ...
Green Lakes State Park has an 18-hole public golf course designed by Robert Trent Jones in 1935. [10] The course was one of Trent Jones' earliest; ultimately, he was credited with designing about 500 courses. In lieu of payment for its design, he was given a ten-year lease for $1.00/year.
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. The park is located on the site of the former Sampson Naval Training Station, which later ...