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State agencies announced another beach closed Wednesday due to an algae bloom: Lake Welch Beach in Harriman State Park
The condition of Lake Welch will be assessed next week, state officials said. Algae bloom shuts down swimming, boating, kayaking at Lake Welch in Harriman State Park Skip to main content
Lake Tiorati is one of the seven main lakes in Harriman State Park, located in Orange County, New York. It is a man-made lake, created by dredging swampland [2] and constructing a concrete dam. [3] The name Tiorati means "Blue like Sky". Its name is the Algonquin word for "sky-like". [4]
At 47,527 acres (192.33 km 2), [1] Harriman State Park is the second largest state park in the U.S. state of New York. [2] Located in Rockland and Orange counties 30 miles (48 km) north of New York City , it is a haven for hikers with over 200 miles (320 km) of hiking trails.
Lake Kanawauke is a primarily human-made lake in Harriman State Park.The name is Onondaga in origin, and means "place of much water". There are three parts to the lake, lower, middle and upper; the total area is 186 acres (0.75 km 2).
The area was inhabited as early as 1724 by Nicholas Conklin, and his descendants had several cabins on the land when the Palisades Interstate Park Commission acquired the land for the Harriman State Park. The dam that created the lake was built by Civilian Conservation Corps labor under William A. Welch of the Park Commission. The lake was ...
Faatz, a Hawthorne native now living in Highland Lakes, and his team were approached last month by Sawyer, a 2-year-old cat, while documenting raptor nests in Harriman State Park in New York.
Silver Lake State Park: Genesee: Wyoming: 776 acres (314 ha) 22,478: Silver Lake: Sojourner Truth State Park: Palisades: Ulster: 508 acres (206 ha) 2022: Hudson River: Dedicated on February 28, 2022 [179] Sonnenberg Gardens & Mansion State Historic Park: Finger Lakes: Ontario: 50 acres (20 ha) 2005: Southwick Beach State Park: Thousand Islands ...