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Long Point State Park (on Chautauqua Lake) is a 360-acre (1.5 km 2) state park [2] located in the Town of Ellery, near the hamlet of Maple Springs in Chautauqua County, New York. The park is located on a short peninsula on the east side of the lake and can be reached on Route 430 .
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".
As the leading statewide voice for parks, Parks & Trails New York launched its Campaign for Parks in 2006 with the release of a highly acclaimed report, Parks at a Turning Point – Restoring and enhancing New York’s state park system, which first raised the alarm that New York's park facilities and infrastructure were aging and deteriorating.
Hook Mountain State Park is a 676-acre (2.74 km 2) undeveloped state park located in Rockland County, New York. [2] The park includes a portion of the Hudson River Palisades on the western shore of the Hudson River , [ 3 ] and is part of the Palisades Interstate Park system . [ 4 ]
Clark Reservation State Park is a state park in Onondaga County, New York. The park is in Jamesville, NY, in the Town of DeWitt , south of Syracuse . It was the site of a large waterfall formed by melting glacial ice at the end of the last Ice Age ; the plunge basin at the base of the old falls is now a small lake.
The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation acquired the 794-acre (3.21 km 2) Wonder Lake property in November 1998 using Clean Water/Clean Air Bond Act funds. [4] The park was expanded by the purchase of 106 acres (0.4 km 2 ) of open space in February 2006 [ 5 ] and it was further expanded in 2010, expanding the ...
Cold Spring Harbor State Park is a 47-acre (19 ha) state park located on New York State Route 25A in the Town of Huntington in Suffolk County, New York. The hilly park opened in 2000 and offers scenic views of Cold Spring Harbor on the north shore of Long Island .
Chenango Valley State Park is a 1,137-acre (4.60 km 2) state park located in Broome County, New York in the United States. [2] [4] The park is located adjacent to the Chenango River in western part of the Town of Fenton. The park includes the 18-hole Chenango Valley State Park Golf Course. [1] [5] [6]