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The land that was to become Bowman Lake State Park was originally part of the region's reforestation lands, which were acquired by the state beginning in 1929.Under the management of the New York Conservation Department, 200 campsites were established around Bowman Lake in 1962, in addition to a day use area, sand beach, and boat launch.
Open during the Great New York State Fair, this state park is billed as New York's smallest. It simulates a park-like setting within the fairgrounds and includes exhibits focused on New York's state parks and historic sites. [180] Sterling Forest State Park: Palisades: Orange: 22,180 acres (8,980 ha) 1998 [181] 266,944: Sterling Lake, Greenwood ...
Bowmans Creek is a river in Montgomery County, New York.It begins west of the hamlet of Hessville and just south of the hamlet of Ripple Corners.It then flows in a mostly southeast direction for a few miles passing through the hamlet of Sprout Brook before flowing into the Canajoharie Creek just east of the hamlet of Sprout Brook.
Harriet Hollister Spencer State Recreation Area, also known as the Harriet Hollister Spencer Memorial Recreation Area, is a 1,550-acre (6.3 km 2) recreation area and part of the New York state park system. It is located six miles (9.7 km) south of Honeoye, off Canadice Hill Road in the south part of the Town of Canadice in Ontario County, New York.
Bowman Lake is in the northwestern portion of Glacier National Park in Montana. [2] The lake is accessed via a 6 miles (9.7 km) unpaved road from the small town of Polebridge. At 1,706 acres (690 ha), Bowman Lake is the third largest lake in the park, after Lake McDonald and Saint Mary Lake .
Formerly managed by New York State as the "John White Memorial Game Farm" between 1945 and 2000 for the purpose of raising pheasants for release on public hunting lands. [16] Kabob: Chautauqua: 38 acres (0.15 km 2) Keeney Swamp: Allegany: 708 acres (2.87 km 2) Kings Bay: Clinton: 653 acres (2.64 km 2) Lake Alice: Clinton: 1,468 acres (5.94 km 2 ...
The site's period of significance extends from construction in 1914, when park officials began concerted efforts to develop the Bowman Lake area as part of its fire-control and recreation-development programs, until the end of the historic period as defined by the National Register (1945)." [2]
Big Bowman Pond is a small glacial lake in the Taborton section of the Town of Sand Lake, Rensselaer County, New York, United States. [1] The lake is located on a geologic formation known as the Rensselaer Plateau. [2] Its name is in relation to nearby Little Bowman Pond.