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Schodack Island State Park was opened in 2002, [3] and was initially a day-use only park. In 2013, plans were proposed to add camping facilities to the park, representing the first new campground constructed by the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation in approximately 35 years. [ 7 ]
Battle Island State Park: Central: Oswego: 235 acres (95 ha) 1938 [13] 29,291: Oswego River: Includes the 18-hole Battle Island State Park Golf Course. [14] Named for a battle that took place nearby during the French and Indian War in 1756. [15] Bayard Cutting Arboretum State Park: Long Island: Suffolk: 690 acres (280 ha) 1936 [16] 225,456 ...
The Schodack Landing Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. [8] Schodack Island State Park – A state park in the southwestern part of the town. Shivers Corners – A hamlet in the north of East Schodack, near the intersections of East Schodack and Luther roads. South Schodack – A hamlet north of ...
Hudson River Islands State Park comprises the entirety of the island of Stockport Middle Ground and the southern tip of Gay's Point. The park is open from May through October, and is accessible only by boat. [5] The park offers access for fishing, hiking, and hunting, and includes a day-use area with picnic pavilions and a nature trail.
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation The Vanderwhacker Mountain Wild Forest is a 91,854-acre (143.5 sq mi; 371.7 km 2 ) tract made up of almost two dozen non-contiguous parcels that are designated as Wild Forest by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation in the central Adirondack Park . [ 1 ]
Napeague State Park's land was initially purchased by the Nature Conservancy in 1976 and conveyed to New York State in 1978. [3] It consists mostly of wetlands in areas where waves washed over Long Island during the Great Hurricane of 1938. Napeague was the location of the crash of American Airlines Flight 1502 in 1961, resulting in the deaths ...
The park was preceded by two other state parks on Wellesley Island, Dewolf Point and Waterson Point, both of which were established in 1898 as part of the St. Lawrence Reservation. [3] In 2004, Reserve America named Wellesley Island State Park one of the top 100 campgrounds in the nation.
Canoe-Picnic Point State Park was purchased by the New York State Fisheries, Game and Forest Commission in 1897. Along with Mary Island State Park, it was one of the first New York state parks established along the St. Lawrence River as part of the St. Lawrence Reservation, a recreation area within the Thousand Islands region authorized by New York State in 1896.