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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 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 Sands–Willets Homestead in Flower Hill – a designated New York State Landmark. In order to be listed on the state register, a property is first nominated. The nomination is then reviewed by the Survey and National Register Unit of the State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) for compliance with the criteria set forth by the National Park Service for inclusion on the National Register ...
Waterport, New York [1] Coordinates: Area: 744 acres (3.01 km 2) [2] Operated by: New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation: Visitors: 77,326 (in 2014) [3] Open: All year: Camp sites: 274: Website: Lakeside Beach State Park
Coxsackie, New York [1] Nearest city: Coxsackie, New York: Coordinates: Area: 235 acres (0.95 km 2) [2] Operated by: New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation: Visitors: 7,012 (in 2009) [3] Open: May through October [4] Website: Hudson River Islands State Park
Franklin D. Roosevelt State Park is a 960-acre (3.9 km 2) state park in Westchester County, New York. [2] Formerly known as Mohansic (State) Park, it is situated in Yorktown, approximately 40 miles (64 km) from New York City.
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.
Sojourner Truth State Park is a 508-acre (2.06 km 2) state park under construction in Ulster County, New York, to the north of Kingston, bounded by the Hudson River to its east and New York State Route 32 on its west.