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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.
Website. Franklin D. Roosevelt 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. It was created in 1922 on the former site of the Mohansic State Hospital and ...
A map showing major greenspaces in New York City: 1) Central Park, 2) Van Cortlandt Park, 3) Bronx Park, 4) Pelham Bay Park, 5) Flushing Meadows Park, 6) Forest Park, 7) Prospect Park, 8) Floyd Bennett Field, 9) Jamaica Bay, A) Jacob Riis Park and Fort Tilden, B) Fort Wadsworth, C) Miller Field, D) Great Kills Park Central Park is the most visited urban park in the United States.
Robert Moses State Park. Robert Moses State Park - Long Island is a 875-acre (3.54 km 2) state park in southern Suffolk County, New York. [3] The park lies on the western end of Fire Island, one of the central barrier islands off the southern coast of Long Island, and is known for its five-mile (8.0 km) stretch of beaches on the Atlantic Ocean.
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".
Website. Long Point State Park on Lake Chautauqua. 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 .
New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Visitors. 123,908 (in 2010) [ 3] Open. All year. Website. Knox Farm State Park. Knox Farm State Park is a 633-acre (256.2 ha) state park located in Erie County, New York, [ 2] adjacent to the village of East Aurora. It is the former country estate of the Knox Family of Buffalo.
All year. Beaver Island State Park is a New York state park located on Grand Island in northwestern Erie County, New York in the United States. [4] It is situated at the southern end of the island on the bank of the Niagara River and served by the Beaver Island Parkway, a 2.72-mile (4.38 km) highway linking the park to Interstate 190 (I-190).