230 state parks, historic sites and recreation areas in New York
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- Allan H. Treman State Marine ParkOne of the largest inland marinas in New York, with 370 seasonal slips and an eight-lane launch ramp at the…
- Allegany State Park - Quaker AreaTwo lakes anchor this side of Allegany, with a sandy swimming beach, two fishing piers and a canoe and kayak…
- Allegany State Park - Red House AreaEverything circles Red House Lake here, from the Tudor-style Administration Building to five miles of paved…
- Anthony Wayne Recreation Area - Bear Mountain State ParkA wooded valley within Bear Mountain State Park, given over to picnic areas with fireplaces and open playing…
- Artpark State Park (Earl W. Brydges)A state park built around the performing and visual arts, with amphitheater concerts, gallery exhibits…
- Battle Island State ParkAn 18-hole course beside the Oswego River near Fulton, named for a battle fought on a nearby island in the…
- Bayard Cutting Arboretum State ParkThe Cutting family's Westbrook estate, transferred to the Long Island State Park Commission in 1936 and named…
- Bayswater Point State ParkTwelve acres at the tip of a peninsula in Jamaica Bay, mixing beachfront, wetland and woodland out in the…
- Bear Mountain State ParkRugged mountains rising from the west bank of the Hudson, with a swimming pool, lake and river fishing, and…
- Beaver Island State Park950 acres at the south end of Grand Island in the upper Niagara River, with a half-mile sandy beach and an…
- Beaver Pond Campgrounds - Harriman State ParkHarriman's campground beside Lake Welch, with tent sites on raised platforms and room for a trailer or RV up…
- Belmont Lake State ParkA 463-acre day-use park in West Babylon, bisected by Carlls Creek and Belmont Lake on land once farmed for…
- Bethpage State ParkFive golf courses, the Black Course among them — host of two U.S. Opens, the 2019 PGA Championship and the…
- Betty and Wilbur Davis State Park229 hilltop acres in southern Otsego County with long views south and west, two-thirds of it hardwood forest…
- Big Six Mile Creek MarinaA marina in a protected inlet off the upper Niagara River, with 125 seasonal slips, a boat launch, fuel and…
- Blauvelt State Park590 acres of forested green space in Rockland County, where hiking trails are the only way in and open onto…
- Bonavista State ParkA nine-hole course set above the shore of Seneca Lake, named for the view from its fairways and playable…
- Bowman Lake State Park967 remote acres of evergreen and hardwood forest, with shady campsites, a sandy lakefront and a…
- Brentwood State ParkA 52-acre sports facility of baseball and soccer fields, open from 8am to sunset. Field use is arranged…
- Brookhaven State Park1,638 acres of the central Long Island Pine Barrens, once the Camp Upton military installation and later…
- Buckhorn Island State Park895 acres of marsh, meadow and woods — the last of the marshlands that once bordered the Niagara River…
- Buffalo Harbor State ParkThe first state park in the city of Buffalo, looking out over Lake Erie from a 1,100-slip marina. A pier and…
- Burnham Point State ParkA small, quiet park of lightly wooded campsites, boat docks and a playground on a scenic river. Bass, pike…
- Buttermilk Falls State ParkNamed for the foaming cascade Buttermilk Creek makes dropping toward Cayuga Lake. Trails climb the gorge and…
- Caleb Smith State Park Preserve543 acres in the heart of Smithtown, one of four state nature preserves on Long Island. A passive-use park of…
- Camp Hero State Park415 acres at Montauk's tip where maritime forest and freshwater wetland give way to dramatic bluffs above the…
- Canadarago State Marine ParkA 1.2-acre launch on Canadarago Lake, three miles south of Richfield Springs and twelve north of Cooperstown…
- Canandaigua Lake State Marine ParkA boat launch on Canandaigua Lake, and the fishing access that comes with it.
- Canoe-Picnic Point State ParkReachable only by boat, with quiet wooded campsites and plenty of dock space in the Thousand Islands. Picnic…
- Captree State ParkHome to the largest public fishing fleet on Long Island, at the eastern tip of Jones Island where Ocean…
- Caumsett State Historic Park PreserveA scenic peninsula reaching into Long Island Sound, laid out as Marshall Field III's 1,750-acre estate in…
- Cayuga Lake State ParkFlat beach and sun lawns at the shore, sloping up to campsites and cabins with a wide view over Cayuga Lake…
- Cedar Island State ParkHalf an island given over to quiet boating, fishing and scenery, with lightly wooded campsites among it. A…
- Cedar Point State ParkOne of the oldest state parks in New York, with a sheltered sandy beach, boat docks, a fishing pier and…
- Chenango Valley State ParkTwo kettle lakes left by the last glacier, formed where buried ice melted out to make lake and bog. 184…
- Cherry Plain State Park175 acres around Black River Pond, with a boat launch, bridle paths and trails that turn to cross-country…
- Chimney Bluffs State ParkMassive earthen spires carved where land and water meet, the most dramatic stretch of the Lake Ontario shore…
- Chittenango Falls State ParkA 167-foot waterfall dropping over 400-million-year-old bedrock cut by glaciers. A winding trail descends…
- Clark Reservation State ParkA glacial plunge basin lake whose surface and bottom waters never mix, ringed by rugged cliffs, rock…
- Clay Pit Ponds State Park Preserve265 acres near the southwest shore of Staten Island, holding wetlands, ponds, sand barrens, spring-fed…
- Cold Spring Harbor State Park40 hilly acres of mixed hardwood over Cold Spring Harbor, with oaks three feet across and thickets of wild…
- Coles Creek State ParkWooded and open campsites near a swimming beach on Lake St. Lawrence, with a marina at the mouth of Coles…
- Conesus Lake Boat LaunchA boat launch onto Conesus Lake with excellent fishing, picnic facilities and a public restroom. Boats should…
- Connetquot River State Park Preserve3,473 acres kept for the protection of game birds, fish and animals, with nesting osprey and rare plants like…
- Cumberland Bay State ParkA large natural sand beach on the west shore of Lake Champlain, with picnic grounds, tables and grills behind…
- Darien Lakes State ParkHilly woodland cut by ravines and streams around 12-acre Harlow Lake, with 154 campsites and a rustic bridge…
- DeVeaux Woods State ParkBall diamonds, a playground and nature trails through meadow and old growth woods. A path crosses the Niagara…
- Deans Cove Boat LaunchA boat launch with fishing access, taking power boats. No other facilities.
- Delta Lake State ParkA flat, wooded peninsula reaching into Delta Reservoir, with 101 campsites, a sandy swimming beach and…
- Dewolf Point State ParkA small, rustic park on the Lake of the Isles in the St. Lawrence, with a cabin colony, camping area and…
- Eel Weir State ParkThirty-eight secluded campsites on the Oswegatchie River, two miles from Black Lake. Both waterways are known…
- Evangola State ParkA natural sand beach on Lake Erie, with cliffs of Angola shale lining the shore beside three campground…
- Fahnestock State Park (Clarence Fahnestock)15,000 acres across Putnam and Dutchess counties, with hiking trails, a scenic campground and room for…
- Fahnestock Winter ParkThe winter side of Clarence Fahnestock, with 20km of machine-groomed trail for skate and classic skiing and…
- Fair Haven Beach State Park1,500 feet of sand beach below towering bluffs on the Lake Ontario shore, 600 feet of it guarded. Sterling…
- Fillmore Glen State ParkCool, dense woods crowding into a long, narrow gorge, with five waterfalls and a botanically rich glen along…
- Fort Niagara State ParkA boat launch onto the Lower Niagara River and Lake Ontario, with woodland trails, swimming pools, picnic…
- Four Mile Creek State Park290 campsites twenty minutes north of Niagara Falls, with yurts among them — lattice-framed, insulated, and…
- Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms State ParkA memorial to Franklin D. Roosevelt on Roosevelt Island, designed by architect Louis I. Kahn and built to his…
- Franklin D. Roosevelt State ParkA day-trip park forty miles from New York City, built around a pool that holds 3,500 bathers at once…
- Franny Reese State ParkOver 2.5 miles of hiking and biking trail along a historic carriage road, past the ruins of a 19th-century…
- Gantry Plaza State ParkTwelve riverside acres looking straight across at the midtown Manhattan skyline, the Empire State Building…
- Genesee Valley Greenway State ParkA 90-mile corridor following the Genesee Valley Canal and the old Pennsylvania Railroad branch, from…
- Gilbert Lake State ParkA lake and three ponds in wooded, hilly country in the Catskill foothills, with cabins, campsites and over 12…
- Gilgo State ParkAn undeveloped barrier beach on Long Island's south shore, fronting both the Atlantic and the Great South…
- Glimmerglass State ParkRolling, partly wooded ground overlooking Otsego Lake — the "Glimmerglass" of Cooper's Leatherstocking Tales…
- Golden Hill State ParkHome to the Thirty Mile Point Lighthouse, decommissioned in 1958 and now available to rent, on land the state…
- Goosepond Mountain State Park1,558 acres of almost entirely wooded open space in Orange County, open to walkers and riders. Undeveloped…
- Grafton Lakes State ParkNearly 2,500 acres and six ponds on the forested plateau between the Taconic and Hudson valleys. Long Pond…
- Grass Point State ParkA point of land reaching into the American Channel of the St. Lawrence, on some of the best fishing water in…
- Green Lakes State ParkTwo glacial meromictic lakes — their surface and bottom waters never mix, so ancient plant and animal traces…
- Hallock State Park Preserve225 acres holding nearly a mile of undeveloped beachfront on Long Island Sound. Hiking, nature walks and…
- Hamlin Beach State ParkClear water and sandy beaches behind 264 tent and trailer campsites, with salmon and trout for anglers. A…
- Harriet Hollister Spencer State Recreation AreaHigh ground south of Honeoye Lake in Canadice, with trails for hiking, biking, snowmobiling and skiing…
- Harriman State ParkThe second-largest park in the state system, spread across Rockland and Orange counties with 31 lakes and…
- Heckscher State ParkBuilt from the 19th-century Taylor and Plum estates on land William Nicoll first settled, bought for the…
- Helen McNitt State Park133 passive-use acres straddling Chard and East Lake Roads in Cazenovia, given by James and Helen McNitt in…
- Hempstead Lake State ParkA multi-use park with 18 tennis courts, pickleball and basketball, bridle trails and an observation deck over…
- High Tor State ParkA day-use park high above the Hudson, with picnicking, a summer swimming pool and long river views. The Long…
- Highland Lakes State ParkOver 3,000 acres of undeveloped woods and lakes in Orange County, used for fishing, hiking, riding and flying…
- Higley Flow State ParkHilly, heavily wooded ground in the Adirondack foothills on the Raquette River, with spacious campsites…
- Hither Hills State ParkA 189-site campground on the ocean behind a sandy beach, with fishing year-round and permits for fishing at…
- Honeoye Lake Boat Launch State ParkA concrete ramp with two aluminium docks at the south-east corner of Honeoye Lake, on East Lake Rd. Operated…
- Hudson Highlands State Park PreserveOver 8,000 mostly undeveloped acres and 70 miles of trail, in parcels running from Annsville Creek at…
- Hudson River Islands State ParkTwo fragile island communities, Gay's Point and Stockport Middle Ground, reachable only by boat and holding…
- Hudson River ParkA Hudson waterfront park with biking, boat launches, fishing, tennis and a playground. Its own organisation…
- Irondequoit Bay State Marine ParkA marine park on Irondequoit Bay, with a boat launch and fishing access.
- Jacques Cartier State ParkA sheltered bay on the St. Lawrence protecting a sandy swimming beach and campers' dock, with open lawns…
- James Baird State Park590 acres of farmland given to the state in 1939 by James Baird, the contractor whose firm built the Lincoln…
- Jones Beach State Park6.5 miles of white-sand Atlantic beach across more than 2,400 acres of maritime environment, drawing eight…
- Joseph Davis State ParkFlat ground of fields, woodland and ponds above the lower Niagara River, with largemouth bass in three ponds…
- Keewaydin State Park48 campsites overlooking the St. Lawrence, with a sheltered marina taking seasonal and transient boats. Steep…
- Keuka Lake State ParkViews over vineyard-covered slopes in the heart of Finger Lakes wine country, with 150 tent and trailer…
- Knox Farm State Park633 acres of the Knox family's former Buffalo country estate, 400 of them grassland, beside the historic…
- Kring Point State ParkA narrow peninsula with Goose Bay on one shore and the St. Lawrence on the other, in sight of many of the…
- Lake Erie State ParkHigh bluffs above the shallowest of the Great Lakes, with three quarters of a mile of Lake Erie shoreline…
- Lake Sebago Beach - Harriman State ParkA lake in Harriman State Park whose boat launch runs on a seasonal permit, with ice fishing and skating when…
- Lake Superior State Park1,409 acres around Lake Superior and Chestnut Ridge, part of the Palisades Interstate Park Commission but run…
- Lake Taghkanic State ParkRolling hills and lush forest around Lake Taghkanic in Columbia County, with tent and trailer sites plus…
- Lake Tiorati Beach - Harriman State ParkA Harriman lake made by clearing swampland and damming two ponds into one, ringed by meadow and wooded hills…
- Lake Welch Beach - Harriman State ParkThe largest beach in Harriman State Park — half a mile of sand on a man-made lake in the wooded Ramapo…
- Lakeside State ParkA panorama over Lake Ontario and the farms and fruit orchards behind it, with 274 campsites and four miles of…
- Letchworth State ParkThe "Grand Canyon of the East", where the Genesee River roars over three major waterfalls between cliffs as…
- Lodi Point State ParkA boat launch and picnic site with modest accommodation for boaters, picnickers and anglers. One pavilion…
- Long Point State Park - Finger LakesA four-lane boat launch and 4.5 miles of hiking trail on the east shore of Cayuga Lake, just south of Aurora…
- Long Point State Park - Thousand IslandsA small, remote peninsula facing Chaumont Bay on Lake Ontario, almost entirely surrounded by water. Open…
- Long Point State Park on Lake ChautauquaA glacial moraine jutting peninsula-like into Chautauqua Lake, thickly wooded with beech, maple, spruce…
- Macomb Reservation State ParkJust outside the Adirondack Park on the Salmon River's run to Lake Champlain, surrounded by state land and…
- Mark Twain State Park and Soaring Eagles Golf CourseNamed for the author who summered nearby, and home to an 18-hole course laid over ground a retreating glacier…
- Marsha P. Johnson State Park (East River State Park)Seven waterfront acres on the East River in Williamsburg, looking across at the Manhattan skyline. Renamed in…
- Mary Island State ParkTwelve heavily wooded acres reachable only by boat, with steep rocky outcrops looking out to the Canadian…
- Max V. Shaul State ParkA small, quiet camping area of 30 wooded tent and trailer sites, with a group site rentable from the park…
- Mexico Point Boat LaunchA large concrete launch onto the Little Salmon River with close access to Lake Ontario, off County Route 40…
- Midway State ParkEstablished in 1898 as a trolley park on the shore of Chautauqua Lake, and one of the oldest continually…
- Mills Norrie State Park (Margaret Lewis Norrie)Adjoining Ogden Mills and Ruth Livingston Mills Memorial State Park to make up more than 1,000 acres above…
- Mine Kill State ParkOverlooking the Blenheim-Gilboa pumped storage project in the Schoharie Valley, with a lower reservoir…
- Minnewaska State Park PreserveThe dramatic Shawangunk Ridge rising more than 2,000 feet, with clear streams and waterfalls, three…
- Minnewaska State Park Preserve: Sam's Point AreaThe highest and most southerly part of the Shawangunks, roughly 5,000 acres holding a globally rare Dwarf…
- Montauk Downs State ParkA Robert Trent Jones championship 18-hole course with a driving range beside it. Six championship tennis…
- Montauk Point State ParkThe eastern tip of Long Island, where the Atlantic meets Block Island Sound — on a calm day you can pick out…
- Moreau Lake State ParkHardwood forest, pine stands and rocky ridges around a lake, with shady picnic groves in sight of the water…
- Newtown Battlefield State ParkThe forested hill where the Continental Army met British regulars, Loyalist rangers and a thousand…
- Niagara Falls State ParkAmerica's oldest state park, and the falls that draw millions every year. Miles of hiking trail, interactive…
- Niagara Falls State Park - Devil's Hole AreaOverlooks above the Devil's Hole Rapids, with picnic areas and some of the most popular fishing on the river…
- Niagara Falls State Park - Whirlpool AreaTwo miles north of the Schoellkopf Site, where the Niagara River bends sharply and throws up one of Western…
- Nissequogue River State ParkTidal and freshwater wetland and hardwood forest on Long Island's north shore, part of it designated a State…
- Nyack Beach State Park61 acres of Hudson riverfront in Rockland County, given over to picnicking, hiking, cycling and fishing…
- Oak Orchard State Marine ParkA boat launch on Lake Ontario, with fishing access and picnic areas.
- Ogden Mills & Ruth Livingston Mills State ParkAdjoining Margaret Lewis Norrie State Park to make up more than a thousand acres, and home to Dinsmore Golf…
- Oquaga Creek State ParkForested campsites around a 55-acre Arctic Lake, three hours from New York City and with no cell or wifi…
- Orient Beach State Park45,000 feet of frontage on Gardiner's Bay at the tip of Long Island's north fork, backed by a rare maritime…
- Peebles Island State ParkAn island at the confluence of the Hudson and Mohawk rivers, with miles of path through gently rolling…
- Pine Grove Boat LaunchA shallow-water launch onto the Salmon River, about half a mile from Lake Ontario and close to Selkirk…
- Pixley Falls State ParkA 50-foot waterfall close to the picnic area, with steep wooded hills and a mountain stream around it. A…
- Point Au Roche State ParkMostly natural, undeveloped ground on the north-western shore of Lake Champlain, mixing open land and forest…
- Reservoir State ParkA local favourite in Niagara County built around sport: tennis and pickleball courts, two cricket pitches…
- Riverbank State Park (Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park)Inspired by urban rooftop design and unlike any other park in the Western Hemisphere, with an aquatics…
- Robert G. Wehle State ParkThe region's newest park, on 1,100 acres of Robert Wehle's former estate with over 17,000 feet of Lake…
- Robert H. Treman State ParkThe rugged Enfield Glen gorge, with winding trails past 12 waterfalls including the 115-foot Lucifer Falls…
- Robert Moses State Park - Long IslandNearly five miles of ocean beachfront at the western tip of Fire Island, drawing close to 3.8 million…
- Robert Moses State Park - Thousand IslandsPartly on the mainland and partly on Barnhart Island, reached through a tunnel under the Eisenhower Lock…
- Robert V. Riddell State ParkMore than 2,000 acres of field and forested woodland in the Susquehanna River Valley, spanning three…
- Roberto Clemente State Park25 waterfront acres on the Harlem River in the Bronx, built around an Olympic-size pool complex and a…
- Rock Island Lighthouse State ParkA historic lighthouse on the St. Lawrence Seaway you can climb for a view from the lantern room. The keeper's…
- Rockefeller State Park PreserveA preserve of carriage roads and open country in the Pocantico Hills, laid out for walking, riding and…
- Rockland Lake State ParkA lake on a ridge of Hook Mountain above the west bank of the Hudson, with a 25,000 square foot zero-entry…
- Sampson State ParkJust over 2,000 acres on the eastern shore of Seneca Lake, with 243 electric campsites and a remodelled…
- Sandy Island Beach State ParkPart of the Eastern Lake Ontario Dune and Wetland System, a 17-mile stretch of the only significant…
- Saratoga Lake State Boat LaunchA boat launch on Route 9P on Saratoga Lake, open year-round with parking for up to 100 trailers.
- Saratoga Spa State ParkA National Historic Landmark of classical architecture and mineral springs, holding the Saratoga Performing…
- Schodack Island State Park1,052 acres off the eastern shore of the Hudson just south of Albany, bounded by seven miles of river and…
- Schunnemunk State ParkOver 3,300 acres of rolling meadow and mountain top, climbing to 1,664 feet for 360-degree views over the…
- Sebago Cabin Camp - Harriman State ParkRustic cabins and full-service cottages on Lake Sebago in Harriman State Park, with rowboat rentals and a…
- Selkirk Shores State ParkSunsets over one of the Great Lakes, with hiking and biking trails leading through a mix of meadow and…
- Seneca Lake State ParkWide blue water for swimmers and picnickers, with the first sprayground built in the New York State Parks…
- Shadmoor State ParkNinety-nine acres a quarter-mile east of Montauk Village, with more than 2,400 feet of ocean beach reached by…
- Shirley Chisholm State ParkNamed for the Brooklyn-born first African American congresswoman, and the first woman and African American to…
- Silver Lake State ParkA boat launch for craft up to 16 feet, with picnic facilities and a restroom open year-round. The upland…
- Silver Mine - Harriman State ParkA picnic, fishing and hiking area within Harriman State Park. A licence is needed to fish and a permit to…
- Sojourner Truth State ParkThe first state park in the City of Kingston, named for the 19th-century abolitionist and suffragist. Views…
- Southwick Beach State ParkA long sandy beach known for swimming and sunning, with camping, picnicking and playing fields behind it…
- State Park at the FairThe smallest park in the state system: an oasis around the reflecting pool in front of the Horticulture…
- Sterling Forest State ParkNearly 22,000 acres of unbroken deep forest in one of the most densely populated corners of the country, and…
- Stony Brook State ParkA rugged gorge in the rolling hills of western New York, with hiking trails climbing it from the North…
- Storm King State ParkUndisturbed green space with unsurpassed views over the Catskills and the Hudson Valley, walked by hikers and…
- Sunken Meadow State Park (Governor Alfred E. Smith)One of the most stunning views of Long Island Sound, with Connecticut in the distance across the water. Three…
- Sunset Bay State Marine ParkA marina on Cattaraugus Creek near its mouth, with easy access out onto Lake Erie and modest facilities for…
- Taconic State Park - Copake Falls AreaOne of two developed areas along the 16 miles of Taconic State Park that border Massachusetts and…
- Taconic State Park - Rudd Pond AreaTaconic State Park's second developed area, with 15 ground sites and 26 platform sites beside the pond. Boat…
- Tallman Mountain State ParkWooded country on the eastern slope of the Palisades uplands, looking over the Hudson and Piermont Marsh…
- Taughannock Falls State ParkA waterfall plunging 215 feet past cliffs that tower nearly 400 feet above the gorge — one of the outstanding…
- Thacher State ParkSix miles of limestone cliff-face along the Helderberg Escarpment, one of the richest fossil-bearing…
- Thompson's Lake Campground - Thacher State Park140 wooded campsites four miles from the Helderberg Escarpment, within Thacher State Park. A sandy beach…
- Trail View State ParkA 400-acre, 7.4-mile linear park forming a link in the Nassau/Suffolk Greenbelt Trail, running from Cold…
- Two Rivers State Park Recreation AreaMiles of hiking and mountain biking trail over rugged ground, from a hilltop view across the Chemung and…
- Valley Stream State ParkA day-use picnic ground beside a densely built residential area, with tables, fireplaces and grills, ball…
- Verona Beach State ParkShaded picnic areas and a campground beside the beach on the eastern shore of Oneida Lake. The lake, Black…
- Waterson Point State ParkA small, picturesque escape from the larger parks, with two docks taking 30 boats overnight or for the day…
- Watkins Glen State ParkThe most famous of the Finger Lakes parks: within two miles the glen's stream drops 400 feet past 200-foot…
- Wellesley Island State ParkThe largest camping complex in the Thousand Islands, with 432 sites, a full-service marina and four boat…
- Westcott Beach State ParkRolling wooded hills and grassy meadow sheltered by Henderson Bay on Lake Ontario, with campsites on a bluff…
- Whetstone Gulf State ParkBuilt in and around a three-mile gorge cut into the eastern edge of the Tug Hill Plateau. 56 wooded campsites…
- Wildwood State Park600 acres of undeveloped hardwood forest ending on a high bluff over Long Island Sound. Trailer and tent…
- Wilson-Tuscarora State Park476 acres of mature woods, open meadow and marshland kept as a natural area. Tuscarora Bay is divided from…
- Wonder Lake State Park1,133 acres converted from a 1920s summer home in Patterson, with 8.6 miles of marked trail on what were once…
- Woodlawn Beach State ParkA mile of natural sand beach at the eastern-most end of Lake Erie, inside the Buffalo metropolitan area…
Historic sites & museums 40
- Barcelona LighthouseFinished in 1829, this 40-foot tower on Portland Harbor was the first lighthouse in the world lit by natural…
- Bennington Battlefield State Historic SiteThe ground where New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Vermont militia beat a detachment of Burgoyne's invading…
- Clermont State Historic SiteThe Livingston family's country seat above the Hudson, a Georgian mansion added to over seven generations…
- Crailo State Historic SiteThe museum of the Colonial Dutch in the Hudson Valley, in a house Hendrick Van Rensselaer built in the early…
- Crown Point State Historic SiteThe ruins of two colonial fortifications on a strategic Lake Champlain peninsula, contested by the British…
- Darwin Martin House State Historic SiteFrank Lloyd Wright's Martin House, built between 1903 and 1909 and restored across a 1.5-acre site. The main…
- Fort Montgomery State Historic SiteThe remains of a 14-acre Revolutionary War fortification on a cliff above the Hudson. On 6 October 1777…
- Fort Ontario State Historic SiteA star-shaped fort dating to the early 1840s, improved through the 1860s and 70s, with guardhouses, a powder…
- Ganondagan State Historic SiteA National Historic Landmark over 569 acres, on the site of a 17th-century Seneca town. The only New York…
- Grant Cottage State Historic SiteThe Adirondack cottage where Ulysses S. Grant finished his memoirs and died of throat cancer on 23 July 1885…
- Herkimer Home State Historic SiteA Georgian mansion built around 1764 for Nicholas Herkimer above the Mohawk River. Its household took in his…
- Hyde Hall State Historic SiteA grand house on the shore of Otsego Lake, built for George Clarke at the centre of an agricultural empire…
- Jay Heritage CenterThe 23-acre Jay Estate in Rye, one of two Westchester family homes of founding father John Jay — jurist…
- John Brown Farm State Historic SiteThe home and grave of abolitionist John Brown, high in the Adirondacks at North Elba. It was from here he set…
- John Burroughs Memorial State Historic SiteThe resting place of John Burroughs, one of the country's great nature writers, above a quiet field in the…
- John Jay Homestead State Historic Site62 acres of beech allée, ice pond and formal gardens — Sun Dial, Herb and Terrace — around John Jay's country…
- Johnson Hall State Historic SiteThe 1763 Georgian estate of Sir William Johnson and Molly Brant, Konwatsi'tsiaienni of the Mohawks. They…
- Knox's Headquarters State Historic SiteJohn Ellison's 1754 Georgian house at Vails Gate, used more than once by Major General Henry Knox as…
- Lorenzo State Historic SiteThe 1807 Federal-style home of John Lincklaen, Holland Land Company agent and founder of Cazenovia. The…
- National Purple Heart Hall of HonorA Hudson Valley museum honouring the men and women awarded the Purple Heart, co-located with the New Windsor…
- New Windsor Cantonment State Historic SiteWhere the Continental Army spent the last winter and spring of the Revolution: 7,500 soldiers and 500…
- Olana State Historic SiteThe 250-acre estate Hudson River School painter Frederic Edwin Church built as home, studio and designed…
- Old Croton Aqueduct State Historic ParkThe line of the aqueduct built from 1837 under John Bloomfield Jervis to bring New York City fresh water…
- Old Erie Canal State Historic ParkA 36-mile stretch of the 363-mile Old Erie Canal, designated a National Recreational Trail. Woodland and…
- Old Fort Niagara State Historic SiteThree hundred years of history at the mouth of the Niagara River, occupied in turn by France, Great Britain…
- Oriskany Battlefield State Historic SiteOne of the bloodiest battles of the Revolution, fought on 6 August 1777 when Brigadier General Nicholas…
- Philipse Manor Hall State Historic SiteA house dating to the 1680s near the meeting of the Nepperhan and Hudson rivers, on the site of a Munsee…
- Planting Fields Arboretum State Historic ParkThe W.R. Coe family's former Gold Coast estate: over 400 acres of rolling lawn, gardens and woodland on the…
- Sackets Harbor Battlefield State Historic SiteThe War of 1812 battleground on Lake Ontario, named a Priority I Principal site by the National Park Service…
- Schoharie Crossing State Historic SiteErie Canal history at the strategic confluence of the Mohawk River and Schoharie Creek. Towpath trails and a…
- Schuyler Mansion State Historic SiteThe Georgian house Philip J. Schuyler — Revolutionary War major general, senator and businessman — built on a…
- Senate House State Historic SiteThe Kingston home of merchant Abraham Van Gaasbeek, where New York's first Senate met in the autumn of 1777…
- Sonnenberg Gardens & Mansion State Historic ParkOne of the nation's most extensively preserved Victorian country estates: 50 acres of formal and informal…
- Staatsburgh State Historic SiteThe Gilded Age country home of Ogden Mills and Ruth Livingston Mills, overlooking the Hudson and the…
- Steuben Memorial State Historic SiteA memorial to Baron von Steuben, the "Drillmaster of the American Revolution", who volunteered his services…
- Stonewall Inn State Historic SiteThe site of the 1969 Stonewall uprising, which played out over six nights from 28 June to 3 July and became a…
- Stony Point Battlefield State Historic SiteThe site of one of the last Revolutionary War battles in the Hudson Valley, fought after Sir Henry Clinton…
- Walkway Over the Hudson State Historic ParkA former rail bridge reopened in 2009 as a walkway, its deck standing 212 feet above the Hudson and running…
- Walt Whitman Birthplace State Historic SiteThe farmhouse Walt Whitman's father built around 1819, where the poet was born, now restored and on the…
- Washington's Headquarters State Historic SiteThe nation's first publicly owned historic site, opened on 4 July 1850 to preserve the Newburgh house George…
Trails & scenic stops 4
- Black Diamond TrailAn 8.4-mile stone dust rail trail along the western slope of Cayuga Lake, running through a mix of woodland…
- Black River TrailA 4.5-mile paved rail trail through woodland, following the Black River for three and a half of them. Level…
- Catharine Valley TrailThirteen miles of compact stone dust through the glacially carved valley south of Seneca Lake, following old…
- Pat McGee TrailA 12.1-mile multi-use rail trail through Cattaraugus County, linking Salamanca to the village of Cattaraugus…
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