New York State Parks

Lakeside Beach State Park
Waterport, NY 14571 Phone: (585) 682-4888

Lakeside Beach State Park offers an outstanding panoramic view of Lake Ontario and surrounding farms and fruit orchards. No swimming is allowed, but 274 campsites, four miles of hiking and biking trails, fishing along the lake front, picnic grounds and playing fields bring thousands to the park. Winter activities include hiking, cross-country skiing and snowmobiling.

Attractions: Biking, Camper Recreation, Campsites, Dumping Station(s), Empire Passport Accepted, Fishing, Food, Hiking, Hunting, Pavilions, Picnic Tables, Playground, Playing Field(s), Recreation Programs, Scenic Views, Showers, Snowmobiling, Tent/Trailer Sites, X-Country Skiing.

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Old Erie Canal State Park
RD #2, Andrus Road, NY 13082 Phone: (315) 687-7821

Old Erie Canal State Park is a 36-mile stretch of the 363-mile Old Erie Canal, which has been designated a National Recreational Trail by the National Parks Service. The terrain is woodland and wetland that present opportunities for hiking, picnicking, horseback riding, bicycling, canoeing, fishing, and snowmobiling. Several areas have footbridges that aid access to the canal towpath where visitors can view the remnants of stone aqueducts. The park offers reservable picnic pavillions and carriage rides by appointment. Facilities such as the Chittenango Landing Canal Boat Museum, the Erie Canal Village, and the Canastota Canal Town Museum are involved in preservation, interpretation, and recreation along the waterway.

Attractions: Biking, Bridle Path, Hiking, Picnic Tables, Scenic Views.

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Cold Spring Harbor State Park
25 Lloyd Harbor Road Huntington, NY 11743 Phone: (631) 423-1770

The park is comprised of 40 acres of hilly terrain that offer scenic vistas of the Cold Spring Harbor. It features a mixed hardwood forest with notable large oak specimens that measure three feet in diameter, as well as thickets of wild mountain laurel. The area is ideal for observing spring and fall migrations of a variety of songbirds, and is home to great horned owls and red-tailed hawks. The park serves as the northern trailhead of the Nassau Suffolk Greenbelt Trail that extends to Bethpage State Park and eventually the south shore of Nassau County.

Attractions: Hiking, Snowshoeing, X-Country Skiing.

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Verona Beach State Park
Verona Beach, NY 13162 Phone: (315) 762-4463

Verona Beach State Park, located on the eastern shore of Oneida Lake, is a picnicker's and camper's delight. Shaded picnic areas and the campground are adjacent to the beach with an excellent view of the water. The lake, Black Creek, cattail marshes, and bottomland hardwood swamps give Verona Beach one of the most diverse aquatic habitats in the Central Region, and well worth a hike on the "Woods and Wetland" nature trail. The winter season hosts snowmobilers, cross-country skiers and ice fishermen. The eastern portion of the park is open for hunting deer, small game, and waterfowl, in season.
Hunting - DEC Permit Only

Attractions: Beach, Biking, Bridle Path, Campsites, Dumping Station(s), Empire Passport Accepted, Fishing, Food, Hiking, Hunting, Ice Fishing, Nature Trail, Pavilions, Picnic Tables, Playground, Showers, Snowmobiling, Tent/Trailer Sites, X-Country Skiing.