Long Point State Park – Thousand Islands

Long Point State Park

Location of Long Point State Park within New York State

Type State park
Location 7495 State Park Road
Three Mile Bay, New York[1]
Nearest city Three Mile Bay, New York
Coordinates 44°01′34″N 76°13′15″W / 44.02602°N 76.2208°W / 44.02602; -76.2208Coordinates: 44°01′34″N 76°13′15″W / 44.02602°N 76.2208°W / 44.02602; -76.2208
Area 23 acres (0.093 km2)[2]
Operated by New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
Visitors 35,450 (in 2014)[3]
Open Early May to Columbus Day[4]
Camp sites 86[5]
Website Long Point State Park

Long Point State Park – Thousand Islands is a 23-acre (0.093 km2) state park located at the northeast tip of Point Peninsula on Lake Ontario's Chaumont Bay. The park is located in the Town of Lyme in Jefferson County, New York.

Park description

Long Point State Park is open from early May to Columbus Day, and offers a playground, picnic tables and pavilions, showers, a boat launch, a campground with 86 sites for tents and trailers, and sheltered fishing in Chaumont Bay.[5][6]

See also

References

  1. "Long Point State Park - Getting There". NYS Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
  2. "Long Point State Park - Nature Up Close". NYS Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
  3. "State Park Annual Attendance Figures by Facility: Beginning 2003". Data.ny.gov. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
  4. "Long Point State Park - Hours of Operation". NYS Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
  5. 1 2 Rybaak, Spider (2004). Fishing Western New York. Guilford, Conn.: Falcon. p. 103. ISBN 0762728701. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
  6. "Long Point State Park". NYS Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation. Retrieved July 16, 2015.

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