| Cherry Plain State Park | |
| Map: | New York |
| Coords: | 42.619°N -73.412°W |
| Type: | State park |
| Location: | 10 State Park Road Petersburg, New York[1] |
| Nearest City: | Hoosick Falls, New York |
| Area: | 175acres |
| Operator: | New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation |
| Visitation Num: | 23,250 |
| Visitation Year: | 2014 |
| Visitation Ref: | [2] |
| Open: | All year |
| Camp Sites: | 30 |
| Website: | Cherry Plain State Park |
Cherry Plain State Park is a 175acres state park located in Rensselaer County, New York in the United States. The park is located in Cherry Plain at the southwest part of the Town of Berlin, near the Massachusetts border. Outdoor recreational opportunities are also available within the Capital District Wildlife Management Area, a 4153acres conservation area that nearly surrounds the park.
Cherry Plain State Park offers a beach, picnic tables with pavilions, a playground, recreation programs, a nature trail, hiking and biking, cross-country skiing, fishing (bass, bullheads and pickerel), ice fishing, and a boat launch with boat rentals. Thirty campsites are available at the park, including ten trailer sites, ten tent sites near Black River Pond, and ten sites that can be reached only by hiking.[1]
Cherry Plain State Park is nearly completely surrounded by the 4153acres Capital District Wildlife Management Area, managed by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. The minimally improved WMA offers opportunities for hiking and cross-country skiing on 9mile of hiking trails and 7mile of truck trails, in addition to space for horseback riding, hunting, and trapping. In addition to wildlife typical of wooded areas, such as white-tailed deer, beaver, and wild turkey, the Capital District Wildlife Management Area also hosts moose, which have recently arrived in the region from neighboring states.[3]