Golden Hill State Park Explained

Golden Hill State Park
Map:New York
Coords:43.369°N -78.479°W
Type:State park
Location:9691 Lower Lake Road
Barker, New York[1]
Area:510acres[2]
Operator:New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
Visitation Num:70,734
Visitation Year:2014
Visitation Ref:[3]
Open:All year
Website:Golden Hill State Park

Golden Hill State Park is a 510acres state park located in Niagara County, New York, United States.[2] The park is on the south shore of Lake Ontario in the northeast corner of the Town of Somerset, north of Lower Lake Road. Thirty Mile Point Light is included within the park.[1]

Golden Hill State Park was established in 1962 on the former estate of Robert Newell, a local industrialist; remnants of Newell's estate were largely left abandoned after the state purchased it and were not rediscovered until 2017.[4]

The park offers picnic tables with pavilions, a playground and playing fields, recreation programs, a nature trail, hiking and biking, fishing and ice fishing, a boat launch, seasonal small game and waterfowl hunting, a campground with tent and trailer sites, ice skating, cross-country skiing, snowmobiling and disc golf.[1]

In 2005, Golden Hill was named one of Reserve America's Top Outdoor locations.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Golden Hill State Park . NYS Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation . September 28, 2016.
  2. Book: 2014 New York State Statistical Yearbook . The Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government . 2014 . Section O: Environmental Conservation and Recreation, Table O-9 . 672 . February 14, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150916082616/http://www.rockinst.org/nys_statistics/2014/2014_Yearbook_Section_O.pdf . September 16, 2015 . dead .
  3. Web site: State Park Annual Attendance Figures by Facility: Beginning 2003 . Data.ny.gov . September 28, 2016.
  4. Reilly, Ed (April 18, 2017). Remains of 1920s luxury estate found in Barker. WKBW-TV. Retrieved April 20, 2017.
  5. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20060924025634/http://www.nysparks.state.ny.us/parks/info.asp?parkID=111 . September 24, 2006 . New York State Parks :: Golden Hill State Park . NYS Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation . February 14, 2016.