Kring Point State Park Explained

Kring Point State Park
Map:New York
Coords:44.383°N -75.857°W
Type:State park
Location:25950 Kring Point Road
Redwood, New York[1]
Nearest City:Alexandria Bay, New York
Area:61acres[2]
Created:[3]
Operator:New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
Visitation Num:54,550
Visitation Year:2014
Visitation Ref:[4]
Open:Seasonal
Website:Kring Point State Park

Kring Point State Park is a 61acres state park[2] located on the St. Lawrence River in the Town of Alexandria in Jefferson County, New York. The park is north of Alexandria Bay near the St. Lawrence County line and is connected to NY 12 by Kring Point Road.

The park was established in 1898 as part of the St. Lawrence Reservation.[3]

Open from the last Friday in April through Columbus Day, the park offers a beach, a playground, picnic tables and pavilions, recreation programs, a nature trail, showers, fishing and hunting, a boat launch, a dump station, a campground for tents and trailers, cabins and cross-country skiing.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kring Point State Park . NYS Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation . August 16, 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 . 673 . February 25, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150916082616/http://www.rockinst.org/nys_statistics/2014/2014_Yearbook_Section_O.pdf . September 16, 2015 . dead .
  3. Book: Fourth Annual Report of the Commissioners of Fisheries, Game and Forests of the State of New York . January 20, 1899 . The St. Lawrence River Park . 124 . Wynkoop Hallenbeck Crawford Co., Printers .
  4. Web site: State Park Annual Attendance Figures by Facility: Beginning 2003 . Data.ny.gov . August 16, 2016.