| Lake Taghkanic State Park | |
| Map: | New York |
| Coords: | 42.0914°N -73.7083°W |
| Type: | State park |
| Location: | 1528 Route 82 Ancram, New York[1] |
| Area: | 1569acres[2] |
| Operator: | New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation |
| Visitation Num: | 259,146 |
| Visitation Year: | 2014 |
| Visitation Ref: | [3] |
| Open: | All year |
| Website: | Lake Taghkanic State Park |
Lake Taghkanic State Park is a 1569acres state park located in the southern part of Columbia County, New York in the United States.[2] The park is on the town line between the towns of Gallatin and Taghkanic, and is adjacent to the Taconic State Parkway.
The land for Lake Taghkanic State Park was donated to the state by D. McRae Livingston in 1929, with the requirement that Lake Charlotte's name would be changed to Lake Taghkanic. A Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camp was established at the park in 1933, housing laborers tasked with constructing the park's water tower, beach, bathhouse, and cabin area.[4]
Lake Taghkanic State Park has tent and trailer campsites, cabins and cottages, two beaches, picnic areas, boat launch sites, rowboat, paddleboat and kayak rentals, playgrounds, sports fields, a rentable pavilion, a recreation hall, and showers. The park also offers hiking, biking, swimming, fishing, hunting, cross-country ski and snowmobile trails, ice skating, and ice fishing.[1]
The park's namesake is Lake Taghkanic, which covers 168acres. The 1.56657657686877adj=midNaNadj=mid lake has a maximum depth of and an average depth of .[5]