Long Point State Park – Thousand Islands Explained

Long Point State Park
Map:New York
Coords:44.026°N -76.2208°W
Type:State park
Location:7495 State Park Road
Three Mile Bay, New York[1]
Area:23acres[2]
Created:[3]
Operator:New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
Visitation Num:35,450
Visitation Year:2014
Visitation Ref:[4]
Open:Early May to Columbus Day[5]
Camp Sites:86[6]
Website:Long Point State Park

Long Point State Park – Thousand Islands is a 23acres 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.

The park was established by New York State in 1913 as part of the St. Lawrence Reservation.[3]

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.[1] [6]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Long Point State Park . NYS Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation . November 23, 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 . November 23, 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: Third Annual Report of the Conservation Commission, 1913 . Reservations . 123 . J.B. Lyon Company, Printers . January 15, 1914 . November 23, 2016.
  4. Web site: State Park Annual Attendance Figures by Facility: Beginning 2003 . Data.ny.gov . July 16, 2015.
  5. Web site: Long Point State Park - Hours of Operation . NYS Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation . July 16, 2015.
  6. Book: Rybaak . Spider . Fishing Western New York . 2004 . Falcon . Guilford, Conn. . 0762728701 . 103 . July 16, 2015.