| Peebles Island State Park | |||||||||||||||||||
| Map: | New York | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coords: | 42.782°N -73.686°W | ||||||||||||||||||
| Type: | State park | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location: | 1 Delaware Avenue Waterford, New York[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nearest City: | Waterford, New York | ||||||||||||||||||
| Area: | 190acres[2] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Operator: | New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation | ||||||||||||||||||
| Visitation Num: | 115,344 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Visitation Year: | 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Visitation Ref: | [3] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Open: | All year | ||||||||||||||||||
| Website: | Peebles Island State Park
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Peebles Island State Park is a 190acres state park located at the confluence of the Mohawk and Hudson rivers in New York. A majority of the park is located in Saratoga County, with a smaller portion located in Albany County.[4]
Peebles Island State Park includes hiking and cross-country ski trails, as well as earthworks dating from the Revolutionary War and a visitors' center detailing the island's industrial history. The park also offers picnic tables with pavilions, river views, and fishing access.[1]
In addition to encompassing the entirety of Peebles Island, the park also includes the Matton Shipyard on neighboring Van Schaick Island in the city of Cohoes.[5]
Headquarters for New York State's Bureau of Historic Sites as well as the Bureau of Historic Preservation Field Services are located within the park.[1] Contained within a converted factory complex on the island known as the Peebles Island Resource Center, the headquarters serve as a home to conservators, archaeologists, historians and others tasked with preserving historic locations within New York.[6]