Delta Lake State Park

Delta Lake State Park
Delta Lake State Park, May 2021
Delta Lake State Park is located in New York
Delta Lake State Park
Location of Delta Lake State Park within New York State
TypeState park
Location8797 State Route 46
Rome, New York[1]
Nearest cityRome, New York
Coordinates43°17′24″N 75°24′54″W / 43.2901°N 75.4151°W / 43.2901; -75.4151
Area720 acres (2.9 km2)
Created1962 (1962)
Operated byNew York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
Visitors309,577 (in 2022)[2]
OpenAll year
Camp sites101[3]
WebsiteDelta Lake State Park

Delta Lake State Park is a 720-acre (2.9 km2) New York state park located on a peninsula extending from the southeast shore of Delta Lake in Oneida County, New York, United States. It is located off New York State Route 46, southwest of Westernville and north of Rome, New York.

History

The peninsula that today contains Delta Lake State Park was created when the Mohawk River was impounded in 1908 to form Delta Lake, a reservoir intended to supply water to the New York State Barge Canal. The New York State Canal Corporation leased approximately 350 acres (1.4 km2) to the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation for the creation of a state park in 1962. In 2005, it was announced that the Canal Corporation would officially transfer the park's land, along with an additional 370 acres (1.5 km2), to the NYSOPRHP, bringing the park's total area to 720 acres (2.9 km2).[4] In 2023, a portion of the park was created into a large dumping station, as previously there was only one small one.

Facilities

The park offers a beach, picnic tables and pavilions, volleyball nets, swing sets, a playground, a food concession, trails for hiking and bike riding, cross-country skiing, snowmobiling and ice fishing, recreation programs, a boat launch, a 3 loop campground with 101 tent and trailer sites, showers and multiple dump stations.[3][5]

  • Playground at the beach.
    Playground at the beach.
  • Beach with the dam visible to the left.
    Beach with the dam visible to the left.
  • Walking trail near camping loop A.
    Walking trail near camping loop A.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Delta Lake State Park – Getting There". NYS Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation. Retrieved May 21, 2015.
  2. ^ "State Park Annual Attendance Figures by Facility: Beginning 2003". Data.ny.gov. Retrieved February 3, 2016.
  3. ^ a b "Delta Lake State Park". NYS Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation. Retrieved May 24, 2015.
  4. ^ "Governor Announces Plans to Expand Delta Lake State Park". New York State Office of the Governor. September 7, 2005. Archived from the original on September 23, 2005. Retrieved May 25, 2015.
  5. ^ Bowers, Bill; McNulty-Bowers, Eileen (2010). 50 Hikes in Central New York's Leatherstocking Country: From Lake Ontario to the Southern Tier. Woodstock, VT: Countryman Press. pp. 50–53. ISBN 978-0-88150-817-8. Retrieved May 24, 2015.

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