Golden Hill State Park

Golden Hill State Park
Golden Hill State Park is located in New York
Golden Hill State Park
Location of Golden Hill State Park within New York State
TypeState park
Location9691 Lower Lake Road
Barker, New York[1]
Coordinates43°22′08″N 78°28′44″W / 43.369°N 78.479°W / 43.369; -78.479
Area510 acres (2.1 km2)[2]
Created1962 (1962)[1]
Operated byNew York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
Visitors70,734 (in 2014)[3]
OpenAll year
WebsiteGolden Hill State Park

Golden Hill State Park is a 510-acre (2.1 km2) state park located in Niagara County, New York, United States.[2] The park is on the south shore of Lake Ontario in the northeast corner of the Town of Somerset, north of Lower Lake Road. Thirty Mile Point Light is included within the park.[1]

Golden Hill State Park was established in 1962 on the former estate of Robert Newell, a local industrialist; remnants of Newell's estate were largely left abandoned after the state purchased it and were not rediscovered until 2017.[4]

The park offers picnic tables with pavilions, a playground and playing fields, recreation programs, a nature trail, hiking and biking, fishing and ice fishing, a boat launch, seasonal small game and waterfowl hunting, a campground with tent and trailer sites, ice skating, cross-country skiing, snowmobiling and disc golf.[1]

In 2005, Golden Hill was named one of Reserve America's Top Outdoor locations.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Golden Hill State Park". NYS Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation. Retrieved September 28, 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Section O: Environmental Conservation and Recreation, Table O-9". 2014 New York State Statistical Yearbook (PDF). The Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government. 2014. p. 672. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 16, 2015. Retrieved February 14, 2016.
  3. ^ "State Park Annual Attendance Figures by Facility: Beginning 2003". Data.ny.gov. Retrieved September 28, 2016.
  4. ^ Reilly, Ed (April 18, 2017). Remains of 1920s luxury estate found in Barker. WKBW-TV. Retrieved April 20, 2017.
  5. ^ "New York State Parks :: Golden Hill State Park". NYS Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation. Archived from the original on September 24, 2006. Retrieved February 14, 2016.


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