Kring Point State Park

Kring Point State Park
Kring Point State Park is located in New York
Kring Point State Park
Location of Kring Point State Park
within New York State
TypeState park
Location25950 Kring Point Road
Redwood, New York[1]
Nearest cityAlexandria Bay, New York
Coordinates44°22′59″N 75°51′25″W / 44.383°N 75.857°W / 44.383; -75.857
Area61 acres (0.25 km2)[2]
Created1898 (1898)[3]
Operated byNew York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
Visitors54,550 (in 2014)[4]
OpenSeasonal
WebsiteKring Point State Park

Kring Point State Park is a 61-acre (0.25 km2) state park[2] located on the St. Lawrence River in the Town of Alexandria in Jefferson County, New York. The park is north of Alexandria Bay near the St. Lawrence County line and is connected to NY 12 by Kring Point Road.

The park was established in 1898 as part of the St. Lawrence Reservation.[3]

Open from the last Friday in April through Columbus Day, the park offers a beach, a playground, picnic tables and pavilions, recreation programs, a nature trail, showers, fishing and hunting, a boat launch, a dump station, a campground for tents and trailers, cabins and cross-country skiing.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Kring Point State Park". NYS Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation. Retrieved August 16, 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. 673. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 16, 2015. Retrieved February 25, 2016.
  3. ^ a b "The St. Lawrence River Park". Fourth Annual Report of the Commissioners of Fisheries, Game and Forests of the State of New York. Wynkoop Hallenbeck Crawford Co., Printers. January 20, 1899. p. 124.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "State Park Annual Attendance Figures by Facility: Beginning 2003". Data.ny.gov. Retrieved August 16, 2016.