Point Au Roche State Park

Point Au Roche State Park
Point Au Roche State Park, 2022
Point Au Roche State Park is located in New York
Point Au Roche State Park
Location of Point Au Roche State Park
within New York State
TypeState park
Location19 Camp Red Cloud Road
Plattsburgh, New York[1]
Coordinates44°46′44″N 73°23′24″W / 44.779°N 73.39°W / 44.779; -73.39
Area856 acres (3.46 km2)[2]
Operated byNew York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
Visitors74,730 (in 2014)[3]
OpenAll year
Websiteparks.ny.gov/parks/30/details.aspx

Point Au Roche State Park is an 856-acre (3.46 km2) state park in Clinton County, New York.[2] The park is in the eastern part of the Town of Beekmantown, on the shore of Lake Champlain.

History

Prior to its designation as a state park, Point Au Roche was used as pasture or cropland, and as a military encampment for cadets during World War One. In the 1950s, a theme park named Fantasy Kingdom operated in the vicinity of the beach area. The area known as Long Point was used for nearly 50 years as a private camping area called Camp Red Cloud. St. Armand's beach was operated by the Town of Beekmantown as a bathing beach for local residents. The site of this park was acquired by the state in 1972.[4]

Facilities

Point Au Roche State Park is a day-use park, offering a playground, picnic areas, biking paths, hiking trails, cross-country skiing, fishing, a nature center, and a sandy beach. Mooring for up to 60 boats is available in Deep Bay.[1]

  • Visitor Center Point au Roche
    Visitor Center Point au Roche
  • Boathouse in Point au Roche state park
    Boathouse in Point au Roche state park
  • Point au Roche Trails
    Point au Roche Trails
  • Lookout point at Point au Roche
    Lookout point at Point au Roche
  • Fall colours on Point au Roche hiking trail
    Fall colours on Point au Roche hiking trail
  • Connor's Bay beach in Point au Roche state park
    Connor's Bay beach in Point au Roche state park

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Point Au Roche State Park". NYS Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation. Retrieved November 11, 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 March 12, 2016.
  3. ^ "State Park Annual Attendance Figures by Facility: Beginning 2003". Data.ny.gov. Retrieved November 11, 2016.
  4. ^ Master Plan and Final Environmental Impact Statement for Pt Au Roche State Park https://parks.ny.gov/documents/inside-our-agency/Masterplans/PointAuRoche/EnvironmentalSetting.pdf


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