New York State Parks

New York State Parks, run by New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (OPRHP), has 160 state parks, 1 recreation area, 40 historic sites, 8 natural areas and preserves, 4 state trails, 6 marine parks in this directory. 14 units offer camping and 23 allow dogs under park rules. 1 park require a day-use reservation at least some of the time.

The state reports 250 units (source); counts differ when the state includes or excludes areas such as trails, boat launches or undeveloped land. See coverage notes.

Map and filter New York parksOfficial site: parks.ny.gov

Current alerts 5 parks

Bear Mountain State Park
2 alerts
Hudson Highlands State Park Preserve
1 alert
Letchworth State Park
1 alert
Long Point State Park - Thousand Islands
1 alert
Minnewaska State Park Preserve: Sam's Point Area
3 alerts

Fees, passes and reservations

Entrance fees and passes

Per vehicle at most parks ('Most New York State Parks charge a vehicle use fee between $6 and $10 for day use'); historic sites 'generally charge an admission fee between $1 and $6'; many parks free.

  • Empire Pass — from $80. Unlimited day-use vehicle entry at most State Parks and DEC facilities (one vehicle at a time) Details
  • Golden Park Program — free. Free vehicle entry on non-holiday weekdays for NY residents 62+ Details
  • Access Pass — free. Free or discounted use for NY residents with disabilities Details
  • Lifetime Liberty Pass — free. Free or discounted use for NY resident veterans and Gold Star parents, spouses, children Details
  • Every Kid Outdoors (NPS 4th-grade pass) — free. Free entry for 4th grade students Details

Reservations

Bookings use ReserveAmerica (newyorkstateparks.reserveamerica.com).

Not generally required; pavilions/shelters are reservable through ReserveAmerica (per park pages).

Book online1-800-456-2267

Browse New York parks by activity

Camping 14Cabins and lodging 12Dog-friendly parks 23Swimming 10Fishing 31Boating and paddling 19Hiking 32Historic sites 40Beaches 7Horseback riding 9Winter recreation 24

All 219 parks and units

Listed by designation. Fees shown are the main entrance fee where the park posts one.

State parks (160)

Allegany State Park - Quaker AreaState Park · Salamanca
Allegany State Park - Red House AreaState Park · Salamanca
Anthony Wayne Recreation Area - Bear Mountain State ParkState Park
Artpark State Park (Earl W. Brydges)State Park · Lewiston
Barcelona LighthouseState Park · Westfield
Battle Island State ParkState Park · Fulton
Bayard Cutting Arboretum State ParkState Park · Patchogue
Bayswater Point State ParkState Park · Cedarhurst
Bear Mountain State Park$10 per vehicleState Park · Bear Mountain · 2 alerts · Cabins/lodging, Dogs allowed, Swimming, Hiking, Boating, Fishing
Beaver Island State Park$7State Park · Grand Island · Dogs allowed, Swimming, Hiking, Boating, Fishing
Belmont Lake State Park$8State Park · North Babylon · Hiking, Boating, Fishing
Bethpage State ParkState Park · Farmingdale
Betty and Wilbur Davis State ParkState Park · Cooperstown
Blauvelt State ParkState Park · Nyack
Bonavista State ParkState Park · Ovid · Dogs allowed, Hiking
Bowman Lake State ParkState Park · Norwich
Brentwood State ParkState Park · Babylon
Brookhaven State ParkState Park · Port Jefferson
Buckhorn Island State ParkState Park · Grand Island · Dogs allowed, Hiking, Fishing
Buffalo Harbor State ParkState Park · Lackawanna
Burnham Point State ParkState Park · Watertown
Buttermilk Falls State ParkState Park · Ithaca
Camp Hero State ParkState Park · Groton
Canoe-Picnic Point State ParkState Park · Clayton
Captree State ParkState Park · Babylon
Cayuga Lake State ParkState Park · Auburn
Cedar Island State ParkState Park · Ogdensburg
Cedar Point State Park$7 per dayState Park · Clayton · Camping, Cabins/lodging, Dogs allowed, Swimming, Boating, Fishing
Chenango Valley State ParkState Park · Binghamton
Cherry Plain State ParkState Park · Pittsfield
Chimney Bluffs State ParkState Park · Wolcott
Chittenango Falls State ParkState Park · Oneida
Clark Reservation State ParkState Park · Syracuse
Cold Spring Harbor State ParkState Park · Cold Spring Harbor · Hiking
Coles Creek State ParkState Park · Massena
Cumberland Bay State ParkState Park · Plattsburgh
Darien Lakes State ParkState Park · Darien Center · Camping, Cabins/lodging, Swimming, Hiking, Fishing
Delta Lake State ParkState Park · Rome
DeVeaux Woods State ParkState Park · Niagara Falls
Dewolf Point State Park$6 per dayState Park · Fineview · Camping, Cabins/lodging, Dogs allowed, Boating, Fishing
Eel Weir State Park$15State Park · Ogdensburg · Camping, Cabins/lodging, Dogs allowed, Boating, Fishing
Evangola State ParkState Park · Dunkirk
Fahnestock State Park (Clarence Fahnestock)State Park · Beacon
Fair Haven Beach State ParkState Park · Oswego
Fillmore Glen State ParkState Park · Moravia
Fort Niagara State ParkState Park · Youngstown
Four Mile Creek State ParkState Park · Youngstown
Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms State ParkState Park · Hoboken
Franklin D. Roosevelt State ParkState Park · Peekskill
Franny Reese State ParkState Park · Highland · Hiking
Gantry Plaza State ParkState Park · Hoboken
Genesee Valley Greenway State ParkState Park · Geneseo
Gilbert Lake State ParkState Park · Oneonta
Gilgo State ParkState Park · Lindenhurst
Glimmerglass State ParkState Park · Ilion
Golden Hill State Park$5State Park · Barker · Camping, Cabins/lodging, Dogs allowed, Hiking, Boating, Fishing
Goosepond Mountain State ParkState Park · Chester
Grafton Lakes State ParkState Park · Troy
Grass Point State Park$7 per dayState Park · Alexandria Bay · Camping, Cabins/lodging, Dogs allowed, Swimming, Hiking, Boating, Fishing
Green Lakes State ParkState Park · Fayetteville
Hamlin Beach State ParkState Park · Hilton
Harriman State ParkState Park · Wesley Hills
Heckscher State ParkState Park · Patchogue
Helen McNitt State ParkState Park · Oneida
Hempstead Lake State ParkState Park · Rockville Centre
High Tor State ParkState Park · West Haverstraw
Highland Lakes State ParkState Park · Middletown · Dogs allowed, Hiking
Higley Flow State ParkState Park · Potsdam
Hither Hills State ParkState Park · Groton
Hudson River Islands State ParkState Park · Coxsackie
Hudson River ParkState Park · Hoboken
Jacques Cartier State ParkState Park · Ogdensburg
James Baird State ParkState Park · Poughkeepsie
Jones Beach State Park$8 per vehicleState Park · Wantagh · Swimming, Boating, Fishing
Joseph Davis State ParkState Park · Youngstown
Keewaydin State ParkState Park · Clayton
Keuka Lake State ParkState Park · Penn Yan
Knox Farm State ParkState Park · East Aurora
Kring Point State Park$7 per dayState Park · Redwood · Camping, Cabins/lodging, Dogs allowed, Boating, Fishing
Lake Erie State ParkState Park · Brocton
Lake Sebago Beach - Harriman State ParkState Park
Lake Superior State ParkState Park · Monticello
Lake Taghkanic State ParkState Park · Hudson
Lake Tiorati Beach - Harriman State ParkState Park
Lake Welch Beach - Harriman State ParkState Park
Lakeside State ParkState Park · Albion
Letchworth State Park$10 per vehicleState Park · Castile · 1 alert · Camping, Cabins/lodging, Dogs allowed, Swimming, Hiking, Fishing, Day-use reservation
Lodi Point State ParkState Park · Penn Yan
Long Point State Park - Finger LakesState Park · Auburn
Long Point State Park - Thousand Islands$6 per dayState Park · Three Mile Bay · 1 alert · Camping, Cabins/lodging, Dogs allowed, Boating, Fishing
Long Point State Park on Lake ChautauquaState Park · Jamestown
Macomb Reservation State Park$7State Park · Schuyler Falls · Camping, Cabins/lodging, Dogs allowed, Swimming, Hiking, Boating, Fishing
Marsha P. Johnson State Park (East River State Park)State Park · Hoboken
Mary Island State ParkState Park · Clayton
Max V. Shaul State ParkState Park · Middleburgh
Midway State Park$5State Park · Bemus Point · Fishing
Mills Norrie State Park (Margaret Lewis Norrie)State Park · Kingston
Mine Kill State ParkState Park · Stamford
Montauk Downs State ParkState Park · Groton
Montauk Point State ParkState Park · Groton
Moreau Lake State ParkState Park · Glens Falls
Newtown Battlefield State ParkState Park · Elmira
Niagara Falls State Park$10 per dayState Park · Niagara Falls · Dogs allowed, Hiking, Fishing
Niagara Falls State Park - Devil's Hole AreaState Park · Niagara Falls
Niagara Falls State Park - Whirlpool AreaState Park · Niagara Falls
Nissequogue River State ParkState Park · Nissequogue
Nyack Beach State Park$8 per vehicleState Park · Upper Nyack · Hiking, Boating, Fishing
Ogden Mills & Ruth Livingston Mills State ParkState Park · Kingston
Oquaga Creek State ParkState Park · Deposit
Orient Beach State ParkState Park · New London
Peebles Island State ParkState Park · Cohoes · Dogs allowed, Hiking, Fishing
Pixley Falls State ParkState Park · Rome
Point Au Roche State ParkState Park · Plattsburgh
Reservoir State Park$50State Park · Niagara Falls · Dogs allowed, Hiking, Fishing
Riverbank State Park (Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park)State Park · Edgewater
Robert G. Wehle State ParkState Park · Watertown
Robert H. Treman State ParkState Park · Ithaca
Robert Moses State Park - Long IslandState Park
Robert Moses State Park - Thousand IslandsState Park
Robert V. Riddell State ParkState Park · Davenport · Dogs allowed, Hiking, Fishing
Roberto Clemente State ParkState Park · Englewood Cliffs
Rock Island Lighthouse State ParkState Park · Clayton
Rockland Lake State ParkState Park · Upper Nyack
Sampson State ParkState Park · Penn Yan
Sandy Island Beach State ParkState Park · Pulaski
Saratoga Spa State ParkState Park · Saratoga Springs
Schodack Island State ParkState Park · Ravena
Schunnemunk State ParkState Park · Orange County · Hiking
Sebago Cabin Camp - Harriman State ParkState Park
Selkirk Shores State ParkState Park · Pulaski
Seneca Lake State ParkState Park · Geneva
Shadmoor State ParkState Park · Groton
Shirley Chisholm State ParkState Park · Brooklyn · Hiking, Fishing
Silver Lake State Park$6State Park · Castile · Hiking, Boating, Fishing
Silver Mine - Harriman State ParkState Park
Sojourner Truth State ParkState Park · Kingston
Southwick Beach State ParkState Park · Watertown
State Park at the FairState Park · Solvay
Sterling Forest State ParkState Park · Greenwood Lake
Stony Brook State ParkState Park · Hornell
Storm King State ParkState Park · Cornwall-on-Hudson
Sunken Meadow State Park (Governor Alfred E. Smith)State Park
Taconic State Park - Copake Falls AreaState Park · Hudson
Taconic State Park - Rudd Pond AreaState Park · Hudson
Tallman Mountain State Park$8State Park · Sparkill · Swimming, Hiking
Taughannock Falls State Park$10 per vehicleState Park · Trumansburg · Camping, Cabins/lodging, Dogs allowed, Swimming, Hiking, Boating, Fishing
Thacher State ParkState Park · Colonie
Trail View State ParkState Park · Laurel Hollow
Two Rivers State Park Recreation AreaState Park · Waverly
Valley Stream State ParkState Park · Valley Stream
Verona Beach State ParkState Park · Oneida
Waterson Point State ParkState Park · Clayton
Watkins Glen State ParkState Park · Watkins Glen
Wellesley Island State ParkState Park · Clayton
Westcott Beach State ParkState Park · Sackets Harbor
Whetstone Gulf State ParkState Park · Lowville
Wildwood State ParkState Park · Port Jefferson
Wilson-Tuscarora State ParkState Park · Wilson
Wonder Lake State ParkState Park · Danbury
Woodlawn Beach State ParkState Park · Blasdell

Recreation areas (1)

Harriet Hollister Spencer State Recreation AreaState Recreation Area · Geneseo

Historic sites (40)

Bennington Battlefield State Historic SiteState Historic Site · North Bennington
Caumsett State Historic Park Preserve$25State Historic Park Preserve · Huntington · Hiking, Fishing
Clermont State Historic SiteState Historic Site · Saugerties
Crailo State Historic SiteState Historic Site · Rensselaer
Crown Point State Historic SiteState Historic Site · Vergennes
Darwin Martin House State Historic SiteState Historic Site · Kenmore
Fort Montgomery State Historic SiteState Historic Site · Highland Falls
Fort Ontario State Historic SiteState Historic Site · Oswego
Ganondagan State Historic SiteState Historic Site · Victor
Grant Cottage State Historic Site$12 per adultState Historic Site · Wilton · Camping
Herkimer Home State Historic SiteState Historic Site · Little Falls
Hyde Hall State Historic SiteState Historic Site · Ilion
Jay Heritage CenterState Historic Site · Rye
John Brown Farm State Historic SiteState Historic Site · Lake Placid
John Burroughs Memorial State Historic SiteState Historic Site · Stamford
John Jay Homestead State Historic SiteState Historic Site · Mount Kisco
Johnson Hall State Historic SiteState Historic Site · Johnstown
Knox's Headquarters State Historic Site$5 per personState Historic Site · Vails Gate · Hiking
Lorenzo State Historic Site$5 per adultState Historic Site · Cazenovia
National Purple Heart Hall of HonorState Historic Site
New Windsor Cantonment State Historic SiteState Historic Site · Newburgh
Olana State Historic SiteState Historic Site · Hudson · Hiking
Old Croton Aqueduct State Historic ParkState Historic Park · Dobbs Ferry · Hiking
Old Erie Canal State Historic ParkState Historic Park · North Syracuse
Old Fort Niagara State Historic SiteState Historic Site · Youngstown
Oriskany Battlefield State Historic SiteState Historic Site · Oriskany
Philipse Manor Hall State Historic SiteState Historic Site · Yonkers
Planting Fields Arboretum State Historic ParkState Historic Park · Upper Brookville
Sackets Harbor Battlefield State Historic SiteState Historic Site · Sackets Harbor
Schoharie Crossing State Historic SiteState Historic Site · Amsterdam
Schuyler Mansion State Historic SiteState Historic Site · Rensselaer
Senate House State Historic SiteState Historic Site · Kingston
Sonnenberg Gardens & Mansion State Historic Park$16 per adultState Historic Park · Canandaigua · Hiking
Staatsburgh State Historic SiteState Historic Site · Kingston
Steuben Memorial State Historic SiteState Historic Site · Rome
Stonewall Inn State Historic SiteState Historic Site
Stony Point Battlefield State Historic SiteState Historic Site · Buchanan
Walkway Over the Hudson State Historic ParkState Historic Park · Poughkeepsie
Walt Whitman Birthplace State Historic Site$12 per adultState Historic Site · Huntington Station
Washington's Headquarters State Historic SiteState Historic Site · Newburgh

Natural areas and preserves (8)

Caleb Smith State Park PreserveState Park Preserve · Village of the Branch
Clay Pit Ponds State Park PreserveState Park Preserve · Perth Amboy
Connetquot River State Park Preserve$8State Park Preserve · Oakdale · Hiking, Boating, Fishing
Hallock State Park PreserveState Park Preserve · Quogue
Hudson Highlands State Park PreserveState Park Preserve · Cold Spring · 1 alert · Camping, Dogs allowed, Hiking, Fishing
Minnewaska State Park PreserveState Park Preserve · New Paltz
Minnewaska State Park Preserve: Sam's Point Area$10 per vehicleState Park Preserve · Cragsmoor · 3 alerts · Dogs allowed, Hiking
Rockefeller State Park PreserveState Park Preserve · Sleepy Hollow

State trails (4)

Black Diamond TrailTrail · Ithaca
Black River TrailTrail · Watertown · Hiking, Fishing
Catharine Valley TrailTrail · Horseheads
Pat McGee TrailTrail · Little Valley

Marine parks (6)

Allan H. Treman State Marine Park$62State Marine Park · Ithaca · Dogs allowed, Boating, Fishing
Canadarago State Marine ParkState Marine Park · Richfield Springs
Canandaigua Lake State Marine Park$7State Marine Park · Canandaigua · Dogs allowed, Boating, Fishing
Irondequoit Bay State Marine ParkState Marine Park · Rochester
Oak Orchard State Marine ParkState Marine Park · Albion
Sunset Bay State Marine Park$10 parkingState Marine Park · Irving · Camping, Boating, Fishing

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Coverage notes

Inventory source: NY State Parks 'All Locations' park finder (server-rendered, ?page=N). We re-check it weekly and keep renamed, merged and closed parks traceable.

Not included: Golf courses (19 finder entries under /visit/golf-courses/, plus Mark Twain State Park – Soaring Eagles Golf Course) (Facilities inside parks; they become sections of their park.); Nature centers (19 finder entries under /visit/nature-centers/) (Facilities inside parks.); Conesus Lake Boat Launch, Deans Cove Boat Launch, Mexico Point Boat Launch, Pine Grove Boat Launch, Saratoga Lake State Boat Launch, Honeoye Lake Boat Launch State Park (Standalone boat launches listed as separate facilities.); Big Six Mile Creek Marina (Standalone marina (facility).); Beaver Pond Campgrounds – Harriman State Park; Thompson's Lake Campground – Thacher State Park (Campgrounds inside another park.); Fahnestock Winter Park (Winter-sports facility inside Fahnestock State Park.).

Statewide information last reviewed Oct 29, 2026.