Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation

Hours of Operation

• Park is open daily, sunrise to sunset.
• Swimming: Canopus Beach 
  Weekends only 5/27 - 6/25
  Daily 6/26 - 9/4
  Hours: 10 am - 6 pm
• 2017 Camping Season: 4/14 - 9/4
  Group camp available
• Boating: Season permit/Weekly permit available
  
  Boat Rentals:
  5/27 - 9/6
• Day Use Activities: Seasonal.
  Nature Center, hiking, Mtn. biking, fishing, equestrian trails, XC skiing and showshoeing.
• Food Service: At beach during swimming season and Winter Park.
• Hunting - In season both deer (bow only) and spring turkey (shotgun only) hunting are permitted in designated areas.
  NYS hunting permits, as well as a Park Permit, are required.
  Hunting Information
  
  
  
• Picnicking: Available year-round.
  Picnic Pavilion: Available year-round.
• Winter Park: 12/15 - 4/1, weather permitting
  Weekdays: 10 am - 4:30 pm.; Weekends: 9 am - 4:30 pm.
  Ski rentals, tube rentals, snow shoes, baby sled and ski lessons available.

Fees & Rates

Most New York State Parks charge a vehicle use fee to enter the facility. Fees vary by location and season. A list of entry fees and other park use fees is available below. For fees not listed or to verify information, please contact the park directly.

The Empire Pass -- whether a card for $80 or a vehicle-affixed decal for $65 -- is your key to all-season enjoyment with unlimited day-use entry at most facilities operated by State Parks and the State Dept. of Environmental Conservation including forests, beaches, trails and more. Apply online or contact your favorite park for more information. Learn more about our Admission Programs including the Empire Pass.

• Boat Rental
• $10/hr; $25/day
  $25 cash deposit
  Season permit (for those with own boat): $30
  Weekly permit (for those with own boat): $10
• Camping
• $15-$19/night
  
  Group Camp (wilderness): $2/person/night; 14 person minimum
  
  Out-of-State Surcharge: $5/night
  
  For reservations: Call Reserve America at 1-800-456-CAMP or visit www.reserveamerica.com.
• Campsite and Cabins
• Reservation fee: $9
  Walkup: $2.75
  Cancellation: $9
  Change: $9
• Vehicle Entrance Fee
• $7/car
  Non-profit bus: $35
  Commerical bus: $75
  
  Collected:
  5/27-6/25, weekends & holidays
  6/26-9/4, daily
• Winter Park

• Admission: $12/adult; $10/Jr. & Sr.
  Ski Rental: $17/adult; $15/Jr.
  Snow shoes: $15/adult; $14/Jr.; $7/hr.
  Baby sled: $20; $7/hr.

Maps

New! Download this park's digital map to your iOS Apple and Android device.

• Fahnestock State Park Trail Map

Firewood source maps show a 50-mile radius from which untreated firewood may be moved to this campground. For more information see firewood restrictions.

• Firewood Source Map (pdf)

• Trail Map (pdf)
• Bird Conservation Area Map (pdf)
• Hudson River Birding Trail (pdf)
• Fahnestock Hunting Map (pdf)
• Discovering the Hudson Map & Brochure (pdf)

Key BCA Criteria:

- Diverse species concentration site

- Species at risk site

The Fahnestock BCA is located within Clarence Fahnestock Memorial State Park. The BCA is especially important because of its undisturbed stream valleys, lakes, and wetlands which provide food, shelter, and breeding sites for birds and other wildlife. The Fahnestock BCA is within Audubon New York's Fahnestock and Hudson Highlands Important Bird Area. It was originally designated as a BCA in 2000. This update to the BCA Management Guidance Summary was completed in order to consider recent land acquisitions which have expanded the size of Clarence Fahnestock State Park. Review of these sites indicated that the majority of these parcels met the criteria for inclusion within the existing BCA.

Fahnestock BCA represents one of the largest areas of contiguous forest in the lower Hudson Valley, and thus provides significant stopover and breeding habitat for a diverse group of forest-dependent bird species. Characteristic bird species found during migratory and breeding periods include Broad-winged Hawk, Acadian Flycatcher, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Veery, Hermit Thrush, Yellow-throated Vireo, Worm-eating Warbler, and Scarlet Tanager. Species-at-risk at Fahnestock include the State Threatened Least Bittern and Special Concern Sharp-shinned, Cooper's and Red-shouldered Hawks and Eastern Whip-poor-will.

Download a copy of the BCA map.

Go birding with the Fahnestock Bird Checklist.

Big Game:

• Archery only. 10/1 - 12/20 – May enter woods ½ hour before sunrise to set up and exit by sunset. Permit required – unlimited.

• Gun season: Shot gun only. Map available at park office. 11/18 – 12/10. May enter woods at ½ hour before sunrise to set up and exit by sunset. Permit is required – limited to first 200 hunters.

• Muzzle loading: 12/12 - 12/20. May enter the woods ½ hours before sunrise to set up and exit by sunset.

Small Game:

• Turkey – shotgun only (no weekends or holidays). No youth hunt. May 1-May 26, 2017. May enter woods ½ hour before sunrise to set up and exit by sunset. Permit is required – limited to first 200 hunters.

All permits are available exactly 1 month prior to opening day for their respective season. Archery season runs from October 1st through December 18th and the number of permits given out is unlimited. Crossbow season runs from November 5th through December 11th. Shotgun permits are available October 19th and is limited to a maximum of 200 permits. The shotgun and crossbow season will run from November 19th thru December 11th. 

Please come to the park office to obtain hunting permits and maps, or call (845) 225-7207 with any questions. The park office located at 1498 Rte 301 Carmel, NY 10512.

Fahnestock Hunting Map