Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation

Cherry Plain is located on Black River Pond and offers a variety of outdoor recreation activities. Explore the camping area along with hiking and biking trails.

Located on the forested mountain ridge between the Taconic and Hudson Valleys, the park includes five ponds and 2,357 acres featuring hiking, fishing, swimming, and boating.

Accessible only by boat, the islands of Gay's Point and Stockport Middle Ground are home to many rare and endangered plant and animal species providing a scenic backdrop for Hudson River Islands State Park.

A small, quiet camping area with 30 wooded tent and trailer sites the park offers Panther Creek, picnic grounds, as well as playing fields, playground and nature and hiking trail.

Featuring the picturesque Mine Kill Falls in the scenic Schoharie Valley, Mine Kill State Park overlooks the NY Power Authority's Blenheim-Gilboa Pumped Storage Power Project.

Amid hardwood forests, pine stands and rocky ridges and shady groves of trees the park offers Moreau Lake surrounded by a sandy beach, camping and picnic grounds, and hiking trails.

Peebles Island offers spectacular river and rapids views for walkers and joggers who take advantage of the miles of paths through the gently rolling and wooded landscape. Picnickers and fishermen come to relax and winter visitors use the facilities to cross-country ski, hike and snowshoe.

Saratoga Lake State Boat Launch, located on Route 9P on beautiful Saratoga Lake, is open year-round and has parking capacity for up to 100 trailers.

A National Historic Landmark, the park is noted for its cultural, aesthetic and recreational resources.  Music, theater, golf and a spa are just some of the park's many amenities.

Hudson River and Schodack Creek shoreline bound the 1,052-acre site. The park has been designated a State Estuary, as well as a Bird Conservation Area.

Situated along the Helderberg Escarpment the park is home too one of the richest fossil-bearing formations in the world and provides marvelous mountain and valley views.

Nestled in the mountains just four miles from the Helderberg Escarpment, the park is a popular camping ground and recreation area featuring many outdoor activities.