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Circular sandstone fort in Battery Park at the southern tip of Manhattan, New York City. *. Statue of Liberty National Monument. October 15, 1924. Liberty Island. New York. Monument presented to the United States by the people of France in 1886. *. Saratoga National Historical Park.
The state with the most national parks is California with nine, followed by Alaska with eight, Utah with five, and Colorado with four. The largest national park is Wrangell–St. Elias in Alaska: at over 8 million acres (32,375 km 2 ), it is larger than each of the nine smallest states.
Designated NHL. May 23, 1963. The Adirondack Park is a park in northeastern New York protecting the Adirondack Mountains. The park was established in 1892 for "the free use of all the people for their health and pleasure", and for watershed protection. [2] At 6.1 million acres (2.5 × 106 ha), it is the largest park in the contiguous United States.
Niagara Falls. 43°04′54″N 79°02′34″W. / 43.081764°N 79.042836°W / 43.081764; -79.042836 ( Adams Power Plant Transformer House) Niagara. Transformer house of the first large-scale, alternating current electric generating plant in the world; tapped power of Niagara Falls via a 7,500 foot (2,286 m) tail-race tunnel.
1,451,000 [6] Allegheny Reservoir, Red House Lake, Quaker Lake. Largest state park in New York. Includes two separate areas developed for recreation, the Red House Area and the Quaker Area, each with cabins and campsites. Both areas include formally designated bird conservation areas. [9] [10] Amherst State Park.
Gateway National Recreation Area is a 26,607-acre (10,767 ha) U.S. National Recreation Area in New York City and Monmouth County, New Jersey. It provides recreational opportunities that are not commonly found in a dense urban environment, including ocean swimming, bird watching, boating, hiking and camping. [3]
Clark Reservation State Park is a state park in Onondaga County, New York. The park is in Jamesville, NY, in the Town of DeWitt, south of Syracuse. It was the site of a large waterfall formed by melting glacial ice at the end of the last Ice Age; the plunge basin at the base of the old falls is now a small lake.
Open. All year. Website. Franklin D. Roosevelt State Park. Franklin D. Roosevelt State Park is a 960-acre (3.9 km 2) state park in Westchester County, New York. [2] Formerly known as Mohansic (State) Park, it is situated in Yorktown, approximately 40 miles (64 km) from New York City. It was created in 1922 on the former site of the Mohansic ...