New York Natural Park Wonders
National and State Wonders Found in the Empire State:
National Recreation Trails:
New York State Parks,
Campgrounds, Recreational Areas:
State Scenic Roads and Byways:
New York, known for the Finger Lakes (a chain of narrow glacial lakes in Central New York State), is home to several major lakes (Lake Ontario, Lake Erie, Lake Champlain, Lake George) and rivers (Hudson River, Mohawk River, Genesee River), as well as the Adirondack and Catskill Mountains and Niagara Falls.
Let us be your guide to discovering these natural wonders. Follow the links below to obtain more information, insider tips, and pictures, as well as ideas for where to stay when visiting.
National Seashores:
Fire Island National Seashore [Official Site]
National Rivers:
Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River [Official Site]
National Scenic Trails:
Appalachian National Scenic Trail [Official Site] North Country National Scenic Trail [Official Site]
National Recreation Trails:
Albany Pine Bush Preserve/Kings Highway Beaver Lake Nature Center Chenango Canal Towpath Trail Erie Canal Heritage Trail Feeder Canal Towpath Trail Fred J. Cusimano Westside Overland Trail Genesee Riverway Trail Harriman Long Path Historic Champlain Canalway Trail Hudson-Mohawk Heritage Hudson River School Art Trail Hyde Park Heritage Greenway Trail System Interloken National Recreation Trail Long Island Greenbelt Marden E. Cobb Waterway Trail Nassau-Suffolk Greenbelt Old Erie Canal State Park Trail Orange Heritage Trail Palisades Shore Trail Seaway Trail Walkway Over the Hudson Trail Wallkill Valley Rail Trail Walt Whitman Trail
National Recreation Areas:
Gateway National Recreation Area. Location: Metropolitan New York area, including parts of New York (including Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten Island) and New Jersey (Monmouth County), part of the National Parks of New York Harbor, and administered by the National Park Service. [Official Site]
National Forests:
Finger Lakes National Forest. Location: Hector, New York. [Official Site]
National Wildlife Refuges:
Amagansett National Wildlife Refuge Conscience Point National Wildlife Refuge Elizabeth A. Morton National Wildlife Refuge Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge Oyster Bay National Wildlife Refuge Seatuck National Wildlife Refuge Shawangunk Grasslands National Wildlife Refuge Target Rock National Wildlife Refuge Wertheim National Wildlife Refuge
National Wilderness Areas:
Otis Pike Fire Island High Dune Wilderness
National Scenic Roads and Byways:
Lakes to Locks Passage, The Great Northeast Journey Mohawk Towpath Byway Seaway Trail
New York State Parks,
Campgrounds, Recreational Areas:
Allan H. Treman State Marine Park Allegany State Park - Quaker Area Allegany State Park - Red House Battle Island State Park Bayard Cutting Arboretum State Park Bayswater Point State Park Bear Mountain State Park Beaver Island State Park Belmont Lake State Park Bethpage State Park Big Six Mile Creek Marina State Park Blauvelt State Park Bowman Lake State Park Buckhorn Island State Park Burnham Point State Park Buttermilk Falls State Park Caleb Smith State Park Preserve Camp Hero State Park Canandaigua Lake State Marine Park Canoe-Picnic Point State Park Captree State Park Caumsett State Historic Park Cayuga Lake State Park Cedar Island State Park Cedar Point State Park
Chenango Valley State Park Cherry Plain State Park Chimney Bluffs State Park Chittenango Falls State Park Clarence Fahnestock State Park Clark Reservation State Park Clay Pit Ponds State Park Preserve Cold Spring Harbor State Park Coles Creek State Park Conesus Lake Boat Launch Connetquot River State Park Preserve Cumberland Bay State Park Darien Lakes State Park De Veaux Woods State Park Dean's Cove Boat Launch Delta Lake State Park Devil's Hole State Park Dewolf Point State Park Earl W. Brydges Artpark State Park Eel Weir State Park Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park Evangola State Park Fair Haven Beach State Park Fillmore Glen State Park Fort Niagara State Park Four Mile Creek State Park Franklin D. Roosevelt State Park
Gantry Plaza State Park Gilbert Lake State Park Glimmerglass State Park Golden Hill State Park Goosepond Mountain State Park Governor Alfred E. Smith / Sunken Meadow State Park Grafton Lakes State Park Grass Point State Park Green Lakes State Park Hamlin Beach State Park Harriet Hollister Spencer State Rec Area Harriman State Park Heckscher State Park Hempstead Lake State Park High Tor State Park Highland Lakes State Park Higley Flow State Park Hither Hills State Park Honeoye Lake Boat Launch Hudson Highlands State Park Hudson River Islands State Park Hunt's Pond State Park Irondequoit Bay State Marine Park Jacques Cartier State Park James Baird State Park John Boyd Thacher State Park
Jones Beach State Park Joseph Davis State Park Keewaydin State Park Keuka Lake State Park Knox Farm State Park Kring Point State Park Lake Erie State Park Lake Superior State Park Lake Taghkanic State Park Lakeside Beach State Park Letchworth State Park Lodi Point State Park Long Point on Lake Chautauqua State Park Long Point State Park - Finger Lakes Long Point State Park - Thousand Islands Macomb Reservation State Park Margaret Lewis Norrie State Park Mark Twain / Soaring Eagles Golf Course Mary Island State Park Max V. Shaul State Park Mine Kill State Park Minnewaska State Park Montauk Downs State Park Montauk Point State Park Moreau Lake State Park Niagara Reservation State Park Nissequogue River State Park Nyack Beach State Park
Oak Orchard State Marine Park Ogden Mills & Ruth Livingston Mills State Park Old Croton Aqueduct State Historic Park Old Erie Canal State Historic Park Old Fort Niagara State Historic Site Oquaqa Creek State Park Orient Beach State Park Peebles Island State Park Pinnacle State Park Pixley Falls State Park Planting Fields Arboretum State Historic Park Point Au Roche State Park Reservoir State Park Riverbank State Park Robert G. Wehle State Park Robert H. Treman State Park Robert Moses State Park - Barnhart Island Robert Moses State Park - Fire Island Roberto Clemente State Park Rockefeller State Park Preserve Rockland Lake State Park Sampson State Park Sandy Island Beach State Park Saratoga Lake State Boat Launch Saratoga Spa State Park Schodack Island State Park
Selkirk Shores State Park Seneca Lake State Park Shadmoor State Park Silver Lake State Park Southwick Beach State Park Sterling Forest State Park Stony Brook State Park Storm King State Park Taconic State Park-Copake Falls Taconic State Park-Rudd Pond Tallman Mountain State Park Taughannock Falls State Park Thompson's Lake State Park Trail View State Park Valley Stream State Park Verona Beach State Park Waterson Point State Park Watkins Glen State Park Wellesley Island State Park Westcott Beach State Park Whetstone Gulf State Park Whirlpool State Park Wildwood State Park Wilson-Tuscarora State Park Woodlawn Beach State Park
State Scenic Roads and Byways:
Adirondack Trail Black River Trail Bronx River Parkway Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway Central Adirondack Trail Dude Ranch Trail High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73) Military Trail North Fork Trail Olympic Trail Revolutionary Trail Roosevelt-Marcy Trail Route 20 Scenic Byway Scenic Route 90 Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway Southern Adirondack Trail Upper Delaware Scenic Byway (Route 97) Western New York Southtowns Scenic Byway
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