Delta Lake State Park

State park in Oneida County, New York

43°17′24″N 75°24′54″W / 43.2901°N 75.4151°W / 43.2901; -75.4151Area720 acres (2.9 km2)Created1962 (1962)Operated byNew York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic PreservationVisitors209,556 (in 2014)[2]OpenAll yearCamp sites101[3]WebsiteDelta Lake State Park

Delta Lake State Park is a 720-acre (2.9 km2) New York state park located on a peninsula extending from the southeast shore of Delta Lake in the Town of Western, in Oneida County, New York, United States. It is located off New York State Route 46, southwest of Westernville, east of Lee, New York and north of Rome, New York

History

The peninsula that today contains Delta Lake State Park was created when the Mohawk River was impounded in 1908 to form Delta Lake, a reservoir intended to supply water to the New York State Barge Canal. The New York State Canal Corporation leased approximately 350 acres (1.4 km2) to the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation for the creation of a state park in 1962. In 2005, it was announced that the Canal Corporation would officially transfer the park's land, along with an additional 370 acres (1.5 km2), to the NYSOPRHP, bringing the park's total area to 720 acres (2.9 km2).[4]

Facilities

The park offers a beach, picnic tables and pavilions, a playground, a food concession, trails for hiking and bike riding, cross-country skiing, snowmobiling and ice fishing, recreation programs, a boat launch, a campground with 101 tent and trailer sites, showers and a dump station.[3][5]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Delta Lake State Park – Getting There". NYS Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation. Retrieved May 21, 2015.
  2. ^ "State Park Annual Attendance Figures by Facility: Beginning 2003". Data.ny.gov. Retrieved February 3, 2016.
  3. ^ a b "Delta Lake State Park". NYS Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation. Retrieved May 24, 2015.
  4. ^ "Governor Announces Plans to Expand Delta Lake State Park". New York State Office of the Governor. September 7, 2005. Archived from the original on September 23, 2005. Retrieved May 25, 2015.
  5. ^ Bowers, Bill; McNulty-Bowers, Eileen (2010). 50 Hikes in Central New York's Leatherstocking Country: From Lake Ontario to the Southern Tier. Woodstock, VT: Countryman Press. pp. 50–53. ISBN 978-0-88150-817-8. Retrieved May 24, 2015.

External links

  • New York State Parks – Delta Lake State Park
  • Delta Lake State Park map
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