Schodack Island State Park

State park in the U.S. state of New York

42°29′N 73°47′W / 42.49°N 73.78°W / 42.49; -73.78Area1,052 acres (4.26 km²)^[2]Created2002 (2002)^[3]Operated byNew York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic PreservationVisitors125,466 (in 2014)^[4]OpenAll yearCamp sites66WebsiteSchodack Island State Park

Schodack Island State Park (formerly known as Castleton Island State Park^[5]) is a 1,052-acre (4.26 km²) state park that spans portions of Rensselaer, Greene, and Columbia counties, New York.^[2] The park is located between the Hudson River and Schodack Creek, and was opened in 2002.

History

The name "Schodack" is from the Mahican terms ishoda ("fire plain") and akee ("land"); the name refers to the area being the former home of the Mohicans' central council fire. During the time of the Mahicans, the area now occupied by the park was a group of six islands; it became a continuous peninsula in the early 1900s when a federal project to construct a deep-water navigation channel to Albany necessitated the construction of dikes and the deposition of dredged material along and between the islands.^[3]^[6]

What was to become Schodack Island State Park was first acquired by the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation in the 1970s, and was originally known as Castleton Island State Park.^[6] It remained undeveloped until the early 2000s.

Schodack Island State Park was opened in 2002,^[3] and was initially a day-use only park. In 2013, plans were proposed to add camping facilities to the park, representing the first new campground constructed by the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation in approximately 35 years.^[7] The campsites were made available to the public in 2016.^[8]

Park facilities

Schodack Island State Park offers a campground with 66 campsites, picnic tables, eight miles (13 km) of trails, biking, fishing, and hunting. Cross-country skiing and snowshoeing trails are maintained during the winter.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "Schodack Island State Park". NYS Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation. Retrieved April 24, 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Section O: Environmental Conservation and Recreation, Table O-9". 2014 New York State Statistical Yearbook (PDF). The Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government. 2014. p. 674. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 16, 2015. Retrieved April 24, 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Governor, Majority Leader Open Schodack Island State Park". NYS Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation. June 19, 2002. Archived from the original on September 21, 2006. Retrieved October 29, 2016.
^ "State Park Annual Attendance Figures by Facility: Beginning 2003". Data.ny.gov. Retrieved April 24, 2016.
^ Green, Stella; Zimmerman, H. Neil (2008). Explorer's Guide 50 Hikes in the Lower Hudson Valley: Hikes and Walks from Westchester County to Albany. The Countryman Press. p. 271. Retrieved October 31, 2016.
^ ^a ^b Huey, Paul R. (May 1997). "Historical and Archeological Resources of Castleton Island State Park, Towns of Stuyvesant, Columbia County; New Baltimore, Greene County; and Schodack, Rensselaer County, New York: A Preliminary Phase I Cultural Resources Assessment". NYS Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation. Archived from the original on October 11, 2008. Retrieved October 31, 2016.
^ Brower, Emily (May 22, 2014). "Schodack Island State Park to get more campsites". Times Union. Albany, NY. Retrieved March 24, 2016.
^ "New Schodack Island State Park Campground Now Open". NYS Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation. April 15, 2016. Retrieved October 31, 2016.

External links

New York State Parks: Schodack Island State Park

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