List of New York state parks
This is a list of state parks in the U.S. state of New York. Also listed are state golf courses, seasonal hunting areas, and former state parks.
In New York, state parks are managed by the Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, with the exception of the Adirondack and Catskill Parks which are managed by the Department of Environmental Conservation. Outside of the Adirondacks and the Catskills, the state parks department is organized into eleven regions:
- Niagara
- Allegany
- Genesee
- Finger Lakes
- Central
- Taconic
- Palisades
- Long Island
- Thousand Islands
- Saratoga/Capital District
- New York City
Forest preserve
State parks
OPRHP manages lands designated as state parks in New York, with the aims of providing public space for outdoor recreation while conserving natural and cultural resources. The agency offers the "Empire Passport", which provides unlimited day use vehicle entry to most of New York's state parks and recreational facilities. As of 2017, New York has 215 state parks and historic sites encompassing 350,000 acres. The agency's portfolio also includes 28 golf courses, 35 swimming pools, 67 beaches, and 18 museums and nature centers.The following sortable tables list current and former New York state parks, respectively, all 'owned' or managed by the OPRHP, as of 2015. Some OPRHP-'owned' parks are managed primarily or in part by other agencies, through lease or partnership agreements. The second table lists three former New York state parks that have been transferred to other entities.
State parks
Former parks
| Park name | Region | County or counties | Area | Year created | Year ended | Water bodies | Notes | Image |
| Empire – Fulton Ferry State Park | New York City | Kings | 1977 | 2010 | East River | Transferred to the Brooklyn Bridge Park Development Corporation to become part of Brooklyn Bridge Park. | ||
| Frenchman Island State Park | Central | Oswego | 2009 | Oneida Lake | Undeveloped. Transferred to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation to be managed as a Wildlife Management Area. | |||
| Hunts Pond State Park | Central | Chenango | 2011 | Hunts Pond | Transferred to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation in 2011 to be managed as part of Hunts Pond State Forest. | |||
| Mohawk River State Park | Saratoga/Capital District | Schenectady | 2006 | 2024 | Mohawk River | Undeveloped except for hiking trails. Sold to the town of Niskayuna. | ||
| Pinnacle State Park and Golf Course | Finger Lakes | Steuben | 2022 | Transferred to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation in 2022 to be managed as part of McCarthy Hill State Forest |
State golf courses
The NYS OPRHP maintains two state golf courses in addition to the courses noted above:- Indian Hills State Golf Course, an 18-hole course in Painted Post, New York
- Sag Harbor State Golf Course, a nine-hole facility within the Barcelona Neck Natural Resources Management Area, East Hampton, New York
Seasonal hunting
- Allegany
- Bonavista
- Bowman Lake
- Buttermilk Falls
- Cherry Plain
- Chimney Bluff
- Clarence Fahnestock
- Clermont
- Coles Creek
- Connecticut Hills
- Darien Lakes
- Fillmore Glen
- Ganondagon
- Gilbert Lake
- Grafton Lakes
- Harriet Hollister Spencer
- Higley Flow
- Hither Hills
- Hudson Highlands
- Hudson River Islands
- Hunts Point
- Jacques Cartier
- John Boyd Thacher
- Keuka Lake
- Lake Superior
- Lake Taghkanic
- Letchworth
- Long Point
- Mark Twain
- Mine Kill
- Minnewaska
- Montauk Point
- Moreau Lake
- Napeague
- Newton Battlefield
- Oquaga Creek
- Pinnacle
- Pixley Falls
- Sampson
- Schodack Island
- Silver Lake
- Sterling Forest
- Stony Brook
- Storm King
- Taconic
- Taughannock Falls
- Robert H. Treman
- Verona Beach
- Watkins Glen
- Wellesley Island
- Whetstone Gulf