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Como Lake Park

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Type
  
Regional park

Area
  
534 acres (2.16 km)

Nearest city
  
Buffalo, New York

Created
  
1923 (1923)

Como Lake Park

Location
  
2220 Como Park Blvd Lancaster, New York

Operated by
  
Erie County Department of Parks, Recreation and Forestry

Como Lake Park is a 534-acre (2.16 km2) park in Erie County, in the U.S. state of New York. The park is located along the banks of Cayuga Creek in both the village and town of Lancaster, approximately 14 miles (23 km) east of the city of Buffalo. It is operated by the Erie County Department of Parks, Recreation and Forestry. Access is free and it is open to the public year-round.

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HistoryEdit

Como Lake Park, named after the Lake Como tourist resort in Italy, was originally established by the village of Lancaster in 1923 and acquired by Erie County in 1926 as the result of a special village election. The park at that time was 120 acres (0.49 km2) in size, and grew to its current 534-acre (2.16 km2) extent through land acquisitions in the years that followed. Many of the park's facilities and stone structures were built or improved by the Works Progress Administration in the 1930s.

The park originally featured a small zoo and a 220-yard (200 m) toboggan run. Both of these attractions have since been removed.

Attractions and facilitiesEdit

  • Como Lake Park features a 4.5-acre (0.018 km2) man-made lake with a small lighthouse.
  • The park includes nature trails, 62 picnic shelters, a disc golf course, a soccer field, four tennis courts and two basketball courts.
  • During the winter, the park features 4.75 miles (7.64 km) of trails and unplowed roads suitable for cross-country skiing or snowshoeing, two free ice-skating rinks, and a sledding hill.

    • References

    Como Lake Park Wikipedia
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