Type State park Created 1968 (1968) Phone +1 518-643-9952 | Area 600 acres (2.4 km) Visitors 29,862 (in 2014) | |
 | ||
Location 201 Campsite Road
Schuyler Falls, New York Operated by New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Address 201 Campsite Rd, Schuyler Falls, NY 12985, USA Similar Cumberland Bay State Park, Eel Weir State Park, Conesus Lake Boat Launch, Mary Island State Park, Dewolf Point State Park | ||
Macomb Reservation State Park is a 600-acre (2.4 km2) state park in the Town of Schuyler Falls in Clinton County, New York, United States. The park is located on the Salmon River, outside the Adirondack Park, and two miles (3.2 km) west of the hamlet of Schuyler Falls.
Contents
HistoryEdit
Macomb Reservation State Park occupies land previously used as a military training facility. New York State purchased 6,372 acres (25.79 km2) of federal property in April 1947, 600 acres (2.4 km2) of which were given over to the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation in 1968. The remainder of the purchased property is managed by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation for the purpose of reforestation.
Park descriptionEdit
The park offers a beach, a playground and playing fields, picnic tables and pavilions, recreation programs, a nature trail, fishing (in Davis Pond or the Salmon River), a boat launch for non-motorized boats, a campground for tents and trailers, a dump station, cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, snowmobiling, and ice-skating.