Point Au Roche State Park
| Point Au Roche State Park | |
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  Location of Point Au Roche State Park within New York State | |
| Type | State park |
| Location | 19 Camp Red Cloud Road Plattsburgh, New York[1] |
| Coordinates | 44°46′44″N 73°23′24″W / 44.779°N 73.39°W |
| Area | 856 acres (3.46 km2)[2] |
| Operated by | New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation |
| Visitors | 74,730 (in 2014)[3] |
| Open | All year |
| Website | parks |
Point Au Roche State Park is an 856-acre (3.46 km2) state park in Clinton County, New York.[2] The park is in the eastern part of the Town of Beekmantown, on the shore of Lake Champlain.
History
Prior to its designation as a state park, Point Au Roche was used as pasture or cropland, and as a military encampment for cadets during World War One. In the 1950s, a theme park named Fantasy Kingdom operated in the vicinity of the beach area. The area known as Long Point was used for nearly 50 years as a private camping area called Camp Red Cloud. St. Armand's beach was operated by the Town of Beekmantown as a bathing beach for local residents. The site of this park was acquired by the state in 1972.[4]
Facilities
Point Au Roche State Park is a day-use park, offering a playground, picnic areas, biking paths, hiking trails, cross-country skiing, fishing, a nature center, and a sandy beach. Mooring for up to 60 boats is available in Deep Bay.[1]
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Visitor Center Point au Roche -
Boathouse in Point au Roche state park
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Point au Roche Trails -
Lookout point at Point au Roche -
Fall colours on Point au Roche hiking trail -
Connor's Bay beach in Point au Roche state park
See also
References
- ^ a b "Point Au Roche State Park". NYS Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation. Retrieved November 11, 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. 673. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 16, 2015. Retrieved March 12, 2016.
- ^ "State Park Annual Attendance Figures by Facility: Beginning 2003". Data.ny.gov. Retrieved November 11, 2016.
- ^ Master Plan and Final Environmental Impact Statement for Pt Au Roche State Park https://parks.ny.gov/documents/inside-our-agency/Masterplans/PointAuRoche/EnvironmentalSetting.pdf
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