Golden Hill State Park is a
state park located in
Niagara County
Niagara County is in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 212,666. The county seat is Lockport. The county name is from the Iroquois word ''Onguiaahra''; meaning ''the strait'' or ''thunder of waters''.
Niaga ...
,
New York, United States.
[ The park is on the south shore of ]Lake Ontario
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in the northeast corner of the Town of Somerset, north of Lower Lake Road. Thirty Mile Point Light is included within the park.[
Golden Hill State Park was established in 1962 on the former estate of Robert Newell, a local industrialist; remnants of Newell's estate were largely left abandoned after the state purchased it and were not rediscovered until 2017.][Reilly, Ed (April 18, 2017)]
Remains of 1920s luxury estate found in Barker
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The park offers picnic tables with pavilions, a playground and playing fields, recreation programs, a nature trail, hiking and biking, fishing and ice fishing, a boat launch, seasonal small game and waterfowl hunting, a campground with tent and trailer sites, ice skating, cross-country skiing, snowmobiling
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and disc golf.[
In 2005, Golden Hill was named one of Reserve America's Top Outdoor locations.]
See also
* List of New York state parks
References
External links
New York State Parks: Golden Hill State Park
State parks of New York (state)
Parks in Niagara County, New York
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