Macomb Reservation State Park is a
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[ in the Town of Schuyler Falls in ]Clinton County Clinton County may refer to:
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, New York
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. The park is located on the Salmon River, outside the Adirondack Park
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, and west of the hamlet of Schuyler Falls.
History
Macomb Reservation State Park occupies land previously used as a military training facility. New York State
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purchased of federal
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property in April 1947, of which were given over to the in 1968. The remainder of the purchased property is managed by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
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for the purpose of reforestation
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Park description
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
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, snowmobiling, and ice-skating.
See also
* List of New York state parks
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References
External links
New York State Parks: Macomb Reservation State Park
State parks of New York (state)
Parks in Clinton County, New York
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