Schodack Island State Park (formerly known as Castleton Island State Park
) is a
state park that spans portions of
Rensselaer,
Greene
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*Greene, Iowa, a city
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*Greene (town), New York
** Greene (village), New York, in the town ...
, and
Columbia counties,
New York.
[ The park is located between the ]Hudson River
The Hudson River is a river that flows from north to south primarily through eastern New York. It originates in the Adirondack Mountains of Upstate New York and flows southward through the Hudson Valley to the New York Harbor between N ...
and Schodack Creek, and was opened in 2002.
History
The name "Schodack" is from the Mahican
The Mohican ( or , alternate spelling: Mahican) are an Eastern Algonquian Native American tribe that historically spoke an Algonquian language. As part of the Eastern Algonquian family of tribes, they are related to the neighboring Lenape, w ...
terms ''ishoda'' ("fire plain") and ''akee'' ("land"); the name refers to the area being the former home of the Mohicans' central council fire. During the time of the Mahicans, the area now occupied by the park was a group of six islands; it became a continuous peninsula in the early 1900s when a federal project to construct a deep-water navigation channel to Albany necessitated the construction of dikes and the deposition of dredged material along and between the islands.[ It remained undeveloped until the early 2000s.
Schodack Island State Park was opened in 2002,][ and was initially a day-use only park. In 2013, plans were proposed to add camping facilities to the park, representing the first new campground constructed by the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation in approximately 35 years.]
Park facilities
Schodack Island State Park offers a campground with 66 campsites, picnic tables, of trails, biking, fishing, and hunting. Cross-country skiing and snowshoeing trails are maintained during the winter.[
]
See also
* List of New York state parks
References
External links
New York State Parks: Schodack Island State Park
State parks of New York (state)
Islands of the Hudson River
Parks on the Hudson River
Parks in Rensselaer County, New York
Parks in Greene County, New York
Parks in Columbia County, New York
River islands of New York (state)
Islands of New York (state)
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