Delta Lake State Park
{{Short description|State park in Oneida County, New York}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox park
| name = Delta Lake State Park
| photo = Delta Lake Dam.jpg
| photo_width =
| photo_caption = Delta Lake State Park, May 2021
| map = New York
| map_size =
| map_caption = Location of Delta Lake State Park within New York State
| coords = {{coord|43.2901|-75.4151|type:landmark_region:US-NY|format=dms|display=title,inline}}
| type = State park
| location = 8797 State Route 46
Rome, New York{{cite web |url=http://parks.ny.gov/parks/66/getting-there.aspx |title=Delta Lake State Park – Getting There |publisher=NYS Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation |access-date=May 21, 2015}}
| nearest_city = Rome, New York
| area = {{convert|720|acre|km2}}
| created = {{Start date|1962}}
| established = 1962
| operator = New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
| visitation_num = 309,577
| visitation_year = 2022
| open = All year
| other_info =
| website = [http://parks.ny.gov/parks/66/details.aspx Delta Lake State Park]
}}
Delta Lake State Park is a {{convert|720|acre|km2|adj=on}} New York state park located on a peninsula extending from the southeast shore of Delta Lake in Oneida County, New York, United States. It is located off New York State Route 46, southwest of Westernville and north of Rome, New York.
History
The peninsula that today contains Delta Lake State Park was created when the Mohawk River was impounded in 1908 to form Delta Lake, a reservoir intended to supply water to the New York State Barge Canal. The New York State Canal Corporation leased approximately {{convert|350|acre|km2}} to the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation for the creation of a state park in 1962. In 2005, it was announced that the Canal Corporation would officially transfer the park's land, along with an additional {{convert|370|acre|km2}}, to the NYSOPRHP, bringing the park's total area to {{convert|720|acre|km2}}.{{cite web |title=Governor Announces Plans to Expand Delta Lake State Park |url=http://www.state.ny.us/governor/press/year05/sep7_1_05.htm/ |website=New York State Office of the Governor |access-date=May 25, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050923021605/http://www.state.ny.us/governor/press/year05/sep7_1_05.htm/ |archive-date=September 23, 2005 |date=September 7, 2005}} In 2023, a portion of the park was created into a large dumping station, as previously there was only one small one.
Facilities
The park offers a beach, picnic tables and pavilions, volleyball nets, swing sets, a playground, a food concession, trails for hiking and bike riding, cross-country skiing, snowmobiling and ice fishing, recreation programs, a boat launch, a 3 loop campground with 101 tent and trailer sites, showers and multiple dump stations.{{cite book |last1=Bowers |first1=Bill |last2=McNulty-Bowers |first2=Eileen |title=50 Hikes in Central New York's Leatherstocking Country: From Lake Ontario to the Southern Tier |date=2010 |publisher=Countryman Press |location=Woodstock, VT |isbn=978-0-88150-817-8 |pages=50–53 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8uL6Rwh_kEYC&pg=PA50 |access-date=May 24, 2015}}
File:Delta Lake playground.jpg|Playground at the beach.
File:Delta Lake State Park Beach.jpg|Beach with the dam visible to the left.
File:Delta Lake State Park Woods (2023).jpg|Walking trail near camping loop A.
See also
References
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External lin
- [http://parks.ny.gov/parks/66/details.aspx New York State Parks – Delta Lake State Park]
- [http://www.nysparks.com/parks/attachments/DeltaLakeParkMap.pdf Delta Lake State Park map]
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{{Protected areas of New York}}
Category:State parks of New York (state)
Category:Parks in Oneida County, New York
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