Goosepond Mountain State Park, also known as Goose Pond Mountain State Park,[5] is a 1,706-acre (6.90 km2) undeveloped state park located in Orange County, New York.[2] The park is located within the Town of Chester and is administered by the Palisades Interstate Park Commission.[1]
| Goosepond Mountain State Park | |
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 A boardwalk winds through the marshes at Goosepond Mountain State Park. | |
  Location of Goosepond Mountain State Park within New York State | |
| Type | State park (undeveloped) |
| Location | 1198 New York 17M Chester, New York[1] |
| Nearest city | Chester, New York |
| Coordinates | 41°20′19″N 74°14′43″W / 41.33861°N 74.24528°W |
| Area | 1,706 acres (6.90 km2)[2] |
| Created | 1960[3] |
| Operated by | |
| Visitors | 2,967 (in 2014)[4] |
| Open | All year |
| Website | Goosepond Mountain State Park |
Park description
editGoosepond Mountain State Park is an undeveloped park, and is available for passive recreation such as hiking, horseback riding, and bird watching.[1] A small section is accessible to casual hikers via a boardwalk, and there are additional extensive trails for hikers and horseback riders. Part of the area is a wetland used as a bird sanctuary.
The loyalist leader Claudius Smith may have used a rock shelter in the area as a hideout during the American Revolutionary War.[6]
Gallery
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The paved, blue-blazed trail -
The more primitive orange-blazed trail -
Seely Brook -
Abandoned stone structures can be found within the park
See also
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References
edit- ^ a b c "Goosepond Mountain State Park". NYS Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation. Retrieved November 1, 2015.
- ^ 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. 672. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 16, 2015. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
- ^ "Goosepond Mountain State Park, NY". Palisades Parks Conservancy. Archived from the original on December 15, 2018. Retrieved November 1, 2015.
- ^ "State Park Annual Attendance Figures by Facility: Beginning 2003". Data.ny.gov. Retrieved November 1, 2015.
- ^ McCarley, Tammy (2007). Best Hikes with Dogs: New York City and Beyond, Including the Hudson Valley and Long Island. Seattle, WA: Mountaineers Books. pp. 144–147. ISBN 1594850445. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
- ^ Blanks, Mary Lynn; Russell, Theresa (2007). Fun with the Family: New York. Globe Pequot Press. p. 8. ISBN 978-0-7627-4171-7. Retrieved November 1, 2015.