Thompson's Lake State Park

Thompson's Lake State Park

Location of Thompson's Lake State Park within New York State

Type State park
Location 68 Thompsons Lake Road
East Berne, New York[1]
Coordinates 42°39′16″N 74°02′54″W / 42.65444°N 74.04833°W / 42.65444; -74.04833Coordinates: 42°39′16″N 74°02′54″W / 42.65444°N 74.04833°W / 42.65444; -74.04833
Area 308 acres (1.25 km2)[2]
Operated by New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
Visitors 63,934 (in 2014)[3]
Open All year
Website Thompson's Lake State Park

Thompson's Lake State Park is a 308-acre (1.25 km2) state park[2] located near East Berne in Albany County, New York.

Park description

Thompson's Lake State Park offers a beach, a playground and playing fields, picnic tables, recreation programs, a nature trail, fishing and ice fishing, a boat launch, a dump station, campground for tents and trailers, cross-country skiing and snowshoeing.[1] Located within the park boundaries is the Knox District School No. 5, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.[4]

The park is located within the boundaries of John Boyd Thacher State Park and is adjacent to the Emma Treadwell Thacher Nature Center, which park users also have access to.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Thompson's Lake Campground - Thacher State Park". NYS Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation. Retrieved September 23, 2016.
  2. 1 2 "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. 674. Retrieved April 2, 2016.
  3. "State Park Annual Attendance Figures by Facility: Beginning 2003". Data.ny.gov. Retrieved September 23, 2016.
  4. National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.


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