Akron Falls Park

Akron Falls Park
Akron Falls Park
	View of Akron Falls in July of 2013.
	Location of Akron Falls Park within New York State
Type	Regional park
Location	44 Parkview Drive ; Akron, New York
Nearest city	Buffalo
Coordinates	43°00′59″N78°29′43″W / 43.01634°N 78.495278°W Coordinates: 43°00′59″N78°29′43″W / 43.01634°N 78.495278°W
Area	284 acres (1.15 km2) [1]
Created	1933
Operated by	Erie County Department of Parks, Recreation and Forestry
Open	All year
Website	Akron Falls Park

Last updated March 06, 2019

Akron Falls Park is a 284-acre (1.15 km²) park in the Village of Akron and Town of Newstead, New York.^[1] A major feature of the park is a scenic 40-foot (12 m) waterfall on Murder Creek,^[2] a small stream that flows through the park.^[1] The park is operated by the Erie County Department of Parks, Recreation and Forestry, and is free and open year-round.^[3]

Akron is a village in Erie County, New York, United States. The population was 2,868 at the 2010 census. The name derives from the Greek word ἄκρον signifying a summit or high point. It is part of the Buffalo–Niagara Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area. Akron is located in the town of Newstead on the west and north slopes of a hill. NY 93 passes through the village.

Newstead is the most northeastern town in Erie County, New York, United States. The population was 8,594 at the 2010 census. The name is reportedly derived from Newstead Abbey in England.

New York is a state in the Northeastern United States. New York was one of the original Thirteen Colonies that formed the United States. With an estimated 19.54 million residents in 2018, it is the fourth most populous state. To distinguish the state from the city in the state with the same name, it is sometimes called New York State.

History

The park's core was originally managed by the Village of Akron in the early 1930s. In 1933, approximately 90 workers from the Civil Works Administration labored to improve the park. The park was transferred to Erie County in 1947, making it one of the county's oldest parks. In the years that followed, the county purchased adjacent property, which would eventually house the park's picnic shelters and ice skating facilities.^[1]

The Civil Works Administration (CWA) was a short-lived job creation program established by the New Deal during the Great Depression in the United States to rapidly create manual-labor jobs for millions of unemployed workers. The jobs were merely temporary, for the duration of the hard winter of 1933–34. President Franklin D. Roosevelt unveiled the CWA on November 8, 1933, and put Harry L. Hopkins in charge of the short-term agency.

Park facilities

The park has facilities for soccer, baseball, softball and tennis. Several shelters are located within the park and may be reserved for events and gatherings. Trails for hiking and bicycling are found throughout the property. During the winter, the park features ice skating facilities, a sledding hill and cross-country skiing trails.^[3]

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References

1 2 3 4 Erie County (N.Y.) Department of Parks, Recreation, & Forestry; Erie County (N.Y.) Department of Environment & Planning; Parsons and Envision: The Hough Group; Paradigm Consulting; Wendel-Duchscherer Architects & Engineers (2003). Erie County Parks System Master Plan, Volume 2, Section 2, Subsection 2.1 (PDF). Erie County. pp. 1–9. Retrieved March 2, 2015.CS1 maint: Uses authors parameter (link)
↑ Minetor, Randi (2014). Hiking Waterfalls in New York: A Guide to the State's Best Waterfall Hikes. Guildford, CN: Falcon Guides. pp. 27–28. ISBN 0762787503 . Retrieved March 21, 2015.
1 2 "Akron Falls". Erie County Department of Parks, Recreation and Forestry. Retrieved March 2, 2015.

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[ParkMasterPlan-1] 1 2 3 4 Erie County (N.Y.) Department of Parks, Recreation, & Forestry; Erie County (N.Y.) Department of Environment & Planning; Parsons and Envision: The Hough Group; Paradigm Consulting; Wendel-Duchscherer Architects & Engineers (2003). Erie County Parks System Master Plan, Volume 2, Section 2, Subsection 2.1 (PDF). Erie County. pp. 1–9. Retrieved March 2, 2015.CS1 maint: Uses authors parameter (link)

[FalconGuide-2] Minetor, Randi (2014). Hiking Waterfalls in New York: A Guide to the State's Best Waterfall Hikes. Guildford, CN: Falcon Guides. pp. 27–28. ISBN 0762787503 . Retrieved March 21, 2015.

[AFP_countysite-3] 1 2 "Akron Falls". Erie County Department of Parks, Recreation and Forestry. Retrieved March 2, 2015.