Point Au Roche State Park

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Point Au Roche State Park
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Location of Point Au Roche State Park
within New York State
Type State park
Location19 Camp Red Cloud Road
Plattsburgh, New York [1]
Coordinates 44°46′44″N73°23′24″W / 44.779°N 73.39°W / 44.779; -73.39
Area856 acres (3.46 km2) [2]
Operated by New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
Visitors74,730(in 2014) [3]
OpenAll year
Website parks.ny.gov/parks/30/details.aspx

Point Au Roche State Park is an 856-acre (3.46 km2) state park in Clinton County, New York. [2] The park is in the eastern part of the Town of Beekmantown, on the shore of Lake Champlain.

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History

Prior to its designation as a state park, Point Au Roche was used as pasture or cropland, and as a military encampment for cadets during World War One. In the 1950s, a theme park named Fantasy Kingdom operated in the vicinity of the beach area. The area known as Long Point was used for nearly 50 years as a private camping area called Camp Red Cloud. St. Armand's beach was operated by the Town of Beekmantown as a bathing beach for local residents. The site of this park was acquired by the state in 1972. [4]

Facilities

Point Au Roche State Park is a day-use park, offering a playground, picnic areas, biking paths, hiking trails, cross-country skiing, fishing, a nature center, and a sandy beach. Mooring for up to 60 boats is available in Deep Bay. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Point Au Roche State Park". NYS Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation. Retrieved November 11, 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. 673. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 16, 2015. Retrieved March 12, 2016.
  3. ↑ "State Park Annual Attendance Figures by Facility: Beginning 2003". Data.ny.gov. Retrieved November 11, 2016.
  4. ↑ Master Plan and Final Environmental Impact Statement for Pt Au Roche State Park https://parks.ny.gov/documents/inside-our-agency/Masterplans/PointAuRoche/EnvironmentalSetting.pdf


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