Fahnestock State Park [Clarence Fahnestock Memorial State Park]

Fahnestock State Park [Clarence Fahnestock Memorial...

View of Canopus Lake from the Appalachian Trail - Photo credit: Daniela Wagstaff View of Canopus Lake from the Appalachian Trail - Photo credit: Daniela Wagstaff View of Hidden Lake from the Three Lakes Trail - Photo credit: Daniela Wagstaff View of Hidden Lake from the Three Lakes Trail - Photo credit: Daniela Wagstaff
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Largest park in the area with diverse recreational opportunities on 50 miles of marked trails [including the Appalachian Trail], a variety of terrain, and numerous lakes, ponds and streams.

Fahnestock State Park

The 14,000-acre Clarence Fahnestock Memorial State Park is in an historic iron-mining region, and several remnants of that industry remain in mine excavations, stone foundations and the old railbeds used by some trails. The park has hiking trails and multiple-use trails open to bikes and horses. There is a beach on Canopus Lake open in summer and groomed cross-...

Park Acreage:

14086.00 acres

Municipality:

Philipstown, Putnam Valley

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Contact Information

Web Link:

New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historical Preservation

Phone:

(845) 225-7207

Fees:

Some times and places; check with park

Dogs in park:

Dogs on leash

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