Delta Lake State Park

Delta Lake State Park
Location of Delta Lake State Park within New York State
Type	State park
Location	8797 State Route 46 Rome, New York
Nearest city	Rome, New York
Coordinates
Area	720 acres (2.9 km2)
Created	1962 (1962)
Operated by	New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
Visitors	209,556 (2014)
Open	All year
Camp sites	101
Website	Delta Lake State Park

Delta Lake State Park is a 720-acre (2.9 km²) New York state park located on a peninsula extending from the southeast shore of Delta Lake in the Town of Western, in Oneida County, New York, USA. It is located off New York State Route 46, southwest of Westernville.

History

The peninsula that today contains Delta Lake State Park was created when the Mohawk River was impounded in 1908 to form Delta Lake, a reservoir intended to supply water to the New York State Barge Canal. The New York State Canal Corporation leased approximately 350 acres (1.4 km²) to the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation for the creation of a state park in 1962. In 2005, it was announced that the Canal Corporation would officially transfer the park's land, along with an additional 370 acres (1.5 km²), to the NYSOPRHP, bringing the park's total area to 720 acres (2.9 km²).

Facilities

The park offers a beach, picnic tables and pavilions, a playground, a food concession, trails for hiking and bike riding, cross-country skiing, snowmobiling and ice fishing, recreation programs, a boat launch, a campground with 101 tent and trailer sites, showers and a dump station.

See also

• List of New York state parks

External links

• New York State Parks - Delta Lake State Park
• Delta Lake State Park map