Green Lakes State Park: Home to rare lakes, old growth forests, and aquatic habitats, Green Lakes State Park offers the perfect outdoor classroom. Students see scientific concepts come to life in the real world.

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Green Lakes State Park's outstanding features are its two glacial lakes surrounded by upland forest. Both Round and Green Lakes are meromictic lakes, which means that there is no fall and spring mixing of surface and bottom waters.

Green Lakes State Park's landscape and rolling terrain tests all playing abilities. The course has deep faced bunkers and golfers rarely receive a flat lie. Errant tee shots may be costly.

For more information about water quality testing at New York State Park beaches call or email the Division of Environmental Stewardship & Planning: (518) 474 0409 [email protected]. For the most up-to-date beach status, call the park office before visiting or …

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Welcome to New York's award-winning state park system with 180 state parks and 35 historic sites! From campsites, beaches and golf courses to hiking trails, historic homes and nature centers, we have something for everyone.

If you are compassionate, motivated, and interested in making a difference, a career with the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation may be right for you! We offer generous benefits, paid days off, and opportunities for professional growth.

With over 8500 campsites, there's something for everyone in New York's state parks! Sites range from primitive to prime. Tents, trailers and motorhomes can easily be accommodated.

Clark Reservation State Park is a geologic wonder of the last ice age and a botanist's paradise. The park's natural features include rugged cliffs and rocky outcrops, woodland and meadow, a wetland and a glacial plunge basin lake in which the surface waters and bottom waters do not mix.