Whirlpool State Park

Whirlpool State Park

Location of Whirlpool State Park within New York State

Type State park
Location Robert Moses Parkway
Niagara Falls, New York[1]
Nearest city Niagara Falls, New York
Coordinates 43°07′01″N 79°03′40″W / 43.117°N 79.061°W / 43.117; -79.061Coordinates: 43°07′01″N 79°03′40″W / 43.117°N 79.061°W / 43.117; -79.061
Area 109 acres (0.44 km2)[2]
Created 1928 (1928)[3]
Operated by New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
Visitors 306,841 (in 2014)[4]
Open All year
Website Whirlpool State Park

Whirlpool State Park is a 109-acre (0.44 km2) state park[2] located in Niagara County, New York,[5] north of the city of Niagara Falls. The park overlooks the Niagara Whirlpool on the Niagara River and the lower Niagara Gorge.

Description

Whirlpool State Park is a day-use park offering a playground, picnic tables and pavilions, hiking and biking, a nature trail, fishing, and cross-country skiing. A visitor's center is open during the summer months from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Wednesday through Sunday.[1]

A stone staircase within the park descends into the Niagara Gorge; a 300-foot (91 m) section of the staircase was scheduled for reconstruction in 2016.[6] The park is connected with nearby Devil's Hole State Park via the Devil's Hole Trail at the gorge's bottom, as well as a trail along the gorge's rim, which together from a complete loop.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Whirlpool State Park". NYS Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation. Retrieved August 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. 674. Retrieved April 4, 2016.
  3. ↑ Natural Heritage Trust; New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation; New York State Council of Parks & Recreation (1975). Fifty Years: New York State Parks, 1924-1974. Natural Heritage Trust. p. 23.
  4. ↑ "State Park Annual Attendance Figures by Facility: Beginning 2003". Data.ny.gov. Retrieved August 11, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Whirlpool State Park". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved August 11, 2016.
  6. ↑ Besecker, Aaron (October 12, 2015). "State to rebuild crumbling stairs at Whirlpool State Park". The Buffalo News. Retrieved August 11, 2016.


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