Recreation Areas

Recreation Areas in New York

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Facility Name Description Activities Amagansett National Wildlife Refuge The Amagansett National Wildlife refuge graces the shore of the Atlantic Ocean on Long Island's south fork. Established December 16, 1968, the 36-acre refuge is of special significance in the  more... Fishing , Hiking Castle Clinton National Monument More than a dozen forts were built to defend New York Harbor at the time of the War of 1812. The Southwest Battery was constructed on the rocks off the tip of Manhattan Island between 1808 and 1811.  more... Museum/Visitor Center Conscience Point National Wildlife Refuge The Conscience Point National Wildlife Refuge was established July 20, 1971 as a land gift from Stanley Howard. The 60-acre refuge is located in the Town of North Sea on the north shore of Long  more... Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution is the only museum in the United States devoted exclusively to historic and contemporary design. The Museum believes that design shapes  more... Historic/Cultural Sites , Museum/Visitor Center Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site "The greatest thing I have learned is how good it is to come home again," Eleanor Roosevelt once told a friend. This simple statement expresses her love for the modest house near the Hudson River she  more... Hiking , Museum/Visitor Center , Wildlife Viewing Elizabeth A. Morton National Wildlife Refuge Established December 27, 1954, through a donation by the Morton family, the 187-acre Elizabeth A. Morton National Wildlife Refuge boasts exceptionally diverse habitats including bay beach, a brackish  more... Fishing , Hiking , Historic/Cultural Sites , Wildlife Viewing Elizabeth A. Morton NWR Habitats at the refuge include bay, brackish pond, impoundment, kettle holes, tidal flats, saltmarsh, freshwater marsh, upland shrub, grasslands, maritime oak forest, red cedar stands, and pioneer  more... Fishing , Hiking , Wildlife Viewing Ellis Island National Monument Ellis Island was incorporated as part of the Statue of Liberty National Monument on May 11, 1965. Between 1892 and 1954, approximately 12 million steerage and third class steamship passengers who  more... Museum/Visitor Center , Restaurants and SnackBar Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor The Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor was established on December 21, 2000 (P.L. 106-554, Title VIII, Sec. 801). The Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor covers 524 miles in Upstate New  more... Biking , Fishing , Hiking , Museum/Visitor Center , Picnic , Water Sports , Winter Sports Federal Hall National Memorial 26 Wall Street was the site of New York City's 18th century City Hall. Here John Peter Zenger was jailed, tried, and acquitted of libel for exposing government corruption in his newspaper, an early  more... Museum/Visitor Center

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