Chenango Valley State Park | |
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Type | State park |
Location | 153 State Park Road Chenango Forks, New York[1] |
Nearest city | Binghamton, New York |
Coordinates | 42°12′54″N 75°49′48″W / 42.215°N 75.83°W |
Area | 1,137 acres (4.60 km2)[2] |
Operated by | New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation |
Visitors | 173,960 (in 2014)[3] |
Open | All year |
Camp sites | 184 |
Website | Chenango Valley State Park |
Chenango Valley State Park is a 1,137-acre (4.60 km2) state park located in Broome County, New York in the United States.[2][4] The park is located adjacent to the Chenango River in western part of the Town of Fenton.
The park includes the 18-hole Chenango Valley State Park Golf Course.
Chenango Valley State Park offers a beach, picnic tables with pavilions, a playground, recreation programs, a 184-site campground, 24 cabins, sledding, a boat launch with boat rentals, and a food concession. Trails are available for hiking, biking, and cross-country skiing.[1]
The park includes forested and wetland habitats; forested areas contain populations of woodpeckers, nuthatches, warblers and thrushes, while the lake and wetland areas host herons, ducks and kingfishers.[1] The mature woodlands are noted for a particularly large number of pileated woodpeckers.[citation needed] For anglers, Chenango Lake includes trout, bass, perch and bullhead.[1]
Two kettle lakes, Chenango Lake and Lily Lake, are found within the park. The lakes were formed as glaciers receded at the end of the most recent ice age.[5]
The Chenango Valley State Park Golf Course is located within the park. The course, originally constructed as a 9-hole course by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s, was expanded to its current 18-hole size in 1967.[6]