| Chenango Valley State Park | |
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 Chenango Valley State Park, November 2011 | |
  Location of Chenango Valley State Park within New York State | |
| Type | State park |
| Location | 153 State Park Road Chenango Forks, New York[1] |
| Nearest city | Binghamton, New York |
| Coordinates | 42°12′54″N75°49′48″W / 42.215°N 75.83°W /42.215; -75.83 |
| 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 inBroome County,New York in the United States.[2][4] The park is located adjacent to theChenango River in western part of theTown of Fenton.
The park includes the 18-holeChenango Valley State Park Golf Course.[1][5][6]
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 andwetland habitats; forested areas contain populations ofwoodpeckers,nuthatches,warblers andthrushes, while the lake and wetland areas hostherons,ducks andkingfishers. Foranglers, Chenango Lake includestrout,bass,perch andbullhead.[1]
Twokettle lakes, Chenango Lake and Lily Lake, are found within the park. The lakes were formed as glaciers receded at the end of themost recentice age.[7]
The Chenango Valley State Park Golf Course is located within the park. The course, originally constructed as a 9-hole course by theCivilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s, was expanded to its current 18-hole size in 1967.[5]
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