| Long Point State Park on Lake Chautauqua | |
|---|---|
  Location of Long Point State Park on Lake Chautauqua within New York State | |
| Type | State park |
| Location | 4459 Route 430 Bemus Point, New York[1] |
| Coordinates | 42°10′48″N79°24′32″W / 42.18°N 79.409°W /42.18; -79.409 |
| Area | 360 acres (1.5 km2)[2] |
| Created | 1956 (1956)[3] |
| Operated by | New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation |
| Visitors | 62,034 (in 2014)[4] |
| Open | All year |
| Website | Long Point State Park on Lake Chautauqua |
Long Point State Park (onChautauqua Lake) is a 360-acre (1.5 km2)state park[2] located in theTown of Ellery, near the hamlet ofMaple Springs inChautauqua County,New York. The park is located on a shortpeninsula on the east side of the lake and can be reached onRoute 430.
The park was formed from two gifts of former estates on Chautauqua Lake. The first estate was donated to New York State in 1956 by Mr. and Mrs. John W. Minturn; Mrs. Minturn was the granddaughter of former state governorReuben E. Fenton. The park was expanded several years later with the gift of the summer estate ofBainbridge Colby, former United States Secretary of State underWoodrow Wilson.[3]
The park offers a beach, a playground, picnic tables and pavilions, a nature trail, showers, fishing, a boat launch with marine pump-out station, and cross-country skiing and snowmobiling.[1]
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