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Point Au Roche State Park
Point Au Roche State Park, 2022
Location of Point Au Roche State Park within New York State
Type	State park
Location	19 Camp Red Cloud Road Plattsburgh, New York
Coordinates	44°46′44″N 73°23′24″W / 44.779°N 73.39°W / 44.779; -73.39
Area	856 acres (3.46 km)
Operated by	New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
Visitors	74,730 (in 2014)
Open	All year
Website	parks.ny.gov/parks/30/details.aspx

Point Au Roche State Park is an 856-acre (3.46 km) state park in Clinton County, New York. The park is in the eastern part of the Town of Beekmantown, on the shore of Lake Champlain.

History

Prior to its designation as a state park, Point Au Roche was used as pasture or cropland, and as a military encampment for cadets during World War One. In the 1950s, a theme park named Fantasy Kingdom operated in the vicinity of the beach area. The area known as Long Point was used for nearly 50 years as a private camping area called Camp Red Cloud. St. Armand's beach was operated by the Town of Beekmantown as a bathing beach for local residents. The site of this park was acquired by the state in 1972.

Facilities

Point Au Roche State Park is a day-use park, offering a playground, picnic areas, biking paths, hiking trails, cross-country skiing, fishing, a nature center, and a sandy beach. Mooring for up to 60 boats is available in Deep Bay.

• Visitor Center Point au Roche
• Boathouse in Point au Roche state park

• Point au Roche Trails
• Lookout point at Point au Roche
• Fall colours on Point au Roche hiking trail
• Connor's Bay beach in Point au Roche state park

See also

• List of New York state parks
• Lake Champlain

References

1. ^ "Point Au Roche State Park". NYS Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation. Retrieved November 11, 2016.
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. 673. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 16, 2015. Retrieved March 12, 2016.
3. "State Park Annual Attendance Figures by Facility: Beginning 2003". Data.ny.gov. Retrieved November 11, 2016.
4. Master Plan and Final Environmental Impact Statement for Pt Au Roche State Park https://parks.ny.gov/documents/inside-our-agency/Masterplans/PointAuRoche/EnvironmentalSetting.pdf

External links

• New York State Parks: Point Au Roche State Park
• The Friends of Point au Roche State Park
  • History of Point au Roche State Park

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