Allegany State Park’s 65,000
acres is known for its primitive forested valleys,
un-glaciated landscape, fall leaves and wildlife. The two
developed areas, Red House and Quaker, make this the largest
state park in the system. Both areas offer sand beaches,
picnic areas, museums, hiking trails and naturalist walks.
Walkers and bicycle riders take
advantage of the 5 miles of paved trails around Red House.
The Art Roscoe Ski Touring Area has some of the finest
groomed cross country skiing and mountain bike trails in the
Northeast. Snowmobilers are attracted to Allegany State Park
for its 90 miles of groomed snowmobile trails and over 150
winterized cabins. Other activities include bird watching,
picnicking, fishing, hunting, snowshoeing, canoeing, and
horseback riding.
From I-86/Rt.17 (Southern Tier Expressway):
Red House Area - exits 19 & 20; Quaker Area - exit 18.
From Rt. 219: Follow 219 to
I-86/Rt.17 west; or from Bradford, PA, take interstate
Parkway to the Quaker Area entrance
High bluffs overlooking Lake
Erie provide a breathtaking view for the visitor to Lake
Erie State Park. Lake Erie features a shoreline covering
over three quarters of a mile bordering the shallowest of
the Great Lakes. Whether camping in one of the 97 campsites
or one of the 10 cabins offered at this park, the
magnificent scenery will capture your attention. Day users
can enjoy the swimming and picnic areas with shelters,
playgrounds and hiking trails that are available to the
cross-country skiers during the winter months. Lake Erie
State Park is recognized as an excellent place for locating
rare migratory birds following the lakes edge.
West on the NYS Thruway (I-90):
Take exit 59 to Route 60 north. Left on Route 5. Park is
located 5 miles west of Dunkirk, New York.
East on the NYS Thruway (I-90):
Take exit 60 to Route 394 north. Right on Route 5. Park is
located 8.5 miles from Westfield, New York
Long Point, which juts
peninsula-like into Lake Chautauqua, is one of the moraines
left long ago by a retreating glacier. The park and marina
comprise a day-use area with thickly-wooded areas of beech,
maple, spruce, poplar and oak. The park's boat launch is the
most modern on Lake Chautauqua, which, at 1,308 feet above
sea level, is one of the highest navigable bodies of water
in North America. The lake has a plentiful supply of bass,
perch, pike and other types of fish, but fishermen come to
Chautauqua to fish for muskellunge. Muskellunge, or muskie,
are native to the lake, noted for their size--often more
than 30 inches long (in fact they must be at least 40" to
keep) -- and their "fight." In winter, visitors can
cross-country ski, snowmobile or fish.
