Golden Hill State Park
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Golden Hill State Park is located in the northeast corner of the Town of Somerset
in Niagara County, New York
, USA. The park is on the south shore of Lake Ontario
, north of Lower Lake Road near Thirty Mile Point Light
.
The park offers picnic tables with pavilions, a playground and playing fields, recreation programs, a nature trail, hiking and biking, fishing and ice fishing, a boat launch, seasonal small game and waterfowl huning, a campground with tent and trailer sites, ice skating, cross-country skiing
, snowmobiling and disc golf
.
Gift Cards can be purchased for camping purposes. Gift cards can be purchased and redeemed at most New York State Parks.
In 2005, Golden Hill was named one of Reserve America's Top Outdoor locations.
Somerset, New York
Somerset is a town in Niagara County, New York, United States. The population was 2,662 at the 2010 census. The town is believed to be named after Somerset, New Jersey, the source of some early settlers....
in Niagara County, New York
Niagara County, New York
Niagara County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 216,469. The county seat is Lockport. The county name is from the Iroquois word Onguiaahra; meaning the strait or thunder of waters. It is the location of Niagara Falls and Fort Niagara, and...
, USA. The park is on the south shore of Lake Ontario
Lake Ontario
Lake Ontario is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. It is bounded on the north and southwest by the Canadian province of Ontario, and on the south by the American state of New York. Ontario, Canada's most populous province, was named for the lake. In the Wyandot language, ontarío means...
, north of Lower Lake Road near Thirty Mile Point Light
Thirty Mile Point Light
The Thirty Mile Point Light is currently part of the Golden Hill State Park, a New York State Park.. The lighthouse is open to the public. It gets its name because it is the point 30 miles east of the Niagara River. Lake Ontario can bee seen from the top...
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The park offers picnic tables with pavilions, a playground and playing fields, recreation programs, a nature trail, hiking and biking, fishing and ice fishing, a boat launch, seasonal small game and waterfowl huning, a campground with tent and trailer sites, ice skating, cross-country skiing
Cross-country skiing
Cross-country skiing is a winter sport in which participants propel themselves across snow-covered terrain using skis and poles...
, snowmobiling and disc golf
Disc golf
Disc golf is a disc game in which individual players throw a flying disc into a basket or at a target. According to the Professional Disc Golf Association, "The object of the game is to traverse a course from beginning to end in the fewest number of throws of the disc." Of the more than 3000...
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Gift Cards can be purchased for camping purposes. Gift cards can be purchased and redeemed at most New York State Parks.
In 2005, Golden Hill was named one of Reserve America's Top Outdoor locations.