Woodlawn Beach State Park
Encyclopedia
Woodlawn Beach State Park is located in Erie County
, New York
, U.S.
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, on the eastern shore of Lake Erie
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The park is located off New York State Route 5
, south of Buffalo, New York
.
The Woodlawn Beach State Park Nature Center is open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. from Tuesday through Sunday during the Summer. Exhibits include a 24 ft high wall mural of the wetlands and dunes of the beach and an exhibit containing models of 20 different species of fish indigenous to Lake Erie. The center also provides free activities for children.
The park is open for day use all year, but swimming is only during summer months.
Erie County, New York
Erie County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 919,040. The county seat is Buffalo. The county's name comes from Lake Erie, which in turn comes from the Erie tribe of American Indians who lived south and east of the lake before 1654.Erie...
, New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
, U.S.
United States
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Adjacent area
The park is near the Village of BlasdellBlasdell, New York
Blasdell is a village in Erie County, New York, United States. The population was 2,718 according to the year 2000 census. The name is derived from Herman Blasdell, the first station master of the Erie and Pennsylvania railroad depot...
, on the eastern shore of Lake Erie
Lake Erie
Lake Erie is the fourth largest lake of the five Great Lakes in North America, and the tenth largest globally. It is the southernmost, shallowest, and smallest by volume of the Great Lakes and therefore also has the shortest average water residence time. It is bounded on the north by the...
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The park is located off New York State Route 5
New York State Route 5
New York State Route 5 is a state highway that extends for across the state of New York in the United States. It begins at the Pennsylvania state line in the Chautauqua County town of Ripley and passes through Buffalo, Syracuse, Utica, Schenectady, and several other smaller cities and...
, south of Buffalo, New York
Buffalo, New York
Buffalo is the second most populous city in the state of New York, after New York City. Located in Western New York on the eastern shores of Lake Erie and at the head of the Niagara River across from Fort Erie, Ontario, Buffalo is the seat of Erie County and the principal city of the...
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Facilities
The park offers a beach, hiking, a playground and a food concession.The Woodlawn Beach State Park Nature Center is open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. from Tuesday through Sunday during the Summer. Exhibits include a 24 ft high wall mural of the wetlands and dunes of the beach and an exhibit containing models of 20 different species of fish indigenous to Lake Erie. The center also provides free activities for children.
The park is open for day use all year, but swimming is only during summer months.