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Beaver Island State Park

A state park on the Niagara River in Erie County, New York, established 1935, 952 acres. It counted 340,781 visitors in 2020.

Chart of Beaver Island State Park on Lake Erie, with its beaches, lights and neighboring parks markedBuckhorn Island State ParkBuffalo Harbor State ParkNiagara Falls State ParkWoodlawn Beach State ParkEvangola State ParkLake Erie State ParkBeaver Island State Park

The park

On the record

Water
Niagara River (Lake Erie system)
Location
Erie County, New York
Established
1935
Area
952 acres (1.5 sq mi)
Visitors
340,781 in 2020
Run by
New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
Coordinates
42.9600° N, 78.9500° W

Coordinates mark the park as Wikipedia pins it, not a gate or a lot. For big parks that can be miles from the beach.

Along the shore

Nearest Erie state parks

  1. Buckhorn Island State Park6.8 mi · 895 ac · NY
  2. Buffalo Harbor State Park9.1 mi · 190 ac · NY
  3. Niagara Falls State Park10 mi · 221 ac · NY
  4. Woodlawn Beach State Park13 mi · 107 ac · NY
  5. Evangola State Park26 mi · 733 ac · NY
  6. Lake Erie State Park44 mi · 355 ac · NY

Straight-line distance.

By boat

Launches nearby

On the bottom

Wrecks offshore

Source

Facts on this page are from the infobox of the Wikipedia article on Beaver Island State Park and its Wikidata record, retrieved 2026-10-11. Beaches are from EPA’s BEACH Act list and lighthouses from Wikidata. A blank field means the record is silent. Rules, hours and fees change; the park’s operator has the final word.

Chart shoreline generalized from Natural Earth (public domain). Not for navigation. Something wrong or missing? Write to contact@greatamericanlakes.com.