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Lake Erie State Park

A state park on Lake Erie in Chautauqua County, New York, 355 acres. It counted 97,565 visitors in 2014. In or beside it: a state-listed beach.

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

The park

On the record

Water
Lake Erie
Location
Chautauqua County, New York
Area
355 acres
Visitors
97,565 in 2014
Run by
New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
Coordinates
42.4230° N, 79.4310° 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.

On the sand

Beaches in and beside the park

EPA BEACH Act list. Distance from the park’s pin, straight line.

Along the shore

Nearest Erie state parks

  1. Evangola State Park22 mi · 733 ac · NY
  2. Woodlawn Beach State Park39 mi · 107 ac · NY
  3. Buffalo Harbor State Park41 mi · 190 ac · NY
  4. Presque Isle State Park43 mi · 3,112 ac · PA
  5. Beaver Island State Park44 mi · 952 ac · NY
  6. Niagara Falls State Park49 mi · 221 ac · NY

Straight-line distance.

By boat

Launches nearby

Source

Facts on this page are from the infobox of the Wikipedia article on Lake Erie 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.