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Woodlawn Beach State Park

A state park on Lake Erie in Erie County, New York, established 1996, 107 acres. It counted 146,000 visitors in 2014.

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

The park

On the record

Water
Lake Erie
Location
Erie County, New York
Nearest town
Buffalo
Established
1996
Area
107 acres
Visitors
146,000 in 2014
Run by
New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
Coordinates
42.7902° N, 78.8503° 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. Buffalo Harbor State Park3.9 mi · 190 ac · NY
  2. Beaver Island State Park13 mi · 952 ac · NY
  3. Evangola State Park18 mi · 733 ac · NY
  4. Buckhorn Island State Park20 mi · 895 ac · NY
  5. Niagara Falls State Park23 mi · 221 ac · NY
  6. Lake Erie State Park39 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 Woodlawn Beach 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.

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