State park · Lake Ontario · New York
Burnham Point State Park
A state park on Lake Ontario in Jefferson County, New York, established 1898, 12 acres. It counted 14,053 visitors in 2020.
The park
On the record
- Water
- Lake Ontario
- Location
- Jefferson County, New York
- Nearest town
- Cape Vincent
- Established
- 1898
- Area
- 12 acres
- Visitors
- 14,053 in 2020
- Campsites
- 47
- Run by
- New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
- Coordinates
- 44.1620° N, 76.2640° 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 Ontario state parks
- Cedar Point State Park4.4 mi · 48 ac · NY
- Long Point State Park – Thousand Islands9.6 mi · 23 ac · NY
- St. Lawrence Reservation13 mi · NY
- Canoe-Picnic Point State Park14 mi · 70 ac · NY
- Grass Point State Park16 mi · 114 ac · NY
- Wellesley Island State Park16 mi · 2,636 ac · NY
Straight-line distance.
On shore nearby
Worth the stop
- Sackets Harbor17 mi · town
By boat
Launches nearby
- Lyme DEC launch (Three Mile Bay)6.5 mi · trailer ramp
- Cape Vincent DEC launch7.1 mi · unimproved trailer launch
- Chaumont state park launch8.6 mi · trailer ramp
- Long Point State Park9.5 mi · unimproved trailer launch
On the bottom
Wrecks offshore
- HMS Wolfe2.2 mi · lost 1831
- HMS St Lawrence13 mi · lost 1832
On the water
What to fish on Lake Ontario
Source
Facts on this page are from the infobox of the Wikipedia article on Burnham Point 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.