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Canoe-Picnic Point State Park

A state park on the St. Lawrence River in Jefferson County, New York, established 1897, 70 acres. It counted 8,143 visitors in 2020.

Chart of Canoe-Picnic Point State Park on Lake Ontario, with its beaches, lights and neighboring parks markedSt. Lawrence ReservationWellesley Island State ParkGrass Point State ParkWaterson Point State ParkDewolf Point State ParkKeewaydin State ParkCanoe-Picnic Point State Park

The park

On the record

Water
St. Lawrence River (Lake Ontario system)
Location
Jefferson County, New York
Established
1897
Area
70 acres
Visitors
8,143 in 2020
Run by
New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
Coordinates
44.3030° N, 76.0740° 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

  1. St. Lawrence Reservation2.6 mi · NY
  2. Wellesley Island State Park2.8 mi · 2,636 ac · NY
  3. Grass Point State Park3.9 mi · 114 ac · NY
  4. Waterson Point State Park4.1 mi · 6 ac · NY
  5. Dewolf Point State Park4.5 mi · 13 ac · NY
  6. Keewaydin State Park7.2 mi · 282 ac · NY

Straight-line distance.

On shore nearby

Worth the stop

Source

Facts on this page are from the infobox of the Wikipedia article on Canoe-Picnic 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.