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Cedar Point State Park

A state park on the St. Lawrence River in Jefferson County, New York, established 1898, 48 acres. It counted 72,601 visitors in 2014.

Chart of Cedar Point State Park on Lake Ontario, with its beaches, lights and neighboring parks markedBurnham Point State ParkSt. Lawrence ReservationCanoe-Picnic Point State ParkGrass Point State ParkWellesley Island State ParkLong Point State Park – Thousand IslandsCedar Point State Park

The park

On the record

Water
St. Lawrence River (Lake Ontario system)
Location
Jefferson County, New York
Nearest town
Clayton
Established
1898
Area
48 acres
Visitors
72,601 in 2014
Run by
New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
Coordinates
44.2030° N, 76.1950° 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. Burnham Point State Park4.4 mi · 12 ac · NY
  2. St. Lawrence Reservation8.5 mi · NY
  3. Canoe-Picnic Point State Park9.1 mi · 70 ac · NY
  4. Grass Point State Park11 mi · 114 ac · NY
  5. Wellesley Island State Park12 mi · 2,636 ac · NY
  6. Long Point State Park – Thousand Islands12 mi · 23 ac · NY

Straight-line distance.

On shore nearby

Worth the stop

By boat

Launches nearby

On the bottom

Wrecks offshore

Source

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