State park · Lake Ontario · New York
Fair Haven Beach State Park
A state park on Lake Ontario in Cayuga County, New York, 1,141 acres. It counted 295,527 visitors in 2014. In or beside it: 3 state-listed beaches.
The park
On the record
- Water
- Lake Ontario
- Location
- Cayuga County, New York
- Area
- 1,141 acres (1.8 sq mi)
- Visitors
- 295,527 in 2014
- Run by
- New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
- Coordinates
- 43.3464° N, 76.6883° 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
- Fair Haven Beach State Park - East0.6 mi · not sampled
- Fair Haven Beach State Park - Channel0.6 mi · not sampled
- Fair Haven Beach State Park - West0.7 mi · sampled
EPA BEACH Act list. Distance from the park’s pin, straight line.
The story
History and visiting
Fair Haven Beach State Park
A sand beach and bluff park on Lake Ontario in Cayuga County, New York, between the lake and Little Sodus Bay.
Fair Haven Beach State Park
How the park came to be, and what grows and nests there, with sources.
parks.ny.gov
Hours, fees, campground maps and reservations from the people who run it.
Along the shore
Nearest Ontario state parks
- Chimney Bluffs State Park13 mi · 597 ac · NY
- Beechwood State Park18 mi · 288 ac · NY
- Mexico Point State Park25 mi · 122 ac · NY
- Selkirk Shores State Park29 mi · 980 ac · NY
- Sandy Island Beach State Park32 mi · NY
- Sandy Pond Beach Unique Area33 mi · NY
Straight-line distance.
On shore nearby
Worth the stop
- Chimney Bluffs State Park11 mi · park
By boat
Launches nearby
- Fair Haven Beach State Park0.8 mi · trailer ramp
- Lake Shore Marshes Wildlife Management Area (Port Bay)8.1 mi · trailer ramp
- Lake Shore Marshes Wildlife Management Area (Port Bay)8.5 mi · trailer ramp
On the water
What to fish on Lake Ontario
Source
Facts on this page are from the infobox of the Wikipedia article on Fair Haven 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.
Chart shoreline generalized from Natural Earth (public domain). Not for navigation. Something wrong or missing? Write to contact@greatamericanlakes.com.