State park · Lake Ontario · New York
Fort Niagara State Park
A state park on Lake Ontario in Niagara County, New York, established 1948, 504 acres. It counted 830,538 visitors in 2014. In or beside it: a lighthouse.
The park
On the record
- Water
- Lake Ontario
- Location
- Niagara County, New York
- Established
- 1948
- Area
- 504 acres
- Visitors
- 830,538 in 2014
- Run by
- New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
- Coordinates
- 43.2620° N, 79.0550° 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
- Four Mile Creek State Park3.0 mi · 248 ac · NY
- Joseph Davis State Park3.4 mi · 388 ac · NY
- Earl W. Brydges Artpark State Park6.8 mi · 108 ac · NY
- Devil's Hole State Park8.8 mi · 42 ac · NY
- De Veaux Woods State Park9.9 mi · 51 ac · NY
- Whirlpool State Park10 mi · 109 ac · NY
Straight-line distance.
By boat
Launches nearby
- Fort Niagara State Park0.2 mi · trailer ramp
On the bottom
Wrecks offshore
- USS Hamilton13 mi · lost 1813
- USS Scourge13 mi · lost 1813
On the water
What to fish on Lake Ontario
Source
Facts on this page are from the infobox of the Wikipedia article on Fort Niagara 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.