State park · Lake Ontario · New York
Wellesley Island State Park
A state park on the St. Lawrence River in Jefferson County, New York, established 1951, 2,636 acres. It counted 184,010 visitors in 2025. In or beside it: a lighthouse.
The park
On the record
- Water
- St. Lawrence River (Lake Ontario system)
- Location
- Jefferson County, New York
- Nearest town
- Alexandria Bay
- Established
- 1951
- Area
- 2,636 acres (4.1 sq mi)
- Visitors
- 184,010 in 2025
- Run by
- New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
- Coordinates
- 44.3166° N, 76.0205° 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
- Waterson Point State Park1.7 mi · 6 ac · NY
- Dewolf Point State Park1.8 mi · 13 ac · NY
- Grass Point State Park2.5 mi · 114 ac · NY
- Canoe-Picnic Point State Park2.8 mi · 70 ac · NY
- St. Lawrence Reservation3.5 mi · NY
- Keewaydin State Park4.5 mi · 282 ac · NY
Straight-line distance.
On the water
What to fish on Lake Ontario
Source
Facts on this page are from the infobox of the Wikipedia article on Wellesley Island 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.