Goosepond Mountain State Park facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Goosepond Mountain State Park
A boardwalk winds through the marshes at Goosepond Mountain State Park.
Type	State park (undeveloped)
Location	1198 New York 17M Chester, New York
Nearest city	Chester, New York
Area	1,706 acres (6.90 km2)
Created	1960 (1960)
Operated by	Palisades Interstate Park Commission New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
Visitors	2,967 (in 2014)
Open	All year
Website	Goosepond Mountain State Park

Goosepond Mountain State Park, also known as Goose Pond Mountain State Park, is a 1,706-acre (6.90 km²) undeveloped state park located in Orange County, New York. The park is located within the Town of Chester and is administered by the Palisades Interstate Park Commission.

Park description

Goosepond Mountain State Park is an undeveloped park, and is available for passive recreation such as hiking, horseback riding, and bird watching. A small section is accessible to casual hikers via a boardwalk, and there are additional extensive trails for hikers and horseback riders. Part of the area is a wetland used as a bird sanctuary.

The loyalist leader Claudius Smith may have used a rock shelter in the area as a hideout during the American Revolutionary War.

Gallery

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  The paved, blue-blazed trail
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  The more primitive orange-blazed trail
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  Seely Brook
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  Abandoned stone structures can be found within the park