What is the smallest state park in NY?

While the State Park at the Fair is the smallest park within the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation agency, it offers fun for all ages. It highlights the many interpretive and recreational opportunities available throughout the 180 state parks and 35 state historic sites in New York.



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Bowling Green Park, the first official park in New York, was established and named by a resolution of the Common Council on March 12, 1733.

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Top Ten Largest Parks:
  • Pelham Bay Park Bronx 2,765 acres.
  • Greenbelt, Staten Island 1,778 acres.
  • Van Cortlandt Park, Bronx 1,146 acres.
  • Flushing Meadows/Corona Park, Queens 898 acres.
  • Central Park, Manhattan 843 acres.
  • Marine Park, Brooklyn 798 acres.
  • Bronx Park, Bronx 718 acres.
  • Franklin D.


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Best NYC parks
  1. Prospect Park. Attractions. Parks and gardens. ...
  2. Central Park. Attractions. Parks and gardens. ...
  3. Brooklyn Bridge Park. Attractions. Parks and gardens. ...
  4. Bryant Park. Attractions. ...
  5. Flushing Meadows Corona Park. Attractions. ...
  6. The Hills at Governors Island. Attractions. ...
  7. Washington Square Park. Attractions. ...
  8. The High Line. Attractions.


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What is America's number one state park? People travel from all over to visit Fall Creek Falls State Park in Tennessee. Known as America's top-rated state park, it includes some of the best waterfalls in the U.S. — Fall Creek Falls reaches an East Coast waterfall record of 256 feet in height.

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States without National Parks are: Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Idaho (see above,) Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Wisconsin.

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Guinness's world's smallest park As for the world title, Guinness hasn't budged and Portland's Mill Ends Park has kept its title since first receiving it in 1971.

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Bogd Khan Uul National Park, Mongolia (1783) Many mistakenly think America's Yellowstone National Park is the oldest in the world but there's one that was created a century earlier. Established by the Mongolian government in 1778, the area surrounding Bogd Khan Uul Biosphere Reserve is actually the oldest in the world.

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Niagara Falls State Park is the oldest state park in the U.S. Established in 1885 as the Niagara Reservation, it was the first of several such reservations that eventually became the cornerstones to the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation.

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Established in 1634, Boston Common is America's oldest public park. Puritan colonists purchased the land rights to the Common's 44 acres from the first European settler of the area, Anglican minister William Blackstone.

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Most Beautiful National Parks in the USA
  • Zion National Park. ...
  • Yosemite National Park. ...
  • Canyonlands & Arches National Park. ...
  • Rocky Mountain National Park. ...
  • Yellowstone National Park. ...
  • Grand Teton National Park. ...
  • Glacier National Park. ...
  • Grand Canyon National Park.


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To get you started, we've picked the most beautiful state parks in the USA that really are worth a visit.
  • Bear Lake State Park, Utah/Idaho.
  • Letchworth State Park, New York.
  • Custer State Park, South Dakota.
  • Palo Duro Canyon State Park, Texas.
  • Ecola State Park, Oregon.
  • Na Pali Coast State Park, Hawaii.


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Gramercy Park (/'græm?rsi/) is the name of both a small, fenced-in private park and the surrounding neighborhood that is referred to also as Gramercy, in Manhattan in New York City.

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Since its gates were first locked in 1844, Gramercy Park has been accessible only to those who own a key. Those who live in its 39 surrounding townhouses, apartment buildings, and clubs hold the park in common.

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Harriman State Park, located in Rockland and Orange counties, is the second-largest park in the parks system, with 31 lakes and reservoirs, 200 miles of hiking trails, two beaches, two public camping areas, a network of group camps, miles of streams and scenic roads, and scores of wildlife species, vistas and vantage ...

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10 Best Parks in New York
  • Central Park.
  • Bryant Park.
  • The Battery.
  • The High Line.
  • Brooklyn Bridge Park.
  • Washington Square Park.
  • Flushing Meadows-Corona Park.
  • Prospect Park.


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1. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho. The nation's first national park, established in 1872, has so many iconic features it's almost impossible to list them all.

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