Franklin D. Roosevelt State Park is a
state park in
Westchester County
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New York.
[ Formerly known as Mohansic Park and Mohansic State Park, it is situated in Yorktown, approximately from ]New York City
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. The park was created in 1922 on the former site of the Mohansic State Hospital Mohansic State Hospital (also known as the Mohansic State Insane Asylum, and the Mohansic State Hospital for the Insane) was a hospital which existed near Yorktown Heights in Westchester County, New York.
History
On October 17, 1909, the State Com ...
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The park includes two water bodies, Mohansic Lake and Crom Pond.
History
The state first acquired the park land between 1909 and 1922. The land south of Crom Pond and Mohansic Lake was acquired in 1908 for the New York State Training School for Boys. North of Crom Pond and Mohansic Lake was acquired in 1909 by the State Hospital Commission. There was concern that having a hospital so close to the New Croton Reservoir
The New Croton Reservoir is a reservoir in Westchester County, New York, part of the New York City water supply system lying approximately north of New York City. It is the collecting point for water from all reservoirs in the Croton Watershed.
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would pollute the watershed. This helped Westchester County
Westchester County is located in the U.S. state of New York. It is the seventh most populous county in the State of New York and the most populous north of New York City. According to the 2020 United States Census, the county had a population ...
acquire the entire park in 1922.Civilian Conservation Corps
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was a voluntary government work relief program that ran from 1933 to 1942 in the United States for unemployed, unmarried men ages 18–25 and eventually expanded to ages 17–28. The CCC was a major part of ...
camp was placed in the park, several buildings from which remain today. New York State acquired the property in 1957. It was renamed Franklin D. Roosevelt State Park in 1982.[
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Park facilities
Franklin D. Roosevelt State Park prominently features a large swimming pool with the capacity to hold 3,500 bathers at one time. The park also offers biking, a boat launch and rentals, disc golf, fishing, ice skating, picnic tables and pavilions, a playground and playing fields, recreation programs, trails for hiking, jogging, snowmobiling and cross-country skiing, and a food concession. Fishing and boating is available on both Crom Pond and Mohansic Lake.[
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See also
* Donald J. Trump State Park
* List of New York state parks
References
External links
New York State Parks: Franklin D. Roosevelt State Park
Friends of FDR State Park
Yorktown, New York
State parks of New York (state)
Civilian Conservation Corps in New York (state)
Parks in Westchester County, New York
Monuments and memorials to Franklin D. Roosevelt in the United States
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