Haverstraw Beach State Park is a

state park State parks are parks or other protected areas managed at the sub-national level within those nations which use "state" as a political subdivision. State parks are typically established by a state to preserve a location on account of its natural ...

located in the Town of Haverstraw in

Rockland County Rockland County is the southernmost county on the west side of the Hudson River in the U.S. state of New York. It is part of the New York metropolitan area. It is about from the Bronx at their closest points. The county's population, as of t ...

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. The park is included within the

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and is functionally part of a continuous complex of parks that also includes

Rockland Lake State Park Rockland Lake State Park is a state park located in the hamlets of Congers and Valley Cottage in the eastern part of the Town of Clarkstown in Rockland County, New York, United States. The park is located on a ridge of Hook Mountain above the ...

Hook Mountain State Park Hook Mountain State Park is a undeveloped state park located in Rockland County, New York. The park includes a portion of the Hudson River Palisades on the western shore of the Hudson River, and is part of the Palisades Interstate Park system. H ...

, and

Nyack Beach State Park Nyack Beach State Park is a state park in Upper Nyack, Rockland County, New York, Rockland County, New York (state), New York. It consists of a small parking lot and a riverfront pathway, the southernmost section of the Hudson River Valley Gree ...

History

The park's location was formerly known as Snedeker's Landing or Waldberg Landing, and was the place where British Major

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met with American General

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on September 21, 1780 to plot the surrender of

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during the

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. Snedeker's Landing was also the former home of Rockland County's first shipyard, established in 1845 to build and maintain barges used to haul bricks from Haverstraw's brickyards to New York City. The

Palisades Interstate Park Commission The Palisades Interstate Park Commission (PIPC) was formed in 1900 by Governors Theodore Roosevelt of New York and Foster Voorhees of New Jersey in response to the quarrying operations along the Palisades Cliffs of New Jersey. The Palisades, a Na ...

purchased what was to become the park in 1911 to protect the land from the effects of

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ing that were impacting the

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during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Park description

Haverstraw Beach State Park is minimally developed, and primarily offers trails for biking, hiking and dog-walking. Views of

Haverstraw Bay Haverstraw Bay, located in New York, is the widest portion of the Hudson River. The width of Haverstraw Bay is approximately , the length approximately from river kilometer 58 (river mile 36) at Croton Point to river kilometer 66 (river mile 41) ...

, the widest point of the

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, can be seen from within the park.

References

External links

Palisades Interstate Park Conservancy: Haverstraw Beach State Park State Park
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History

Park description

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