Shadmoor State Park is a
state park located in
Suffolk County,
New York in the United States. Created in 2000, the park is located in
Town of East Hampton on the
South Fork of
Long Island, east of the hamlet of
Montauk.
History
Prior to becoming a park, the land was used as part of the coastal defense system for New York City during World War II. Two concrete observation bunkers from that time remain visible at the site.
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were quarantined after the Spanish–American War
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Attempts to purchase the land to preserve it as a public park had been ongoing for years prior to the park's creation in 2000. After the previous owners won approval to subdivide their property into several residential lots, preservation efforts intensified. The parkland was purchased in October 2000 for $17.7 million, with the cost split between New York State ($5.6 million), the Town of East Hampton ($5.5 million), Suffolk County ($5.4 million), and The Nature Conservancy
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($1 million).
Park description
The park, maintained by the Long Island Region of the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, features more than of beach and bluffs along the Atlantic Ocean
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Shadmoor State Park derives its name from the thick shadbush ('' Amelanchier'') found growing atop the bluffs. Also found growing in the park are black cherry trees ('']Prunus serotina
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'') and the endangered sandplain gerardia (''Agalinis acuta
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See also
* List of New York state parks
References
External links
New York State Parks: Shadmoor State Park
Shadmoor State Park trail map
State parks of New York (state)
East Hampton (town), New York
Parks in Suffolk County, New York
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