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Nice trails for different skill levels. The kiddos will enjoy the small swimming area. Beautiful waterfall included!

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Hinckley Day Use Area - Admission / toll booth entering / exiting Hinckley State park

Hinckley Day Use Area

5.0(1 review)
32.9 mi

Unbelievable Gem of a park. Like many of the long-forgotten NYS Parks that have remained…read moreunderfunded and understaffed, visitors can immediately tell this park used to be a prime tourist destination once-upon a time. A walk around the park revealed that it once had a multitude of well-maintained campsites complete with running water to each site and a bathhouse within walking distance. All campsites appear to be ready to re-open if money would be provided for proper maintenance. Maybe cabins could be built on the dozens of once used camping lots... why not? This park is still very well maintained. Very clean facilities with all lawn areas / shrubs / trees well kept. Very interesting park to walk around. Incredible forest growth, very old trees providing plenty of shade while walking around the park. There appears to be two very nice hiking trails to explore. One on the South-end of the park that winds through the long-forgotten campsites of yesteryear. Another trail to the West of the swim area leads down to a secluded beach area. Park has excellent well-maintained pavilions with very large BBQ pits and plenty of seating. Admittedly the #1 problem with these pavilions appears to be the number of mosquitoes within the vicinity. Would it be too expensive / cost prohibitive to add mosquito netting around the perimeter of the pavilions?? Seems an easy fix to attract more visitors to use and pay for the use of facilities. Even a small pavilion with some netting over a few of the picnic tables would go a long way toward attracting visitors. This is a beautiful park in a beautiful and historic neighborhood. This was a delight to check out while I was visiting the town of Remsen across the lake. Well-worth the trip and I will be returning.

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Hinckley Day Use Area - This is the short hiking trail leading away from Pavilion #1 and toward secluded area of shoreline.

This is the short hiking trail leading away from Pavilion #1 and toward secluded area of shoreline.

Hinckley Day Use Area - Long-unused hoop, historic remnant of a park once packed with patrons

Long-unused hoop, historic remnant of a park once packed with patrons

Hinckley Day Use Area - Leaving Hinckley State Park and travelling down Grant Road. Many historic Sites to discover

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Leaving Hinckley State Park and travelling down Grant Road. Many historic Sites to discover

Whetstone Gulf State Park - parks - Updated May 2026

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