Sports & Outdoors
Outdoor AdventureGrafton Lakes State Park
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Sports & OutdoorsOutdoor AdventureLocal Gem
Cherry Plain State Park
A small summer park on Black River Pond in the Rensselaer Plateau, with a beach picnic area, rowboat and kayak rentals, trails and 30 campsites.
10 State Park Road, Petersburg, NY 12138 · Petersburg, NY
About Cherry Plain State Park
Cherry Plain is a 175-acre state park in the southwest corner of the Town of Berlin, close to the Massachusetts line. Its day-use area sits on Black River Pond, with picnic pavilions, a playground, a boat launch and rowboat and kayak rentals. Anglers fish for bass, bullheads and pickerel. The campground has 10 trailer sites, 10 lakeside tent sites and 10 hike-in sites. Trails for hiking, biking and horses run into the surrounding Capital District Wildlife Management Area, more than 4,000 acres of woods where moose have been seen. Day use costs $6 per vehicle.
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