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Golden Hill State Park, Barker, NY

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Golden Hill State Park

Climb the tower of the Thirty Mile Point Lighthouse on Lake Ontario, camp on the bluff or rent the lighthouse cottage for a few nights.

9691 Lower Lake Road, Barker, NY 14012 · Barker, NY

About Golden Hill State Park

Golden Hill is a 510-acre state park on the south shore of Lake Ontario in Niagara County, set up in 1962 on the former estate of industrialist Robert Newell. Its landmark is the Thirty Mile Point Lighthouse: from mid-May to mid-October you can tour it and climb the tower for $1, and the keeper's cottage, which sleeps six, can be rented. The park also has a campground with tent sites and yurts, a boat launch, an 18-hole disc golf course, hiking and biking trails, and winter snowshoeing and snowmobiling. Day use is $7 per car.

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