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Burnham Point State Park

Under $25

Pitch a tent beside the St. Lawrence River and fish or launch a boat into the Thousand Islands from a small, quiet state park campground.

Cape Vincent, NY

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Canoe-Picnic Point State Park

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Boat out to Grindstone Island to tie up, picnic, camp or rent a rustic cabin in one of New York's oldest Thousand Islands parks.

Clayton, NY

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Cedar Point State Park

Under $25

Swim from a sheltered sandy beach, launch a boat and camp on the St. Lawrence River in one of New York's oldest state parks.

Clayton, NY

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Sports & Outdoors
Outdoor Adventure

Burnham Point State Park

Under $25

Pitch a tent beside the St. Lawrence River and fish or launch a boat into the Thousand Islands from a small, quiet state park campground.

Cape Vincent, NY

Sports & Outdoors
Outdoor Adventure

Canoe-Picnic Point State Park

Check prices

Boat out to Grindstone Island to tie up, picnic, camp or rent a rustic cabin in one of New York's oldest Thousand Islands parks.

Clayton, NY

Sports & Outdoors
Family Favorite

Cedar Point State Park

Under $25

Swim from a sheltered sandy beach, launch a boat and camp on the St. Lawrence River in one of New York's oldest state parks.

Clayton, NY

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Jacques Cartier State Park

Under $25

Swim from a sandy beach on a sheltered St. Lawrence River bay, then fish, boat or camp at this 461-acre North Country state park.

Morristown, NY

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Keewaydin State Park

Under $25

Camp above the St. Lawrence River in the Thousand Islands, swim in the summer pool and dock at the marina just outside Alexandria Bay.

Alexandria Bay, NY

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Mary Island State Park

Under $25

Boat out to a small wooded island in the Thousand Islands to picnic, fish, dock for the day or pitch a tent above the shipping channel.

Alexandria Bay, NY

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Thompson Park

Under $25

Walk an Olmsted-designed park above Watertown and visit Zoo New York, home to animals native to Northern New York.

Watertown, NY

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Westcott Beach State Park

Under $25

Swim from a long sandy beach on Henderson Bay, camp on a bluff above Lake Ontario or fish for black bass.

Henderson, NY

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About Thousand Islands

The Thousand Islands are an archipelago of 1,864 islands in the St. Lawrence River where it leaves the northeast corner of Lake Ontario, and New York's tourism board covers this shore as its Thousand Islands-Seaway region. Near Clayton, Cedar Point State Park has a sheltered sandy beach, a marina and boat rentals, while Canoe-Picnic Point State Park on Grindstone Island can only be reached by boat. Burnham Point State Park in Cape Vincent is a small, quiet campground on the river with a boat launch, and Westcott Beach State Park in Henderson has a long sandy beach on Henderson Bay at the eastern end of Lake Ontario.

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Nearest help

  • Hospital with an emergency room · 18 mi from the center

    Samaritan Medical Center

    830 Washington Street, Watertown, NY 13601

  • Police · 7.8 mi from the center

    Clayton Police Station

    425 Mary St, Clayton, NY 13624

  • Fire station · 4.7 mi from the center

    Three Mile Bay Fire Company Inc.

    8581 Ny-12e, Lyme, NY 13693

In an emergency, call 911.

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