Chimney Bluffs State Park
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Chimney Bluffs State Park
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 View of the bluffs from the lake in February 2009 |
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| location | Huron in Wayne County , New York (state) , United States | |
| Geographical location | 43 ° 17 ' N , 76 ° 55' W | |
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| Setup date | 1963 | |
Chimney Bluffs State Park is a state park in the Town of Huron in Wayne County , New York . The park covers an area of 597 acres (2.42 km²) and is located on the south coast of Lake Ontario , east of Sodus Bay . The park is known for the large marl formations ("chimneys" and "bluffs") that can be viewed from the hiking trails along the shore.
geography
The park is located on a headland between Sodus Bay in the west (with Garner Point ) and East Bay in the east. The area is characterized by numerous wetlands ( Root Swamp, etc.). Garner Road and East Bay Road form the driveways. There is also a beach in the park, but the eastern part is characterized by drumlins , teardrop-shaped mounds of marl boulder formed by glaciers during the last Ice Age , and the eponymous chimneys (earth pyramids, "chimneys") and bluffs (cliffs).
geology
The bluffs were created by erosion from drumlins. Erosion from wind, rain, snow and swell has left deep furrows in the soft ground that have been modeled into picturesque cliffs and sharp needles. Even if the needles and cliffs, some of which rise more than 46 m above the lake shore, have existed for thousands of years, they are in constant change and progressive erosion. The average erosion rate is 0.3 to 1.5 m per year.
The shoreline of Lake Ontario between Sodus Bay and Oswego has numerous bluffs. The Chimney Bluffs are the most popular. Over 100,000 visitors come every year.
history
The Chimney Bluffs area has long been a well-known landmark. In the past, smugglers used the area as a landing pad when they smuggled liquor from Canada to the United States during Prohibition . The area was acquired by New York State in 1963 after informally serving as a private recreation area.
No construction work was carried out until 1999. only then was a parking lot, a service building with heated toilets, picnic areas with barbecue areas and hiking trails laid out.
Freetime activities
The park offers picnic and hiking opportunities. Swimming is forbidden. In winter there are opportunities for cross-country skiing and a starting point for snowmobiling.
There are trails approximately 4 mi (6.4 km) in length. The main path along the bluffs between the West and East Entrance is approximately 1 mi (1.6 km).
From some vantage points in the park you can see the Nine Mile Point Nuclear Generating Station , 25 mi (40 km) further northeast, and the coal piles in Oswego.
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey.
- ↑ a b Section O: Environmental Conservation and Recreation, Table O-9 . In: 2014 New York State Statistical Yearbook . The Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government, 2014, p. 671 (accessed August 29, 2016).
- ↑ a b Chimney Bluffs State Park, Huron, NY . Wayne County Tourism. Retrieved January 24, 2016.
- ↑ a b Teeter, Josh: Geology Exposed at Chimney Bluffs State Park . NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. June 16, 2015. Accessed January 24, 2016.
- ↑ Julie Schwietert Collazo: Moon Spotlight: Finger Lakes . Avalon Travel, August 2014, ISBN 9781612387925 , p. 35 (accessed January 24, 2016).
- ^ State Park Annual Attendance Figures by Facility: Beginning 2003 . Retrieved January 24, 2016.
- ^ Chimney Bluffs State Park . NYS Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation. Retrieved August 29, 2016.
