Mills State Park

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Ogden Mills & Ruth Livingston Mills State Park
Hodson River at Ogden Mills & Ruth Livingston Mills State Park

Hodson River at Ogden Mills & Ruth Livingston Mills State Park

location State castle ; Dutchess County , New York (State) , United States
Geographical location 41 ° 51 ′  N , 73 ° 56 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 51 ′ 11 "  N , 73 ° 55 ′ 41"  W
Mills State Park (New York)
Mills State Park
Setup date 1937
administration New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
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Ogden Mills & Ruth Livingston Mills State Park (also: Mills Memorial State Park ) is a state park in the municipality of Staatsburg in Dutchess County , New York . The park covers an area of ​​750 acres (3 km²) and extends along US Route 9 , between Rhinebeck in the north and the city of Hyde Park in the south. The park is bounded to the west by the Hudson River and the average altitude is 39 ft ( 12  m ).

The park is part of the Mills-Norrie State Park together with Margaret Lewis Norrie State Park , with a total area of ​​4 km².

Main attractions are the Staatsburgh State Historic Site and Dinsmore Golf Course . Staatsburgh State Historic Site is a Beaux Arts country house designed by architects McKim, Mead, and White . The house was built in the Gilded Age from 1895 to 1896 and has 65 rooms, 14 bathrooms and 23 fireplaces. The furnished house is open to visitors, as well as for events and celebrations. In the park there are also hiking trails, log cabins, campsites, as well as opportunities for fishing, picnicking and relaxing, and in winter cross-country skiing and sledding. There is also a restaurant.

Dinsmore Golf Course

Dinsmore Golf Course in winter.

The Dinsmore Golf Course is the third-oldest golf course in the United States reported, according to the records of the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation . It was planned by Hal Purdy in the 1890s and originally only had nine holes. However, it was expanded to 18 holes in 1962.

The golf course has recently been open to the public. Par is 70. The Dinsmore Golf Course has beautiful views over the Hudson River and up to the Catskill Mountains .

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See also

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey.
  2. ↑ a b Mills Memorial State Park . 957352, Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  3. ^ 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. 673 (accessed March 11, 2016).
  4. ↑ ⊙ nysparks.state.ny.us
  5. ^ A b c Dinsmore Golf Course . New York State Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved February 22, 2010.
  6. ^ Arthur G. Adams: The Hudson through the years , 3rd edition, Fordham University Press, 1996, ISBN 0-8232-1677-2 , p.  256 : "Dinsmore Golf Course."
  7. ^ A b c Dinsmore Golf Course - Course profile . Golf.com. Archived from the original on January 18, 2010. Retrieved February 22, 2010.
  8. ^ Dinsmore Golf Course - Public . Worldgolf.com. Retrieved February 23, 2010.

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