New York Parks and Recreation Areas with Interpretive Programs

Gateway NRA is a 26,000 acre recreation area located in the heart of the New York metropolitan area. The park extends through three New York City boroughs and into northern New Jersey. read more...

Phone: (718) 338-3988   Price Range: N/A   Open Season: N/A   Camping: Yes
Nearest Popular City: Staten Island   Nearest Lake or River: N/A   Park Type: National Park   Activities: Biking / Bicycling, Birding, Boating and Watercraft, Fishing, Hiking, Horseback Riding, Swimming, Wildlife Watching, Auto Touring, Nature Walks, Interpretive Programs, Star Gazing   Details Provided By: Gateway

26 Wall Street was the site of New York City's 18th century City Hall. Here John Peter Zenger was jailed, tried, and acquitted of libel for exposing government corruption in his newspaper, an early victory for freedom of the press. City Hall hosted the Stamp Act Congress, which assembled in October 1765, to protest taxation without representation. read more...

Phone: (212) 825-6888   Price Range: N/A   Open Season: N/A   Camping: No
Nearest Popular City: New York   Nearest Lake or River: N/A   Park Type: National Park   Activities: Interpretive Programs   Details Provided By: Federal Hall National Memorial

Visit Fort Stanwix, where our shared heritage comes alive everyday, and explore the sights, sounds, smells and feel of the 18th century. Discover how people endured harsh lives along the Oneida Carrying Place, the superhighway of the 18th century, and directly contributed to the American victory at Saratoga and westward expansion through New Yorks gateway to the west. read more...

Phone: 315-336-2090   Price Range: N/A   Open Season: Apr 01 - Dec 31   Camping: No
Nearest Popular City: Rome   Nearest Lake or River: N/A   Park Type: National Monument   Activities: Interpretive Programs   Details Provided By: Fort Stanwix

The National Parks of New York Harbor represents a collaboration, or organizational network, of these parks: Gateway National Recreation Area, Governors Island, Manhattan Sites and Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island, as well as one affiliated site, the Lower East Side Tenement Museum. read more...

Phone: 718-354-4551   Price Range: N/A   Open Season: N/A   Camping: Yes
Nearest Popular City: New York   Nearest Lake or River: N/A   Park Type: National Park   Activities: Backpacking, Biking / Bicycling, Birding, Boating and Watercraft, Fishing, Hiking, Kayaking, Swimming, Wildlife Watching, Auto Touring, Nature Walks, Interpretive Programs, Star Gazing, Tours   Details Provided By: National Parks of New York Harbor

To better understand this monumental work of art, visitors will be able to view inside the Statue through a glass ceiling, guided by a park ranger and an enhanced lighting and new video system. In addition, visitors can walk out onto the Statues observation deck to see the panoramic views of New York City and the Harbor, and witness the Statue up close from her promenade and Ft. Wood. read more...

Phone: (212) 363-3200   Price Range: $4 - $10   Open Season: N/A   Camping: No
Nearest Popular City: New York   Nearest Lake or River: N/A   Park Type: National Park   Activities: Birding, Interpretive Programs   Details Provided By: Statue Of Liberty National Monument

Sagamore Hill was the home of Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States, from 1885 until his death in 1919. From 1902 to 1908 his Summer White House was the focus of international attention. Otherwise, it was the home of a most remarkable fellow. read more...

Phone: 516-922-4788   Price Range: $3 - $5   Open Season: N/A   Camping: No
Nearest Popular City: Oyster Bay   Nearest Lake or River: N/A   Park Type: National Historic Site   Activities: Birding, Hiking, Nature Walks, Interpretive Programs   Details Provided By: Sagamore Hill National Historic Site

Pristine ocean shores, an ancient maritime forest, legacies of lighthouse keepers, and the historic estate of William Floyd are just a few of the recreational, natural, and cultural resources of Fire Island National Seashore. read more...

Phone: 631/289-4810   Price Range: N/A   Open Season: N/A   Camping: Yes
Nearest Popular City: Patchogue   Nearest Lake or River: N/A   Park Type: National Park   Activities: Backpacking, Birding, Boating and Watercraft, Fishing, Hiking, Hunting and Shooting, Kayaking, Swimming, Wildlife Watching, Nature Walks, Interpretive Programs, Star Gazing   Details Provided By: Fire Island National Seashore

Site of the first significant American military victory during the Revolution, the Battles of Saratoga rank among the fifteen most decisive battles in world history. Here in 1777 American forces met, defeated and forced a major British army to surrender, an event which led France to recognize the independence of the United States and enter the war as a decisive military ally of the struggling Americans. read more...

Phone: 518-664-9821 ext.224   Price Range: $3 - $10   Open Season: N/A   Camping: No
Nearest Popular City: Stillwater   Nearest Lake or River: N/A   Park Type: National Historic Site   Activities: Biking / Bicycling, Birding, Cross Country Skiing, Hiking, Horseback Riding, Wildlife Watching, Auto Touring, Nature Walks, Interpretive Programs, Snowshoeing   Details Provided By: Saratoga National Historical Park

Manhattan Sites is a unique urban park that consists of six separate sites representing the Seventeenth through the Twentieth Centuries. Federal Hall National Memorial is the headquarters for each unit, and was the site of the first national capital of the United States under the Constitution. read more...

Phone: 212-825-6888   Price Range: $0 - $3   Open Season: N/A   Camping: No
Nearest Popular City: New York   Nearest Lake or River: N/A   Park Type: National Park   Activities: Interpretive Programs   Details Provided By: Manhattan Sites

As a thirty-two year old mother of three, Elizabeth Cady Stanton felt like a caged lioness trapped and isolated in her home. When she shared her frustration with a group of Quaker abolitionists on July 9th, 1848, the other women not only agreed, but also demanded immediate action. Ten days later in the Wesleyan Chapel of Seneca Falls, New York, they held the First Women's Rights Convention in American history. read more...

Phone: 315-568-2991   Price Range: $1 - $3   Open Season: N/A   Camping: Yes
Nearest Popular City: Seneca Falls   Nearest Lake or River: N/A   Park Type: National Historic Site   Activities: Interpretive Programs   Details Provided By: Women's Rights National Historical Park