I Love My Park Day
Record turnout for I Love My Park Day 2022, in rain and shine
On Saturday, May 7, thousands of volunteers across the state rolled up their sleeves to show love to their favorite parks, historic sites, and public lands. Over 5,000 volunteers completed more than 300 clean-up and beautification projects at 170 sites across New York.
Projects included cleaning up park lands and beaches, planting trees and gardens, restoring trail and wildlife habitat, removing invasive species, and working on various site improvement projects--all which help to prepare our iconic state park system and public lands for the start of the season. Thank you to all volunteers and event hosts who made this year's event memorable and impactful, visitors will benefit from the hard work of volunteers all year!
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Find a participating event
Use our interactive map below to see which sites held an I Love My Park Day event this year.
Adirondacks & Catskills
- Ausable Point Campground
- Conifer-Emporium Conservation Easement & Cranberry Lake Wild Forest
- Cranberry Lake Campground
- Crown Point State Historic Site
- Eighth Lake Campground
- Fish Creek Pond Campground
- Frontier Town Campground & Equestrian Area
- Hearthstone Point Campground
- Lake George Battlefield Day Use Area
- Lake George Battlefield Park
- Luzerne Campground
- Meadowbrook Campground
- Nicks Lake Campground
- North Star Underground Railroad Museum
- Northampton Beach Campground
- Paul Smith's College VIC
- Ralph Road State Forest
- Warrenburgh Mills Historic District Park
Allegany & Genesee
- Allegany State Park
- Boutwell Hill State Forest
- Hamlin Beach State Park
- Genesee Valley Greenway State Park - Wheatland-Scottsville
- Genesee Valley Greenway State Park - Mount Morris
- Genesee Valley Greenway State Park - Nunda
- Genesee Valley Greenway State Park - Caneadea-Hume
- Genesee Valley Greenway State Park - Cuba
- Letchworth State Park
- Long Point State Park on Lake Chautauqua
- Palmers Pond State Forest
- Phillips Creek State Forest
- Turnpike State Forest
- Zoar Valley Multiple Use Area
Central NY
- Bowman Lake State Park
- Chittenango Falls State Park
- Clark Reservation State Park
- Delta Lake State Park
- Gilbert Lake State Park
- Green Lakes State Park
- Greenburgh Nature Center- Garden Club of Irvington Event (private)
- Hanover Square-Downtown Syracuse
- Herkimer Home State Historic Site
- Labrador Hollow Unique Area- FULL
- Montezuma Heritage Park
- Pixley Falls State Park
- Rogers Environmental Education Center
- Selkirk Shores State Park
- T.R. Proctor Park
- Verona Beach State Park- FULL
Finger Lakes
- Allan H Treman State Marine Park- Ithaca Off Leash Dog Park
- Bare Hill Unique Area
- Catharine Valley Trail
- Cayuga Lake State Park
- Chimney Bluffs State Park
- Denison Park- Corning, NY
- Emerson Park
- Fair Haven Beach State Park
- Fillmore Glen State Park
- Ganondagan State Historic Site- FULL
- Hemlock-Canadice State Forest
- Long Point State Park- Finger Lakes Region
- Montezuma Audubon Center
- Robert H. Treman State Park- FULL
- Sampson State Park
- Seneca Lake State Park
- Sonnenberg Gardens and Mansion State Historic Park
- Stewart Park
- Stony Brook State Park
- Taughannock Falls State Park
- Tompkins County Dog Park
- Two Rivers State Park Recreation Area
- Wheaton Hill- SUNDAY, MAY 8TH
Long Island
- Argyle Park
- Bayard Cutting Arboretum- FULL
- Belmont Lake State Park -FULL
- Bethpage State Park
- Caleb Smith State Park Preserve
- Captree State Park
- Caumsett State Historic Park Preserve- FULL
- Connetquot River State Park Preserve
- Hallock State Park Preserve
- Heckscher State Park
- Heckscher State Park- Invasive Species Project only
- Hempstead Lake State Park- FULL
- Hither Hills State Park
- Jones Beach State Park
- Montauk Point State Park
- Nissequogue River State Park- FULL
- Orient Beach State Park
- Planting Fields Arboretum- FULL
- Planting Fields- North Country Garden Club of Long Island (GCA)- FULL
- Robert Moses State Park
- Sunken Meadow State Park
- Upper Twin Pond, Wantagh- FULL
- Valley Stream State Park
- Walt Whitman Birthplace Association
- Wildwood State Park- FULL
New York City
- Bayswater Point State Park
- Bronx Forest (Burke Ave Bridge): Tree planting project OR cleanup
- Clay Pit Ponds State Park Preserve
- Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park
- Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms State Park- FULL
- Gantry Plaza State Park
- Hudson River Park- FULL
- Norton Basin Natural Resource Area
- Roberto Clemente State Park
- Shirley Chisholm State Park- Penn Projects
- Shirley Chisholm State Park- Fountain Projects
Niagara Region
- Artpark State Park- FULL
- Beaver Island State Park
- Golden Hill State Park/ 30 Mile Point Lighthouse
- Knox Farm State Park
- Niagara Falls State Park
- Reinstein Woods Environmental Education Center- Waitlist ONLY
Palisades
- Bear Mountain State Park
- Beaver Pond Campground- Harriman State Park
- Minnewaska State Park Preserve- FULL
- Sterling Forest State Park
Saratoga/ Capital Region
- Crown Point State Historic Site
- Five Rivers Environmental Education Center
- Grafton Lakes State Park
- John Brown Farm State Historic Site
- Mine Kill State Park
- Moreau Lake State Park
- Peebles Island State Park
- Prospect Park Disc Golf Course, Troy
- Saratoga Spa State Park
- Schodack Island State Park
- Schoharie Crossing State Historic Site
- Schuyler Mansion State Historic Site
- Thacher State Park
Taconic
- College Hill Park
- Croton: Old Croton Aqueduct State Historic Park at Croton Dam
- Croton: Old Croton Aqueduct State Historic Park by Quaker Bridge Road
- FDR State Park
- FDR State Park--Hosted by Friends of FDR
- Hillsdale’s Roe Jan Park and Hamlet Parks
- Jay Heritage Center
- Little Stony Point
- Mills Norrie State Park
- The Point, Mills Norrie State Park
- Olana State Historic Site
- Ossining: Old Croton Aqueduct State Historic Park from Gerlach Park
- Rockefeller State Park Preserve
- Staatsburgh State Historic Site
- Stony Kill Farm and Environmental Center
- Taconic State Park-Copake Falls
- Taconic State Park
- Walkway Over the Hudson State Historic Park
- Wilcox Memorial Park
- Yonkers: Old Croton Aqueduct State Historic Park at Tibbetts Brook Park
- Yonkers: Old Croton Aqueduct State Historic Park at Wicker Street
Thousand Islands
- Chaumont Boat Launch
- Higley Flow State Park
- Minna Anthony Common Nature Center
- Point Au Roche State Park
- Robert Moses State Park
- Southwick Beach State Park
- The Black River Trail
- Upper and Lower Lakes Wildlife Management Area
Resources for Organizers
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Sponsors
Thank you all our 2022 I Love My Park Day sponsors. Find a complete list of sponsors here.
Parks & Trails New York (“PTNY”) is a registered 501c3 organization and not affiliated with its I Love My Park Day partners, the NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation and the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation. PTNY exercises sole discretion in selecting and approving all Sponsors for this event, and 100% of all Sponsor proceeds are donated to PTNY. Participation as a Sponsor does not constitute endorsement of any entity.