I Love My Park Day 2019 was a HUGE Success!

Save the date for next year: May 2, 2020

More than 8000 volunteers showed up at 140 state parks, historic sites and public lands for I Love My Park Day. Check out these highlights from 2019!

2019 I Love My Park Day Photo Album

What is I Love My Park Day?

I Love My Park Day, held the first Saturday in May, attracts thousands of volunteers from across the state to participate in cleanup, improvement, and beautification events at New York State parks and historic sites. Join us to celebrate New York's park system by 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.

Check out our map of 2019 participating sites below!

2019 I Love My Park Day Sites

Click on region from the list below to view the participating parks.

ADIRONDACK PARK

Ausable Point Campground--CANCELLED
Dennie Road Cross Country Ski Trails--CANCELLED
Fish Creek Pond Campground

Indian Pass Trial

Lake Durant Campground

Lake George Beach/Battleground

Northampton Beach Campground

Paradox Lake Campground

Roaring Brook Falls campsite

Rogers Island pool boat launch--REGISTRATION CLOSED

CAPITAL DISTRICT / SARATOGA

Bennington Battlefield (NY)
Five Rivers Environmental Education Center
Grafton Lakes State Park
Grant Cottage State Historic Site
John Boyd Thacher Park --REGISTRATION CLOSED
Max V. Shaul State Park
Moreau Lake State Park
- Peebles Island State Park - REGISTRATION CLOSED
Saratoga National Historical Park--REGISTRATION CLOSED
Saratoga Spa State Park
Schodack Island State Park
Schoharie Crossing State Historic Site
Schuyler Mansion State Historic Site
Washington County Grasslands WMA

CATSKILL PARK

Catskill Interpretive Center
Catskill Park Elm Ridge
Mongaup Pond Campground
North South Lake Campground
Woodland Valley Campground

CENTRAL REGION

Bear Swamp State Forest
Betty & Wilbur Davis State Park

Bowman Lake State Park

Chenango Valley State Park

Chittenango Falls State Park
Clark Reservation State Park

Cranberry Lake Campground

Delta Lake State Park

Fort Ontario State Historic Site

Fort Stanwix National Monument

Gilbert Lake State Park

Glimmerglass State Park

Green Lakes State Park

Herkimer Home State Historic Site

Lakeview Wildlife Management Area-- REGISTRATION CLOSED

Nick's Lake Campground--CANCELLED

Old Erie Canal State Park

Oquaga Creek State Park -- REGISTRATION CLOSED

Pixley Falls State Park

Rogers Environmental Education Center

Rome Sand Plains

Selkirk Shores State Park
Utica Marsh Wildlife Management Area

Verona Beach State Park

Winona State Forest

FINGER LAKES

Catharine Valley Trail -Watkins Glen State Park
Cayuga Lake State Park
Fair Haven Beach State Park
Fillmore Glen State Park
Ganondagan State Historic Site
Honeoye Inlet Wildlife Management Area
Long Point State Park
Robert H Treman State Park--REGISTRATION CLOSED
Sampson State Park
Seneca Lake State Park
Sonnenberg Gardens & Mansion State Historic Park
Stony Brook State Park--REGISTRATION CLOSED
Taughannock Falls--REGISTRATION CLOSED
Tompkins County Dog Park
Two Rivers State Park

HUDSON VALLEY

Bannerman Island--REGISTRATION CLOSED
Beaver Pond Campground - Harriman State Park
Clarence Fahnestock State Park
Cornish at Hudson Highlands Park
Franklin D. Roosevelt State Park
Harlem Valley Rail Trail-Taconic State Park
Hoyt House/The Point (Mills Norrie State Park)
Jay Heritage Center
Lake Taghkanic State Park
Little Stony Point HHSP
Mills Norrie State Park
Minnewaska State Park Preserve--REGISTRATION CLOSED
Old Croton Aqueduct State Historic Park
Rockefeller State Park Preserve
Sam's Point Area of Minnewaska State Park Preserve
Staatsburgh State Historic Site--REGISTRATION CLOSED
Sterling Forest
Taconic State Park- Copake Falls
Trailside Museums & Zoo, Bear Mountain State Park
Walkway over the Hudson State Historic Park

LONG ISLAND

Bayard Cutting Arboretum
Belmont Lake State Park --REGISTRATION IS CLOSED
Caleb Smith State Park Preserve--REGISTRATION IS CLOSED
Captree State Park
Caumsett Historic State Park Preserve
Connetquot River State Park Preserve
Fire Island National Seashore
Hallock State Park Preserve
Heckscher State Park
Hempstead Lake State Park
Jones Beach State Park
Montauk Point State Park
Nissequogue River State Park
Orient Beach State Park
Planting Fields Arboretum--REGISTRATION CLOSED
Robert Moses State Park
Sunken Meadow State Park
Valley Stream State Park
Walt Whitman Birthplace Association
Wantagh Twin Lakes Preserve
Wildwood State Park

NEW YORK CITY

Battery Park City

Clay Pit Ponds State Park Preserve

Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park

East River State Park

Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms State Park

Gantry Plaza State Park

Gateway National Recreation Area

General Grant National Memorial
Governors Island

Hudson River Park

Mt. Loretto Unique Area

Roberto Clemente State Park--REGISTRATION IS CLOSED

THOUSAND ISLANDS

Black River Trail
Higley Flow
Minna Anthony Common Nature Center
Point au Roche State Park
Robert Moses State Park
Westcott Beach State Park

WESTERN NEW YORK

Allegany State Park - REGISTRATION IS CLOSED
Artpark
Boutwell Hill State Forest
Evangola State Park
Genesee Valley Greenway State Park
Golden Hill State Park
Hamlin Beach State Park-- REGISTRATION IS CLOSED
Knox Farm
Letchworth State Park
Niagara Falls State Park
Long Point State Park on Chautauqua Lake
Reinstein Woods Nature Preserve--REGISTRATION IS CLOSED call (716) 683-5959 to get on wait list
Whirlpool/Devils Hole State park--REGISTRATION IS CLOSED
Wilson Tuscarora State Park

ADDITIONAL LOCAL PARK EVENTS

ADK REGION

Town of Warrensburg

Farmers' Market Park (State Rte 418, River street, of the Schroon River

Time: 9 am- Noon

Volunteers are needed to help with Spring clean up - cutting back and racking out perennial beds, picking up trash and debris and clearing trials to the river. We will have tools and buckets, but feel free to bring your own as well. Youth and adults welcome. Organized by Warrensburgh Beautification Inc. For more details please email Project Coordinator Teresa Whalen at taawhalen@yahoo.com.

FINGER LAKES REGION

Sandy Bottom Park & Trail

Jack Evans Drive, Honeoye, NY 14471

Time: 9 am - 11:30

Following a selective harvesting the Park needs clean up and planting of new trees.

To register, please call, text or email, Karyn Herman

Kherman153@gmail.com, 585 647-1928

HUDSON VALLEY REGION

Lown Memorial Garden -- College Hill Park in the City of Poughkeepsie

The Lown Memorial Garden is a wonderful historic rock garden on the east side of College Hill Park in the City of Poughkeepsie. In 2013 a portion of the garden was restored as a beautiful pollinator garden. Join the Revive College Hill Park Coalition, the Student Conservation Association (SCA) and the Environmental Cooperative on May 4th, as we complete the restoration of this Local Historic Landmark.

We will be working with SCA to reset the unique and historic rocks that are located in the garden, remove invasive species and prepare the flower beds for planting in June. Raindate is May 5th.

To register, please contact:

Jen Rubbo: 845-437-7422 | jerubbo@vassar.edu

OR register online at: https://goo.gl/forms/aeIcpf1LfisZJ57D3

Leslie Sutherland Park

Leslie Sutherland Park is an historic park atop an 8-acre forest on a steep hill, known for its sweeping views of the Hudson, the Palisades and south to Manhattan. It's also SW Yonkers' only urban forest, with trails winding through trees, bushes and flowers. It's also a fascinating historic site - in 1902, a massive luxury hotel was built at the top of the park, only to burn down a few months before it was supposed to open. Some of the ruins are still there.

We will be working with the Park Hill Residents Association to pick up litter, plant and clear trails, between 10 A.M and 2 P.M.

To register, please contact:

Peter sutherlandparkyonkers@gmail.com

Or sign up online at: https://forms.gle/bbpqXxWuzcJkgRu1A

SARATOGA/CAPITAL REGION

Garnet Douglass Baltimore Trail, Troy NY

Saturday, May 4th, 9am-Noon

Come help continue the community’s efforts to revitalization this important connection to Prospect Park!

Meet at the Trailhead on Hill St between Adams & Jefferson

Please bring gloves, pruning shears, a rake, or any other helpful tools you have. Be sure to wear appropriate clothing and footwear, and use bug spray (for ticks) if desired.

For questions and to register please contact:

James Rath | Assistant Planner, City of Troy | Phone: 518-279-7169

Lily Park, Schoharie NY

The Lily Park in Schoharie, NY is having its annual Spring Clean-Up Day on May 4, 10:00 until. If you would like to join in and help keep our park beautiful, feel free to don your garden gloves and bring your rake and shovel and pitch in. The Lily Park is a community garden and has been used for weddings and prom pictures. We hold an annual Lily Festival in July when the Lilies are in full bloom. This years Festival is July 13.

To register please contact: Darlene Patterson at 518-295-7801

SPONSORED BY THE SCHOHARIE PROMOTIONAL ASSOCIATION