Buckhorn Island State Park

Buckhorn Island State Park
Woods Creek is the west boundary of Buckhorn Island State Park.
Buckhorn Island State Park is located in New York
Buckhorn Island State Park
Location of Buckhorn Island State Park within New York State
TypeState park
LocationGrand Island, New York
Nearest cityNiagara Falls, New York
Coordinates43°03′22″N 78°59′00″W / 43.0561°N 78.9833°W / 43.0561; -78.9833
Area895 acres (3.62 km2)[1]
Created1935 (1935)[2]
Operated byNew York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
Visitors41,006 (in 2020)[3]
OpenAll year
WebsiteBuckhorn Island State Park

Buckhorn Island State Park is an 895-acre (3.62 km2) state park located in Erie County, New York in the Town of Grand Island. The park is on the northern end of the island of Grand Island.

The park is 1 of 80 New York State Parks that are in the path of totality for the 2024 solar eclipse, with 3 minutes and 37 seconds of totality.[4]

  1. ^ "Buckhorn Island State Park". NYS Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation. Retrieved June 1, 2015.
  2. ^ Carpenter, Gerald; Crawford, June Justice (2015). Grand Island: Images of America Series. Arcadia Publishing. p. 10. ISBN 9781467121309. Retrieved June 1, 2015.
  3. ^ "State Park Annual Attendance Figures by Facility: Beginning 2003". Data.ny.gov. Retrieved March 23, 2021.
  4. ^ R, Mike (September 22, 2021). "New York 2024 Eclipse State Parks Resources". CosmosPNW. Retrieved October 3, 2022.