Buffalo Harbor State Park

Buffalo Harbor State Park
Gallagher Beach at Buffalo Harbor State Park, May 2021
Buffalo Harbor State Park is located in New York
Buffalo Harbor State Park
Location of Buffalo Harbor State Park within New York State
TypeState park
Location1111 Fuhrmann Blvd.
Buffalo, New York[1]
Nearest cityBuffalo, New York
Coordinates42°50′46″N 78°51′42″W / 42.8460°N 78.8618°W / 42.8460; -78.8618
Area190 acres (0.77 km2)[2]
Created2015 (2015)[3]
Operated byNew York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
Visitors283,077[4]
OpenAll year
WebsiteBuffalo Harbor State Park

Buffalo Harbor State Park is a 190-acre (0.77 km2) state park and marina on the shore of Lake Erie in the city of Buffalo in Erie County, New York. The park encompasses Gallagher Beach, the former NFTA Small Boat Harbor, and the waterfront land in between.[2]

The park is 1 of 80 New York State Parks that are in the path of totality for the 2024 solar eclipse, with the park experiencing 3 minutes and 46 seconds of totality.[5]

  1. ^ "Buffalo Harbor State Park". NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  2. ^ a b Sommer, Mark (August 27, 2014). "Buffalo's first state park to start taking shape on outer harbor". The Buffalo News. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference BHSP_opening was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "State Park Annual Attendance Figures by Facility: Beginning 2003". Data.ny.gov. Retrieved March 23, 2021.
  5. ^ R, Mike (September 22, 2021). "New York 2024 Eclipse State Parks Resources". CosmosPNW. Retrieved October 3, 2022.