Hither Hills State Park

Hither Hills State Park
Walking Dunes at Hither Hills State Park, 2023
Hither Hills State Park is located in New York
Hither Hills State Park
Location of Hither Hills State Park within New York State
TypeState park
Location164 Old Montauk Highway
Montauk, New York[1]
Coordinates41°01′N 72°01′W / 41.01°N 72.01°W / 41.01; -72.01
Area1,755 acres (7.10 km2)[2]
CreatedAugust 1924 (1924-08)[3]
Operated byNew York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
Visitors425,642 (in 2014)[4]
OpenAll year
Camp sites168[1]
WebsiteHither Hills State Park

Hither Hills State Park is a 1,755-acre (7.10 km2) state park[2] located on the eastern end of the South Fork of Long Island near the hamlet of Montauk, New York.

  1. ^ a b "Hither Hills State Park". NYS Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation. Retrieved October 8, 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Section O: Environmental Conservation and Recreation, Table O-9". 2014 New York State Statistical Yearbook (PDF). The Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government. 2014. p. 672. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 16, 2015. Retrieved February 21, 2016.
  3. ^ Natural Heritage Trust; New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation; New York State Council of Parks & Recreation (1975). Fifty Years: New York State Parks, 1924-1974. Natural Heritage Trust. p. 19.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "State Park Annual Attendance Figures by Facility: Beginning 2003". Data.ny.gov. Retrieved October 8, 2016.