Midway State Park

Midway State Park
LocationMaple Springs, New York, United States
Opened1898
OwnerNew York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
SloganContinuing the Tradition
Operating seasonMay – September
Attractions
Total20
WebsiteMidway State Park
Midway Park
Carousel (1946), July 2012
Midway State Park is located in New York
Midway State Park
Midway State Park is located in the United States
Midway State Park
LocationNY 430, Maple Springs, New York
Coordinates42°12′14″N 79°25′14″W / 42.20389°N 79.42056°W / 42.20389; -79.42056
Area44 acres (17.8 ha)
Built1898
Built byAllan Herschell Carousel Company; W.F. Mangels Company
NRHP reference No.09000133[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 13, 2009

Midway State Park, located in Maple Springs, New York, was established in 1898 by the Jamestown & Lake Erie Railway as a picnic ground. Today, it is recognized as the fifteenth-oldest continually operating amusement park in the United States, and the fifth-oldest remaining trolley park of the thirteen still operating in the United States.

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.