Franklin D. Roosevelt State Park

Franklin D. Roosevelt State Park
Franklin D. Roosevelt State Park is located in New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt State Park
Location of Franklin D. Roosevelt State Park within New York State
TypeState park
Location2957 Crompond Road
Yorktown Heights, New York[1]
Nearest cityYorktown Heights, New York
Coordinates41°16′59″N 73°48′32″W / 41.283°N 73.809°W / 41.283; -73.809
Area960 acres (3.9 km2)[2]
Created1957 (1957)
Operated byNew York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
Visitors490,546 (in 2014)[3]
OpenAll year
WebsiteFranklin D. Roosevelt State Park

Franklin D. Roosevelt State Park is a 960-acre (3.9 km2) state park in Westchester County, New York.[2] Formerly known as Mohansic (State) Park, it is situated in Yorktown, approximately 40 miles (64 km) from New York City. It was created in 1922 on the former site of the Mohansic State Hospital and contains two bodies of water: Mohansic Lake and Crom Pond.[4]

  1. ^ "Franklin D. Roosevelt State Park - Getting There". NYS Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation. Retrieved July 22, 2015.
  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 9, 2016.
  3. ^ "State Park Annual Attendance Figures by Facility: Beginning 2003". Data.ny.gov. Retrieved July 22, 2015.
  4. ^ "Franklin D. Roosevelt State Park". NYS Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation. Retrieved July 22, 2015.