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Big Six Mile Creek Marina
Location of Big Six Mile Creek Marina within New York State
Type	State park
Location	3219 Whitehaven Road Grand Island, New York
Nearest city	Grand Island, New York
Coordinates	43°01′23″N 79°00′40″W / 43.023°N 79.011°W / 43.023; -79.011
Area	21 acres (0.085 km)
Operated by	New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
Visitors	62,368 (in 2020)
Open	May through November
Website	Big Six Mile Creek Marina

Big Six Mile Creek Marina is a 21-acre (0.085 km) state park and marina located on the upper Niagara River on Grand Island in Erie County, New York.

The Marina is in the path of totality for the 2024 solar eclipse, with 3 minutes and 38 seconds of totality.

Park description

Big Six Mile Creek Marina is located in a protected valley along a tributary to the Niagara River, and features the only public boat launch facilities on the western side of Grand Island.

The park offers a marina with 134 seasonal boat slips, as well as a boat launch ramp and fishing access. The park is open from May through November.

The park's facilities and docks, initially constructed in the 1950s, were improved and reconstructed in 2013.

See also

• List of New York state parks

References

1. NYS Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation. "Big Six Mile Creek Marina - Getting There". Nysparks.com. Retrieved June 28, 2015.
2. "Section O: Environmental Conservation and Recreation". 2014 New York State Statistical Yearbook. The Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government. 2014. Table O-9. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved January 31, 2016.
3. "State Park Annual Attendance Figures by Facility: Beginning 2003". Data.ny.gov. Retrieved March 22, 2021.
4. R, Mike (September 22, 2021). "New York 2024 Eclipse State Parks Resources". CosmosPNW. Retrieved October 3, 2022.
5. "Big Six Mile Creek Marina Rehabilitation and Reconstruction" (PDF). Niagara River Greenway Commission. May 24, 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved June 28, 2015.
6. NYS Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation. "Big Six Mile Creek Marina". Nysparks.com. Retrieved June 28, 2015.
7. NYS Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation. "Big Six Mile Creek Marina Hours of Operation". Nysparks.com. Retrieved June 28, 2015.
8. Thomas J. Prohaska (July 20, 2013). "In Lewiston, conservancy plans Greenway's first nature preserve". The Buffalo News. Retrieved June 28, 2015.

External links

• New York State Parks: Big Six Mile Creek Marina

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