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State park in Erie County, New York

Buckhorn Island State Park
Woods Creek is the west boundary of Buckhorn Island State Park.
Location of Buckhorn Island State Park within New York State
Type	State park
Location	Grand Island, New York
Nearest city	Niagara Falls, New York
Coordinates	43°03′22″N 78°59′00″W / 43.0561°N 78.9833°W / 43.0561; -78.9833
Area	895 acres (3.62 km)
Created	1935 (1935)
Operated by	New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
Visitors	41,006 (in 2020)
Open	All year
Website	Buckhorn Island State Park

Buckhorn Island State Park is an 895-acre (3.62 km) state park located in Erie County, New York in the Town of Grand Island. The park is on the northern end of the island of Grand Island.

The park is 1 of 80 New York State Parks that are in the path of totality for the 2024 solar eclipse, with 3 minutes and 37 seconds of totality.

Park description

Buckhorn Island State Park is primarily an exhibit of Niagara River wetlands, and is managed as a preserve. As such, the park offers space for largely passive recreational uses, such as biking, cross-country skiing, fishing, hiking, and a nature trail.

A portion of the park has been set aside as a bird conservation area in order to protect nesting habitat for several species listed as threatened in New York State, including the least bittern, northern harrier, common tern, and sedge wren. The protected habitat also serves as a feeding and breeding area for numerous other species of waterfowl. The park's wetlands serve as an overwintering location for 19 species of gulls, nearly half of the world's 45 species.

References

^ "Buckhorn Island State Park". NYS Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation. Retrieved June 1, 2015.
Carpenter, Gerald; Crawford, June Justice (2015). Grand Island: Images of America Series. Arcadia Publishing. p. 10. ISBN 9781467121309. Retrieved June 1, 2015.
"State Park Annual Attendance Figures by Facility: Beginning 2003". Data.ny.gov. Retrieved March 23, 2021.
R, Mike (September 22, 2021). "New York 2024 Eclipse State Parks Resources". CosmosPNW. Retrieved October 3, 2022.
"Buckhorn Island State Park Bird Conservation Areas". NYS Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation. Retrieved June 1, 2015.
Freeman, Rich; Freeman, Sue (2001). Winter Trails: Cross-Country Ski and Snowshoe in Central and Western New York. Fishers, NY: Footprint Press. p. 49. ISBN 0965697452. Retrieved June 1, 2015.

External links

New York State Parks: Buckhorn Island State Park

Protected areas of New York

Federal

National Historic Sites and Historical Parks	Eleanor Roosevelt Harriet Tubman Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt Martin Van Buren Sagamore Hill Saint Paul's Church Saratoga Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural Women's Rights Kate Mullany House affiliated Thomas Cole affiliated
National Memorials	Federal Hall General Grant Hamilton Grange Statue of Liberty
National monuments	African Burial Ground Castle Clinton Fort Stanwix Governors Island Stonewall
National Trails	Appalachian Trail North Country Trail
National Seashores and Recreation Areas	Fire Island Gateway Upper Delaware
National Marine Sanctuaries	Lake Ontario
National Wildlife Refuges	Iroquois Long Island Complex Amagansett Conscience Point Elizabeth A. Morton Lido Beach Oyster Bay Sayville Seatuck Target Rock Wertheim Montezuma Shawangunk Grasslands Wallkill River
National Forests	Finger Lakes
Wilderness Areas	Otis Pike Fire Island High Dune

State parks

State historic sites

Preserves and sanctuaries

Public preserves	Albany Pine Bush Forest Preserve Adirondack Park Saint Regis Canoe Area Santanoni Preserve wilderness areas Catskill Park Hudson River Estuary Long Island Pine Barrens Reinstein Woods Rome Sand Plains Tahawus Vischer Ferry Welwyn
The Nature Conservacy	Accabonac Harbor Andy Warhol Visual Arts Arthur W. Butler Memorial Atlantic Double Dunes Bear Swamp Calverton Ponds Chaumont Barrens Clintonville Pine Barrens Coon Mountain Deer Lick Denton El Dorado Beach Eugene and Agnes Meyer Everton Falls Freund Gadway Sandstone Pavement Barrens Hannacroix Ravine Henry Morgenthau Indian Brook Assemblage Ironsides Island Kenrose Limestone Rise Lisha Kill Long Island Center for Conservation Long Pond Lordsland Lower Poultney River and Saddles Marrion Yarrow Mashomack Mianus River Gorge Mildred E. Grierson Memorial Moccasin Kill Montauk Mountain Moss Lake Mount Holly Nellie Hill Neversink O.D. von Engeln Otter Creek Pawling Peconic Estuary Big Woods Pine Neck Roger Perry Memorial Ruth Wales Schunemunk Mountain Shadmoor Silver Lake Bog Spring Pond Bog Stewart Lewis A. Swyer Thompson Pond and Stissing Mountain Uplands Farm West Branch Whitbeck Memorial Grove
Other preserves	Angle Fly Baxter Bergen-Byron Swamp Black Rock Forest Brandreth Park Cornell Botanic Gardens Ferncliff Forest Great Camp Sagamore James Lime Hollow Louis Calder Center Louis C. Clark Sanctuary Mohonk Peabody Plotter Kill Sam's Point Svend O. Heiberg Memorial Forest Teatown Lake Reservation Theodore Roosevelt Sanctuary and Audubon Center Turkey Mountain Turner Brook Wallkill Valley Rail Trail Woodlawn Zurich Bog

Other (lists)
National Historic Landmarks National Natural Landmarks Botanical gardens and arboretums Nature centers New York City parks POPS WWI New York state forests wild historic sites parks wildlife management areas Trails rail trails

Protected areas of Erie County, New York

Federal

National Historic Site	Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural

State

State Parks	Amherst Beaver Island Big Six Mile Creek Marina Buckhorn Island Buffalo Harbor Evangola Knox Farm Strawberry Island
State Wildlife Management Areas	Great Baehre Swamp Hampton Brook Woods Motor Island Spicer Creek Tillman Road
State Forests	Onandanga Escarpment Reinstein Woods Nature Preserve Zoar Valley
State Historic Sites	Darwin D. Martin House

County

County Parks	Akron Falls Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens Chestnut Ridge Como Lake Eighteen Mile Creek Ellicott Creek Emery Grover Cleveland Golf Course Sgt. Mark A. Rademacher Memorial Scoby Dam Sprague Brook Wendt Beach

City of Buffalo

City Parks	Broderick Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park Cazenovia Park–South Park System Delaware Park–Front Park System Lafayette Square Martin Luther King Jr. Niagara Square

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