Franklin D. Roosevelt State Park
Park Overview:
Not to be confused with FDR's home in Hyde Park. FDR Park is a convenient place to go for a walk on its wide roads which have few elevation changes and little chance of getting your feet muddy. It connects via more primitive trails to the Mohansic Trailway into Yorktown Heights.
Park Description:
FDR State Park
FDR State Park is a large multi-use facility with picnic tables, boat rentals, playing fields, and a swimming pool. In season and weekends, picnickers arrive by the carful and busload, filling the park with sounds of people enjoying the outdoors and smells wafting from grills. During weekends in spring and fall, road races and walkathons utilize the park roads. On weekdays and off season weekends, local residents walk, jog, or bike along the park roads in relative isolation. There is also a disk golf course.
FDR State Park has a rich history from Revolutionary times through a CCC camp after the depression of the 30s.
Trails Overview:
The trails at FDR are blazed. On the easternmost part of the park, a road built by the Civilian Conservation Corps provides a quiet place to walk under tall trees. A paved path essentially paralleling the park road to the swimming area is handicapped accessible.
In 2015-2017, volunteers built bridges to connect the park to Baldwin Road.
A trail map link appears on the park's web page (use Contact Information below)
Park Acreage:
841.00 acresMunicipality:
Yorktown HeightsNot to be confused with FDR's home in Hyde Park. FDR Park is a convenient place to go for a walk on its wide roads which have few elevation changes and little chance of getting your feet muddy. It connects via more primitive trails to the Mohansic Trailway into Yorktown Heights.
FDR State Park
FDR State Park is a large multi-use facility with picnic tables, boat rentals, playing fields, and a swimming pool. In season and weekends, picnickers arrive by the carful and busload, filling the park with sounds of people enjoying the outdoors and smells wafting from grills. During weekends in spring and fall, road races and walkathons utilize the park roads. On...