Park Details

Name:	Grafton Lakes State Park
Address:	61 North Long Pond Road
	Grafton
	New York
	12082
Phone:	518-279-1155
URL:	http://nysparks.state.ny.us/parks/info.asp?parkID=116

Category

• State park or recreation area managed by a state agency

General Description

Grafton Lakes State Park, on the forested mountain ridge between the Taconic and Hudson Valleys, includes five ponds and 2,357 acres. Long Pond has a large, sandy beach, which is a popular summer attraction. Anglers can go after rainbow and brown trout in Long, Second and Shaver Pond. Pickerel, perch, and bass are abundant in all ponds including Mill Pond and walleye are found at the Martin-Durham Reservoir. All ponds have launch facilities for canoes, sailboats and rowboats. Visitors also picnic, walk the nature trails, and hike, bike or ride horses along the 25 miles of park trails. In winter, the trails are groomed for cross-country skiers and snowmobilers, and visitors may also showshoe or ice skate.

Accessibility Features

General Accessibility Features

• Accessible bathrooms
• Accessible viewing areas or outlooks
• Accessible trails
• Accessible picnic tables/areas
• Accessible boat docks or piers
• Accessible fishing locations
• Accessible playgrounds/children's play areas
• Accessible sporting areas (e.g. baseball or soccer fields, tennis or basketball courts, etc)
• Accessible beaches

Amenities and Lodging

• Accessible food service areas

Information and Interpretation Features

• Nature centers, visitor centers and/or museums that are accessible for people using mobility devices
• Interior exhibits that provide audio description of the written information
• Interior exhibits with tactile opportunities (such as tactile maps, models and/or objects)
• Audio visuals with captioning
• Audio visuals with audio description of the visuals
• Exhibits with tactile opportunities (such as tactile maps, models, and/or objects) on accessible routes
• Brochures or program guides provide information on its accessibility features
• Park brochures readily available in alternate formats (braille, large print, audio, computer disc)
• A website that can be read by screen readers
• A website in which accessibility information is included