Parks & beaches in New York

Albany Pine Bush Preserve

Albany

Monday - Friday 9am - 4pm, Saturday - Sunday 10am - 4pm (Discovery Center)

Argyle Lake Park

Babylon

Oct 14 · Fall Fungus

Audubon Community Nature Center

Jamestown

Bailey Arboretum

Locust Valley

Wednesday - Sunday, 9AM-5PM

Bayard Cutting Arboretum

Great River

Tuesday–Sunday 9:00 AM–5:00 PM (summer) and 9:00 AM–4:00 PM (winter)

Binghamton University Nature Preserve

Vestal

Mon–Sun: Open 24 hours

Brooklyn Botanic Garden

Brooklyn

Buckingham Lake Park

Albany

Mon–Sun: 8:00 AM – 8:00 PM

Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens

Buffalo

Military Discount

Camp Allegany, Allegany State Park

Salamanca

Year round; swimming season 6/20 - 9/7, daily 11:00 AM - 6:30 PM

Cass Park

Ithaca

Mon–Fri: 1:00 – 7:00 PM; Sat–Sun: 12:30 – 6:00 PM

Cave of the Winds

Niagara Falls

Mon–Sun: 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM

Chenango Bridge Park

Binghamton

7:00 AM to sundown daily

Cohoes Falls

Waterford

Daylight hours from May through October

Cooper's Cave

South Glens Falls

Mon–Sun: 9:00 AM – 8:00 PM

Cornell Botanic Gardens

Ithaca

Every day, year round from dawn to dusk

Daniel R. Davis Sanctuary

Coram

Dawn to dusk

Enslaved Africans' Rain Garden

Yonkers

Mon–Sun: Open 24 hours

Erie Canal Park

Camillus

Wednesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays 12–4pm

Eternal Flame Falls

Orchard Park

Daily 7am to 9pm

Forsyth Nature Center

Kingston

Monday–Friday 9 am–5 pm, Weekends/Holidays 9 am–5 pm

Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms State Park

New York

9:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Geiger Park

Deer Park

Daily 10AM - 7PM

Germonds Park

West Nyack

Miniature Golf Family Pass

Glens Falls Art

West Glens Falls

Mon–Sun: 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM

Oct 1 · 2026 Broome County Parks Fall Festival

Grippen Community Park

Endicott

8:00am-Dusk

Haverstraw Beach State Park

Haverstraw

Open dawn to dusk

High Falls Gorge

Wilmington

9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Open daily (May - October); Fridays–Tuesdays (December - March)

Howe Caverns

Howes Cave

Ithaca Children's Garden

Ithaca

Dawn to dusk, 365 days a year

Ithaca Falls

Ithaca

Jeff Blatnick Park

Niskayuna

Mon–Sun: 7:00 AM – 6:00 PM

Jones Beach Energy & Nature Center

Wantagh

7 Days a Week: 9:00am - 4:30pm

Nov 4 · Littles at Lasdon: Stay and Play

Lasdon Public Gardens and & Veterans Memorial

Katonah

Wednesday – Sunday | 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.

LongHouse Reserve

East Hampton

Wednesday–Sunday 12:30 PM–5:00 PM

Luna Park in Coney Island

Brooklyn

12:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Marjorie Post Park

Massapequa Park

Monday–Sunday: 11 AM–7 PM

Nov 7 · Bird Walk

Nature Center at Greenburgh

Scarsdale

Resident Discount - Town of Greenburgh Unicard or Westchester County Parks Pass

Neighborhood Park Bethpage B20

North Massapequa

Sunday 2pm-5pm, Monday 4pm-6pm, Tuesday 10am-12pm, Wednesday 4pm-6pm, Thursday 10am-12pm, Friday 4pm-5:30pm & 8:30pm-10:30pm, Saturday 2:45pm-5:45pm

New York Botanical Garden

Bronx

Niagara falls budget tours

Tonawanda

Mon–Sun: Open 24 hours

Nickerson Beach Park

Lido Beach

Mon–Sun: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM

Oct 10 – Dec 19 · Early Fall Nature Walk – Shu Swamp

North Shore Wildlife Sanctuary

Mill Neck

Mon: Closed; Tue–Wed: 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM; Thu: 9:00 AM – 8:00 PM; Fri–Sat: 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM; Sun: Closed

NT Kayak Launch Facilities Botanical Gardens

North Tonawanda

Mon–Fri: 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM; Sat–Sun: Closed

Nyack Beach State Park

Nyack

Dawn to dusk

NYS Equal Rights Heritage Center & Auburn NY Visitor Center

Auburn

Nov 7 · Storybook Stroll: In November, by Cynthia Rylant

Old Westbury Gardens

Old Westbury

Over the Falls Tours

Niagara Falls

Panama Rocks Scenic Park

Panama

Peterpaul Recreation Park

Rome

Nov 4 · Math in Bloom: Community Art: Fibonacci Stepping Stone Creation

Queens Botanical Garden

Flushing

Rockville Centre

Rockville Centre

Nov 11 · 47 for 47 Acres Fall Festival

Rye Nature Center

Rye

Monday – Saturday, 9:00AM - 5:00PM (Sept-May); Monday – Friday, 8:30AM - 4:30PM (June-Aug); Grounds open daily sunrise to sunset

Rye Town Park

Rye

Mon–Sun: 8:00 AM – 11:00 PM

Sayville Falls Holiday Light Show and Winter Garden

Sayville

Sonnenberg Gardens & Mansion

Canandaigua

Thursday to Monday, 9:30 am to 4:30 pm

South Shore Nature Center

East Islip

9 a.m. to 5 p.m. throughout the week

Sunnyside Gardens

Saratoga Springs

Mon–Sun: 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM

Tanner Park

Copiague

10AM - 6PM

Tifft Nature Preserve

Buffalo

Tivoli Lake Preserve

Albany

Mon–Sun: Open 24 hours

Untermyer Gardens

Yonkers

Daily 9:00 AM, closing times vary seasonally

Venetian Shores Park

Lindenhurst

Mon–Thu: 7:00 AM – 10:00 PM; Fri–Sun: 7:00 AM – 10:30 PM

Walkway Over Hudson Washington Street Stairs

Poughkeepsie

Waterdrinker Family Farm & Garden

Manorville

William Cullen Bryant Preserve

Roslyn

Thursdays 2 p.m. and 3 p.m.