Glimmerglass State Park is a 593-acre (2.40 km2) state park located north of Cooperstown, in Otsego County, New York.[2] Most of the park is located inside the Town of Springfield.
| Glimmerglass State Park | |
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 The covered bridge at Glimmerglass State Park in November 2004. | |
  Location of Glimmerglass State Park within New York State | |
| Type | State park |
| Location | 1527 County Highway 31 Cooperstown, New York[1] |
| Nearest city | Cooperstown, New York |
| Coordinates | 42°47′38″N 74°51′58″W / 42.794°N 74.866°W |
| Area | 593 acres (2.40 km2)[2] |
| Created | 1963[3] |
| Operated by | New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation |
| Visitors | 153,882 (in 2014)[4] |
| Open | All year |
| Website | Glimmerglass State Park |
Park description
Glimmerglass State Park is located at Hyde Bay on the east shore of Otsego Lake, which is the "Glimmerglass" lake of James Fenimore Cooper's Leatherstocking Tales. The Hyde Hall mansion overlooks the bay and most of the grounds.[1]
The park offers a beach, picnic tables with pavilions, a playground, recreation programs, a nature trail, hiking and biking, fishing and ice fishing, a campground with tent and trailer sites, ice skating, cross-country skiing and snowmobiling and a food concession. The park is open year-round.[1][5]
Triathlon
Until 2019 the park had hosted the Cooperstown/Glimmerglas triathlon for many years.[5][6]