Everything about Clarence Fahnestock State Park totally explained
Clarence Fahnestock Memorial State Park a 14,086-acre (56.3 km²)
New York state park, in
Putnam and
Dutchess counties. The park has hiking trails, an environmental center, a beach on
Canopus Lake, and fishing on four ponds and two lakes. Most of the park is in northern Putnam County between the
Taconic State Parkway and
US Route 9.
The original land, a donation of about 2,400 acres (9.6 km²), was donated in 1929 by Dr. Ernest Fahnestock as a memorial to his brother Clarence. While family lore has it that the donation wasn't so altruistic as it may appear as the donation of land is said to have been in fact a tax dodge, coming just before the IRS took the land to cover back taxes (from his great niece), the dedication is real and came from the heart. Clarence Fahnestock, Ernest's brother and a Harvard graduate, died in the post-WWI influenza epidemic treating patients with the disease.
During the winter season, part of the park functions as the
Fahnestock Winter Park. The park also includes the
Taconic Outdoor Education Center.
The park offers a beach, picnic tables with pavilions, a playground, recreation programs, a nature trail, hiking and biking, a bridle path, seasonal turkey and deer hunting, fishing and ice fishing, a campground with tent and trailer sites, sledding, ice skating, cross-country skiing and snowmobiling, a boat launch with boat rentals, and a food concession.
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