6 Guidelines for Use The Empire Pass permits unlimited vehicle access to most facilities operated by the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation and the New York EMPIRE PASS State Department of Environmental Conservation (see the enclosed listing). Please review the following rules to assure uninterrupted use of your Empire Pass. Your Key to the Outdoors! Guidelines For Use & Where to Visit

• The EMPIRE PASS does not guarantee park- ing when the park is at maximum capacity. KEEP YOUR PASS – GO GREEN! Parking is available on a first-come, first-serve Don’t toss your Empire Pass when the season basis and does not allow for early entry prior is over. You will receive a discount if you reuse to park hours. your card next season and each year after. The EMPIRE PASS is valid any day from the Details about renewing your card are available • online at www.parks.ny.gov. date of purchase through December 31st for Verona Beach State Park the year purchased. There is no discount if the pass is purchased in later months. • The EMPIRE PASS is shareable. It allows Discover Your entry of the vehicle when the card is presented at most New York State parks, Department of Next Adventure Environmental Conservation forest preserve areas, boat launch sites, arboretums and park preserves. Please refer to the facilities listed in the “Where to Visit” section of this document. Download the free NY State Parks Explorer mobile app, available for both Niagara Falls State Park Olana State Historic Site • The EMPIRE PASS does not guarantee free iOS and Android. Find local favorites and vehicle entry into the park when special events discover must-see locations. occur and are operated by other organizations. • The EMPIRE PASS does not include waiver of • The EMPIRE PASS will not be accepted if it has fees for camping, golf, museum or historic site been altered in any way. admission and other special activity fees are not included. • Do not puncture a hole in the Empire Pass Card. Puncturing a hole will destroy the • The EMPIRE PASS is usable for all motor technology inside of the card, and the card vehicles except those used in the business will become unusable. Damaged cards are of transporting passengers for hire including subject to a replacement fee. public or private buses, shuttles, taxis, limou- nysparks The EMPIRE PASS must be presented upon sines, or other livery vehicles. • entry to the facility. Without the pass, you will be * Commercial vehicles are generally prohibited on required to pay the vehicle entry fee. NYstateparks parkways in the State Parks system. Use of an Walkway Over the Hudson State Historic Park Empire Pass to enter a facility does not waive these • The EMPIRE PASS is not refundable. If it is lost, restrictions on commercial vehicles from driving on stolen, damaged or destroyed, it is replaceable An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Agency parkways. Contact the appropriate regional office with a fee. A replacement may be issued in

for information on parkway restrictions. person or by mail. 6/21 Printed on recycled paper parks.ny.gov dec.ny.gov Where To Visit . . . The Empire Pass is usable at the facilities listed below and at most NYS Department of Environmental Conservation facilities found at http://www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/9174.html. For information about other New York State Park facilities visit parks.ny.gov.

Allegany Region – (716-354-9121) Taughannock Falls Niagara Region – (716-278-1770 or Taconic Region* – (845-889-4100) Allegany – Quaker Area Watkins Glen TDD 716-278-1749) Clarence Fahnestock Allegany – Red House Area Artpark (excludes Fahnestock Winter Park) Lake Erie Genesee Region – (585-493-3600) Beaver Island Clermont State Historic Site* Long Point on Lake Chautauqua Conesus Lake* Big Six Mile Creek Marina+ Franklin D. Roosevelt Sunset Bay State Marine Park Darien Lakes Buffalo Harbor Lake Taghkanic Hamlin Beach Evangola Mills Norrie (Margaret Lewis Norrie) Marina Central Region – (315-492-1756) Irondequoit Bay State Marine Park+ Fort Niagara Olana State Historic Site Canadarago Boat Launch Lakeside Beach Four Mile Creek Rockefeller State Park Preserve Chenango Valley Letchworth Golden Hill Taconic - Copake Falls Area Chittenango Falls+ Oak Orchard State Marine Park* + Niagara Falls Taconic - Rudd Pond Area Clark Reservation Silver Lake* Wilson-Tuscarora Walkway Over the Hudson State Historic Park Fort Niagara State Park Delta Lake Woodlawn Gilbert Lake Long Island Region – (631-669-1000 Thousand Islands Region – Palisades Region – (845-786-2701) Glimmerglass ext. 223) (315-482-2593) Anthony Wayne-Harriman* + + Green Lakes Bayard Cutting Arboretum Burnham Point + Mexico Point Boat Launch Bear Mountain (excludes Bear Mountain car shows) + Mexico Point Boat Launch Belmont Lake Canoe-Picnic Point + Lake Kanawauke-Harriman+ + Pine Grove Boat Launch Bethpage Cedar Island* Lake Tiorati Beach-Harriman Cedar Point Sandy Island Beach Caleb Smith Preserve Lake Welch Beach-Harriman Coles Creek Selkirk Shores Camp Hero Verona Beach Minnewaska (excludes cross-country skiing & Cumberland Bay Captree rock-climbing/bouldering) Dewolf Point Caumsett State Historic Park Preserve Minnewaska-Sam’s Point Area Eel Weir Finger Lakes Region – (607-387-7041) Connetquot River State Park Preserve Nyack Beach+ Grass Point Hallock Wellesley Island State Park Allan H. Treman Marine Park Rockland Lake Higley Flow Heckscher Buttermilk Falls (excludes Jennings Pond) Silver Mine-Harriman+ Jacques Cartier Hempstead Lake Canandaigua Lake Marine Park Tallman Mountain Keewaydin Cayuga Lake Hither Hills Kring Point Chimney Bluffs+ Jones Beach Saratoga Region – (518-584-2000) Long Point Montauk Downs Dean’s Cove Boat Launch+ Macomb Reservation Montauk Point* Cherry Plain Mary Island+ Fair Haven Beach Nissequogue River Grafton Lakes Point Au Roche Fillmore Glen Robert Moses State Park Max V. Shaul + Orient Beach Robert Moses Honeoye Lake Boat Launch Planting Fields Arboretum State Historic Park Mine Kill* Southwick Beach Keuka Lake Moreau Lake + Robert Moses + Waterson Point* Lodi Point Peebles Island* Moreau Lake State Park Wellesley Island * Sunken Meadow + Long Point Valley Stream Saratoga Lake State Boat Launch Westcott Beach Robert H. Treman Wildwood Saratoga Spa Whetstone Gulf Schodack Island Seneca Lake * Does not accept credit cards Thacher + Stony Brook Watkins Glen State Park Thompson’s Lake-Thacher+ Does not sell Empire Passes