SAMPSON Facilities 6096 Route 96A Sampson Romulus, 14541 2,083 Acres with 4 miles of shoreline Park Office: 315-585-6392 245 electric sites, 64 non- electric sites STATE PARK Regional Office and Park Police: 607-387-7041 7 rustic cabins (no electric) Joe Keeler, Park Manager 10 new self-contained cottages Marina with 100 slips* Boat launches Marina Pump out EMERGENCY Guarded swim beach Trailer dumping and fill station Park Police Emergency...... 800-255-3577 Restrooms with showers Police/Ambulance/Fire...... 911 Picnic shelters Picnic areas with tables and grills Recreation building Camping Bike trails and bike rentals Campsite and cabin reservations in NYS Parks Indoor miniature golf may be made up to nine months in advance by Video games, pool table, and ping pong calling 1-800-456-CAMP(2267), or online at Volleyball, tennis, and basketball courts www.ReserveAmerica.com Ballfields Playgrounds “Carry In-Carry Out” Park Military Museum Concession Stand Our day use facilities and picnic shelters are *Boat slip reservations for overnight dockage can be made designated “Carry In-Carry Out”. Please take your by calling after the first Monday in April trash and recyclables home with you for proper *Military Museum operated in cooperation with the Samp- disposal. son World War II Navy Veterans and Sampson Air Force Base Veterans Association. Accessible parking spaces, and restrooms *Military Museum is open Memorial Day to Columbus Day are available. Please contact the park office Wednesday – Sunday 9am – 5pm Closed Mondays and Tuesdays for specific information. Rabies Warning Special Passes Please do not feed or harass any wildlife while visiting our The Access Pass is available to New Yorkers with parks. If you should notice any wildlife behaving in a strange qualifying disabilities. The Golden Park Program manner or that appears ill, avoid the animal, and immediately allows Senior citizens who are New York State contact park personnel. Note: Proof of rabies vaccination residents and 62 years of age or older unlimited is required for all pets and must be a Veterinarian’s weekday and non-holiday access to all state parks by certificate. The collar tag will not be accepted as proof. showing a NYS driver’s license or non-driver identification. The Empire Passport provides unlimited vehicle entry to most state parks and Good Park Manners recreation areas. Passes can be purchased in person Day use areas of the park are open from dawn to dusk. Quiet Romulus, New York at most state parks or recreation areas, or by mail from hours in the park are from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. and are State Parks, Albany, NY 12238. STRICTLY enforced. Your cooperation is appreciated by both park staff and your fellow patrons. Pets: Family pets www.nysparks.com must be leashed and attended at all times and please pick up after your pets. Only 2 pets are allowed per site. Nearby State Parks (Rte. 89, 3 mi. east of Seneca Falls) Region Lodi Point (Lodi Pt. Rd. off Rte. 414, 2 mi. west of Lodi) 2018 Produced by JMF Publishing Seneca Lake (Rtes. 5 & 20, 1 mi. east of Geneva) 30 Burr Ave, New York Mills, NY 13417 Taughannock Falls (Rte. 89, 8 mi. north of Ithaca) For sponsorship information call 315-768-7137 Watkins Glen (main entrance, Village of Watkins Glen)

Park History slopes gently above the eastern shore of Seneca Lake. A million years ago, a river flowed Camping Area where the lake is today. During the Ice Age, great continental glaciers bulldozed their way from Canada. Loops 1-5 12,000 years ago, the melting glacier left behind a deep Electric Sites basin in the ancient river valley, creating a lake over 600 Prime Site: Loop 5, site 222 feet deep. Accessible Sites: 59,60,61 After the Ice Age, primitive nomadic hunters arrived. In the 1600’s, Europeans encountered Seneca Loop 6: Indians who led a settled agricultural existence. The Non-electric Sites Senecas are one of the Six Nations of the Located in open field with Confederacy. view of beautiful Seneca Lake, During the Revolutionary War, Iroquois towns were no shade destroyed by the Continental Army. A state historical Sites 301-362 reservable marker along the highway south of the park entrance notes the burning of the Seneca town of Ken-dai-a. Much Check In/Check Out of the land between Seneca and Cayuga Lakes was Check in time is 3:00 p.m. awarded to soldiers as payment for their service. Farmers Campers must occupy site by then moved onto the land that is now the state park. 9:00 p.m. on scheduled day of A century and a half later, with the outbreak of arrival or call park office. World War II, quiet farm life made way for the second Check out time is 11:00 a.m. largest naval training station in the country, named for All equipment must be off site. Rear Admiral William T. Sampson from Palmyra, NY. After the war, Sampson State College educated returning servicemen. Sampson was used as an Air Force Base Swimming Area: Su- during the Korean War, and in 1960, became a state park. pervised swimming is In 1995, the Sampson Naval Veterans Museum opened available at this facility. in the park. Swimming is not a The military buildings and roads have been guaranteed activity. The removed or adapted over the years in the transformation supervised swimming of the state park. Old drill fields and other cleared land area may be closed due are slowly growing up in grasses, wildflowers, shrubs to weather conditions or and scattered trees. Eventually a mature forest will availability of life- emerge. Several wooded ravines cross the park. Willow guards. Pets, alcoholic and poplar trees have taken over the long, wild shoreline. beverages and glass This changing landscape makes excellent habitat for containers of any kind birds, deer, raccoons, foxes, rabbits, opossums and other are not permitted in the animals. Ducks and other waterfowl live on the lake, supervised swimming which is famous for its trout fishing. area. Look for educational signs throughout the park that tell the story of nature and people at Sampson. Terrain Flat and rolling woodlands surrounding ravines. Trail Maps available online Elevation range from 450’ to 620’ (137 m to 188 m) and at the park office. Pets: Family pets must be leashed and attended at all times. Proof of rabies vaccination must be by Veterinarian’s certificate. The collar tag will not be accepted as proof.

Marina Boat slip reservations for overnight dockage can be made by calling the park office after the first Monday in April.

Seasonal slip rentals are available the first weekday ©2018 JMF Publishing after January 15th.

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