Empire Pass Cards
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Guidelines for Use The Empire Pass permits unlimited vehicle access to most facilities operated by the Your New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (see the enclosed listing). EMPIRE PASS Please review the following rules to assure uninterrupted use of your Empire Pass. Is Enclosed • The EMPIRE PASS is valid any day from the date of purchase through December 31st for the year purchased. There is no Guidelines For Use discount if the pass is purchased in later months. & Where to Visit • The EMPIRE PASS is shareable. It allows entry of the vehicle when the card is presented at most New York State parks, Department of Environmental Conserva- Letchworth State Park tion forest preserve areas, boat launch sites, arboretums and park preserves. Allegany State Park The EMPIRE PASS will not be accepted if Please refer to the facilities listed in the • it has been altered in any way. “Where to Visit” section of this document. • Do not puncture a hole in the Empire • The EMPIRE PASS does not guarantee Pass Card. Puncturing a hole will destroy free vehicle entry into the park when the technology inside of the card, and special events occur and are operated by the card will become unusable. Dam- other organizations. aged cards are subject to a replacement fee. • The EMPIRE PASS does not include • The EMPIRE PASS must be presented waiver of fees for camping, golf, museum upon entry to the facility. Without the or historic site admission and other pass, you will be required to pay the special activity fees are not included. vehicle entry fee. • The EMPIRE PASS is usable for all motor • The EMPIRE PASS is not refundable. If it vehicles except those used in the busi- is lost, stolen, damaged or destroyed, it ness of transporting passengers for hire is replaceable with a fee. A replacement including public or private buses, shuttles, may be issued in person or by mail and taxis, limousines, or other livery vehicles. requires the following: * Commercial vehicles are generally • A completed Empire Pass prohibited on parkways in the State Replacement Request form. nysparks Parks system. Use of an Empire Pass • The damaged or pieces of the to enter a facility does not waive these Lake Welch Beach - Harriman State Park destroyed pass or, if unavailable, verifi- restrictions on commercial vehicles from NYstateparks driving on parkways. Contact the ap- cation of the original pass purchase. propriate regional office for information • The required fee payable by credit An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Agency on parkway restrictions. card, check, money order or cash. 12/17 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 Sampson Niagara Region Taconic Region* Allegany – Quaker Area Seneca Lake Beaver Island Clarence Fahnestock Allegany – Red House Area Stony Brook Big Six Mile Creek Marina (excludes Fahnestock Winter Park) Lake Erie Taughannock Falls Buffalo Harbor Clermont State Historic Site* Long Point on Lake Chautauqua Watkins Glen Evangola Franklin D. Roosevelt Sunset Bay State Marine Park Fort Niagara* Lake Taghkanic Genesee Region Four Mile Creek Mills Norrie (Margaret Lewis Norrie) Marina Central Region Conesus Lake* Golden Hill + Olana State Historic Site Bowman Lake Darien Lakes Joseph Davis* Rockefeller State Park Preserve Canadarago Boat Launch* Hamlin Beach Hamlin Beach State Park Niagara Falls Taconic - Copake Falls Area + Chenango Valley Irondequoit Bay State Marine Park Wilson-Tuscarora Niagara Falls State Park Taconic - Rudd Pond Area Chittenango Falls+ Lakeside Beach Walkway Over the Hudson State Historic Park Clark Reservation Letchworth Palisades Region + Delta Lake Oak Orchard State Marine Park* Anthony Wayne-Harriman* Thousand Islands Region Gilbert Lake Silver Lake* Bear Mountain + + Burnham Point Glimmerglass Lake Kanawauke-Harriman* Canoe-Picnic Point+ Green Lakes Long Island Region Lake Tiorati Beach-Harriman + Gilbert Lake State Park Cedar Island* Mexico Point Boat Launch* Bayard Cutting Arboretum Lake Welch Beach-Harriman Cedar Point Oquaga Creek Belmont Lake Minnewaska (excludes cross-country skiing) Coles Creek Pine Grove Boat Launch* Bethpage Minnewaska-Sam’s Point Area Cumberland Bay + Sandy Island Beach Caleb Smith Preserve Nyack Beach* Dewolf Point Selkirk Shores Camp Hero Rockland Lake Eel Weir Verona Beach Captree Silver Mine-Harriman* + Grass Point Caumsett State Historic Park Preserve Tallman Mountain Higley Flow Higley Flow State Park Finger Lakes Region Connetquot River State Park Preserve Jacques Cartier Allan H. Treman Marine Park Hallock Saratoga Region Keewaydin Buttermilk Falls (excludes Jennings Pond) Heckscher Cherry Plain* Kring Point Canandaigua Lake Marine Park Hempstead Lake Grafton Lakes Long Point Cayuga Lake Hither Hills Max V. Shaul Macomb Reservation Chimney Bluffs+ Jones Beach Mine Kill* Mary Island Point Au Roche Dean’s Cove Boat Launch+ Montauk Downs Moreau Lake Robert Moses Fair Haven Beach Montauk Point* Peebles Island* Mine Kill State Park Nissequogue River Jones Beach State Park Saratoga Lake State Boat Launch+ Southwick Beach Fillmore Glen Waterson Point + + Orient Beach Saratoga Spa * Honeoye Lake Boat Launch Wellesley Island Planting Fields Arboretum State Historic Park Schodack Island Keuka Lake Westcott Beach Robert Moses Lodi Point* Thacher Whetstone Gulf Long Point Sunken Meadow Thompson’s Lake-Thacher Robert H. Treman Valley Stream * Does not accept credit cards Wildwood + Does not sell Empire Passes.