Bear Mountain Park, NY

Facilities include a playing fields, picnic groves, rowboat docks on Hessian Lake, swimming pool and bathhouse, nature trails, an ice-skating rink, basketball court, Trailside Museums and Zoo, Iona Island Estuarine Reserve and Bird Refuge, Perkins Tower, and the newly constructed Merry-Go-Round and pavilion. The Bear Mountain Inn, a rustic style historic building listed on the National Register of Historic Places, provides overnight accommodations and fine dining. Cliff House, the four stone lodges that overlook Hessian Lake, and Overlook Lodge, with its fantastic views south down the river valley, accommodate banquets, meetings and overnight stays.