Big Six Mile Creek Marina is a 21-acre (0.085 km2) state park and marina located on the upper Niagara River on Grand Island in Erie County, New York.
| Big Six Mile Creek Marina | |
|---|---|
  Location of Big Six Mile Creek Marina within New York State | |
| Type | State park |
| Location | 3219 Whitehaven Road Grand Island, New York[1] |
| Nearest city | Grand Island, New York |
| Coordinates | 43°01′23″N 79°00′40″W / 43.023°N 79.011°W |
| Area | 21 acres (0.085 km2)[2] |
| Operated by | New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation |
| Visitors | 62,368 (in 2020)[3] |
| Open | May through November |
| Website | Big Six Mile Creek Marina |
The Marina is in the path of totality for the 2024 solar eclipse, with 3 minutes and 38 seconds of totality.[4]
Park description
editBig Six Mile Creek Marina is located in a protected valley along a tributary to the Niagara River, and features the only public boat launch facilities on the western side of Grand Island.[5]
The park offers a marina with 134 seasonal boat slips, as well as a boat launch ramp and fishing access.[6] The park is open from May through November.[7]
The park's facilities and docks, initially constructed in the 1950s, were improved and reconstructed in 2013.[8]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ NYS Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation. "Big Six Mile Creek Marina - Getting There". Nysparks.com. Retrieved June 28, 2015.
- ^ "Section O: Environmental Conservation and Recreation". 2014 New York State Statistical Yearbook. The Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government. 2014. Table O-9. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved January 31, 2016.
- ^ "State Park Annual Attendance Figures by Facility: Beginning 2003". Data.ny.gov. Retrieved March 22, 2021.
- ^ R, Mike (September 22, 2021). "New York 2024 Eclipse State Parks Resources". CosmosPNW. Retrieved October 3, 2022.
- ^ "Big Six Mile Creek Marina Rehabilitation and Reconstruction" (PDF). Niagara River Greenway Commission. May 24, 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved June 28, 2015.
- ^ NYS Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation. "Big Six Mile Creek Marina". Nysparks.com. Retrieved June 28, 2015.
- ^ NYS Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation. "Big Six Mile Creek Marina Hours of Operation". Nysparks.com. Retrieved June 28, 2015.
- ^ Thomas J. Prohaska (July 20, 2013). "In Lewiston, conservancy plans Greenway's first nature preserve". The Buffalo News. Retrieved June 28, 2015.
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