Cumberland Bay State Park is located in the Town of Plattsburgh in Clinton County, New York, on the Cumberland Head peninsula. The park is adjacent to Lake Champlain.
The park offers a beach, picnic tables, a playground, and playing fields, recreation programs, a campground with tent and trailer sites, cross-country skiing. It is open May through September.
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