Gilbert Lake State Park is a state park in New York, USA. The park is in the foothills of the Catskill Mountains, north of Oneonta, New York. Most of the park is in the Town of New Lisbon in Otsego County, east of the community of New Lisbon.
The park offers a beach, a boat launch and boat rentals, cabins, a campground, disk golf, hunting and fishing, hiking and biking, ice skating, picnic tables and pavilions, a museum, a nature trail, a playground, recreation programs, snowmobiling and cross-country skiing, and a food concession.
Read more about Gilbert Lake State Park: New York State Civilian Conservation Corps Museum
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