Glimmerglass State Park
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Glimmerglass State Park is located north of Cooperstown
, in Otsego County, New York
, USA. Most of the park is located inside the Town of Springfield
.
The park is located at Hyde Bay on the east shore of Otsego Lake, which is the "Glimmerglass" of the Leatherstocking Tales
of James Fenimore Cooper
, Hyde Hall
overlooks the bay and most of the grounds. The Park is open year-round.
The park offers a beach, picnic tables with pavilions, a playground, recreation programs, a nature trail, hiking and biking, fishing and ice fishing, a campground with tent and trailer sites, ice skating, cross-country skiing and snowmobiling and a food concession.
Bethany Young, Asst. Chief Lifeguard
Riley "Whippet" Smith
Mark Hanifin
Payton Stahler
Clare Carney
Sylvia McFarlane
Aaron Dahl
This years lifeguarding staff blends a delicate balance of new talent and veteran experience.
Cooperstown, New York
Cooperstown is a village in Otsego County, New York, USA. It is located in the Town of Otsego. The population was estimated to be 1,852 at the 2010 census.The Village of Cooperstown is the county seat of Otsego County, New York...
, in Otsego County, New York
Otsego County, New York
Otsego County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. The 2010 population was 62,259. The county seat is Cooperstown. The name Otsego is from a Mohawk word meaning "place of the rock."-History:...
, USA. Most of the park is located inside the Town of Springfield
Springfield, New York
Springfield is a town in Otsego County, New York, USA. The population was 1,350 at the 2000 census.The Town of Springfield is located at the northern county line of Otsego County and is approximately west of Schenectady.- History :...
.
The park is located at Hyde Bay on the east shore of Otsego Lake, which is the "Glimmerglass" of the Leatherstocking Tales
Leatherstocking Tales
The Leatherstocking Tales is a series of novels by American writer James Fenimore Cooper, each featuring the main hero Natty Bumppo, known by European settlers as "Leatherstocking," 'The Pathfinder", and "the trapper" and by the Native Americans as "Deerslayer," "La Longue Carabine" and...
of James Fenimore Cooper
James Fenimore Cooper
James Fenimore Cooper was a prolific and popular American writer of the early 19th century. He is best remembered as a novelist who wrote numerous sea-stories and the historical novels known as the Leatherstocking Tales, featuring frontiersman Natty Bumppo...
, Hyde Hall
Hyde Hall
Hyde Hall was the unusually large home—a neoclassical country mansion—of George Clarke, 1768–1835, heir of George Clarke ....
overlooks the bay and most of the grounds. The Park is open year-round.
The park offers a beach, picnic tables with pavilions, a playground, recreation programs, a nature trail, hiking and biking, fishing and ice fishing, a campground with tent and trailer sites, ice skating, cross-country skiing and snowmobiling and a food concession.
2011
Joshua Hill, Chief LifeguardBethany Young, Asst. Chief Lifeguard
Riley "Whippet" Smith
Mark Hanifin
Payton Stahler
Clare Carney
Sylvia McFarlane
Aaron Dahl
This years lifeguarding staff blends a delicate balance of new talent and veteran experience.