Higley Flow State Park is located in the township of Colton

Colton, New York

Colton is a town in St. Lawrence County, New York, USA. The population was 1,453 at the 2000 census. The town, originally named Matildaville, is named after early settler Jesse Colton Higley....

 in St. Lawrence County, New York

St. Lawrence County, New York

St. Lawrence County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 111,944. The county seat is Canton. The county is named for the Saint Lawrence River, which in turn was named for the Catholic saint on whose Feast day the river was discovered by...

 in the USA. The park is located on Higley Flow, a body of water which is an impoundment of the Raquette River

Raquette River

The Raquette River, sometimes spelled Racquette, originates at Raquette Lake in the Adirondack Mountains in New York. long, it is the third longest river entirely in the state of New York....

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The park offers a sandy beach on Higley Flow with shower facilities and a lifeguard, a nature center which offers summer activities for children, picnic tables and pavilions, a playground, hiking, a nature trail, recreation programs, a boat launch, fishing, a campground with tent and trailer sites, seasonal deer hunting, snowmobiling, cross country skiing, and snowshoeing New York State Parks: Higley Flow State Park