Ogden Mills & Ruth Livingston Mills State Park
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Ogden Mills & Ruth Livingston Mills State Park is a 3394 acres (1,373.5 ha) New York State Park located in Staatsburg
Staatsburg, New York
Staatsburg is a hamlet in Dutchess County, New York, United States. The population was 911 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Poughkeepsie–Newburgh–Middletown, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area as well as the larger New York–Newark–Bridgeport, NY-NJ-CT-PA Combined...

 in Dutchess County along the Hudson River
Hudson River
The Hudson is a river that flows from north to south through eastern New York. The highest official source is at Lake Tear of the Clouds, on the slopes of Mount Marcy in the Adirondack Mountains. The river itself officially begins in Henderson Lake in Newcomb, New York...

. It is off U.S. Route 9
U.S. Route 9
U.S. Route 9 is a north–south United States highway in the states of Delaware, New Jersey, and New York in the United States. It is one of only two U.S. highways with a ferry connection ; the other being US 10. US 9 is signed east–west in Delaware and north–south on the rest of...

, between Rhinebeck to the north and Hyde Park
Hyde Park, New York
Hyde Park is a town located in the northwest part of Dutchess County, New York, United States, just north of the city of Poughkeepsie. The town is most famous for being the hometown of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt....

 to the south, at an average elevation of 5900 feet (1800 m) above sea level. The park is bounded by the Hudson River
Hudson River
The Hudson is a river that flows from north to south through eastern New York. The highest official source is at Lake Tear of the Clouds, on the slopes of Mount Marcy in the Adirondack Mountains. The river itself officially begins in Henderson Lake in Newcomb, New York...

 on the west. It is also known as Mills Memorial State Park.

The 988 acres (4 km²) Mills-Norrie State Park is actually two connecting state parks -- Margaret Lewis Norrie State Park
Margaret Lewis Norrie State Park
Margaret Lewis Norrie State Park is a state park in Dutchess County, New York in the USA. The park is located on the east shore of the Hudson River in the Town of Hyde Park...

 and Ogden & Ruth Livingston Mills State Park. The combined area is known as Mills-Norrie State Park.

The park's central feature is Staatsburgh State Historic Site
Staatsburgh State Historic Site
The Staatsburgh State Historic Site preserves a Beaux-Arts mansion designed by McKim, Mead, and White and the home's surrounding landscape in the hamlet ofStaatsburg, Dutchess County, New York, USA...

, a Beaux-Arts mansion designed by McKim, Mead, and White
McKim, Mead, and White
McKim, Mead & White was a prominent American architectural firm at the turn of the twentieth century and in the history of American architecture. The firm's founding partners were Charles Follen McKim , William Rutherford Mead and Stanford White...

. Built between 1895-1896, the Gilded Age
Gilded Age
In United States history, the Gilded Age refers to the era of rapid economic and population growth in the United States during the post–Civil War and post-Reconstruction eras of the late 19th century. The term "Gilded Age" was coined by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner in their book The Gilded...

 mansion features 65 rooms, 14 bathrooms, and 23 fireplaces. The furnished house is open for tours, programs and special events.

Other park features include trails, cabins, tent sites, RV sites, fishing opportunities, picnic area, recreation programs, restaurant, cross-country skiing and sledding.

Dinsmore golf course

The park also features Dinsmore golf course
Dinsmore golf course
Dinsmore Golf Course, located in Staatsburg, New York, is listed as the third-oldest golf course in the United States, according to the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation...

, a public golf course for 9 or 18 holes. A restaurant is available.

LAT: 41.8520456591
LONG: -73.9352416992

Nearby state parks and historic sites

  • Margaret Lewis Norrie State Park
    Margaret Lewis Norrie State Park
    Margaret Lewis Norrie State Park is a state park in Dutchess County, New York in the USA. The park is located on the east shore of the Hudson River in the Town of Hyde Park...

     (Dutchess County)
  • Staatsburgh State Historic Site
    Staatsburgh State Historic Site
    The Staatsburgh State Historic Site preserves a Beaux-Arts mansion designed by McKim, Mead, and White and the home's surrounding landscape in the hamlet ofStaatsburg, Dutchess County, New York, USA...

     (Dutchess County)
  • Clermont State Historic Site‎ (Columbia County
    Columbia County, New York
    Columbia County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 63,096. The county seat is Hudson. The name comes from the Latin feminine form of the name of Christopher Columbus, which was at the time of the formation of the county a popular proposal...

    )
  • Olana State Historic Site
    Olana State Historic Site
    Olana State Historic Site was the home of Frederic Edwin Church , one of the major figures in the Hudson River School of landscape painting. The centerpiece of Olana is an eclectic villa composed of many styles, difficult to categorize, which overlooks parkland and a working farm designed by the...

     (Columbia County)
  • Lake Taghkanic State Park
    Lake Taghkanic State Park
    Lake Taghkanic State Park is a state park located in the southern part of Columbia County, New York in the USA. The park is on the town line between the Towns of Gallatin and Taghkanic....

     (Columbia County)
  • James Baird State Park
    James Baird State Park
    James Baird State Park is a state park in Dutchess County, New York, USA. The park is located in the northern part of the Town of LaGrange, east of City of Poughkeepsie....

    (Dutchess County)

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