Английская Википедия:Harriet Hollister Spencer State Recreation Area
Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Infobox park Harriet Hollister Spencer State Recreation Area, also known as the Harriet Hollister Spencer Memorial Recreation Area, is a Шаблон:Convert recreation area and part of the New York state park system. It is located Шаблон:Convert south of Honeoye, off Canadice Hill Road in the south part of the Town of Canadice in Ontario County, New York.
History
Harriet Hollister Spencer State Recreation Area was created after Шаблон:Convert of land was given to the state from the estate of Harriet Hollister Spencer, a Rochester horticulturalist, rose expert and civic leader, after her death in 1962.[1]
The recreation area nearly doubled in size after several adjacent parcels were purchased by New York State from The Nature Conservancy starting in the late 2000s. An acquisition of Шаблон:Convert increased the recreation area's total size to Шаблон:Convert in 2014.[2]
Park description
Open year-round, the recreation area offers panoramic views of the countryside, including Honeoye Lake. The park has one picnic pavilion, and offers hiking, cross-country skiing, and biking trails, and hunting.[3]
Organizational use
Because of its elevation, this recreation area gets more snow than many parks in the area, making it a regional winter sports destination. Шаблон:Convert of trails, ranging in difficulty from novice to expert, are constructed, maintained, and groomed by the Rochester Cross Country Ski Foundation. Cross-country skiing teams often use the park for practice.[4][5]
The Muller Field Station near this park is utilized often by Finger Lakes Community College's conservation department in monitoring local wildlife populations and training students in valuable methods and techniques, such as imitating scent rubbing.[6]
See also
References
External links
- New York State Parks: Harriet Hollister Spencer State Recreation Area
- University of Rochester's collection of Harriet Hollister Spencer's papers
- Rochester Museum and Science Center's collection of Harriet Hollister Spencer's papers
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