Sign up for our newsletter by messaging us, or send us an email at [email protected]. Located in the scenic Schoharie Valley, Mine Kill State Park overlooks the New York Power Authority's Blenheim-Gilboa Pumped Storage Power Project. Providing excellent fishing opportunities, the lower reservoir is stocked with walleye and an assortment of trout, and is ideal for motor boating, kayaking and water skiing. Boaters are required to clean their boat using the park's hot water boat wash station before launching any vessel on the reservoir and sign in at the park office or boat wash station. It is FREE to enter the park and FREE to swim. SPRING /SUMMER: Mine Kill State Park has an Olympic-size pool, wading pool and a diving pool available at no cost to anyone. Swim lessons are taught in the summer months, please contact the park office for details. Other warm weather activities include hiking and mountain biking on the park's 8 miles of trails. The park also has a disc golf course. Discs may be rented at the Park Office, or at the entrance to the pool (summer) for $1 per disc. The park also hosts sessions of several soccer camps in its regulation-sized athletic fields. League play is also welcome. FALL: Bow hunting for deer is allowed by permit only. Hunting permits are issued by the NY Power Authority via a lottery system. Please call the Power Authority Visitor Center at 518-827-6121 for more details. WINTER: In winter, visitors enjoy ice skating, tubing/sledding, snowshoeing, cross-country skiing and snowmobiling. Rentals of skates, shoes, sleds and tubes are available at the office during business hours. Mine Kill has 1 Picnic Pavilion and 3 Picnic Tents that can accommodate 45 to 100 people. Please contact the Park Office to check availability or to reserve. Sign up for our newsletter to stay up to date on upcoming events and happenings in the park by messaging the page or emailing us at [email protected]. For more information, give us a call at (518) 827-6111.
