Le parc d'État de Harriman (anglais : Harriman State Park) est un parc d'État situé dans les comtés de Rockland et d'Orange, dans l'État de New York, aux États-Unis. Avec 188,64 kilomètres carrés, c'est le deuxième plus grand parc national de l'État. Il jouxte le parc d'État de Bear Mountain, la réserve forestière de l'Académie militaire de West Point et le parc d'État de la forêt de Sterling.
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Harriman State Park is a 48,556-acre state park in the U.S. state of New York. Located in Rockland and Orange counties 30 miles north of New York City, it is the state's second largest, and features 31 lakes, multiple streams, public camping area, and great vistas. Its over 200 miles of trails are a haven for hikers, currently maintained by volunteers from the New York - New Jersey Trail Conference.
On its northeastern edge, Harriman State Park borders the 5,000-acre Bear Mountain State Park and the United States Military Academy's 16,000-acre forest reserve. To the southwest, it partly borders the state-owned 22,000-acre Sterling Forest reserve. Together with the state's 1,900-acre Storm King, these contiguous protected forests are almost as large as Harriman alone.
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Sandyfield was a settlement of about 30 houses in the Town of Ramapo in Rockland County, New York, United States, that was submerged in 1928 when swampy Beaver Pond was dammed to create Lake Welch in Harriman State Park.
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St. John's in the Wilderness, located about one mile from Sandyfield, was a settlement in the town of Haverstraw in Rockland County, New York, United States.
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Fingerboard Mountain is a mountain located southeast of the hamlet of Central Valley in Orange County, New York.
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Lake Tiorati is one of the seven main lakes in Harriman State Park, located in Orange County, New York. It is a man-made lake, created by dredging swampland and constructing a concrete dam. The name Tiorati means "Blue like Sky". Its name is the Algonquin word for "sky-like". The Appalachian Trail passes by the lake along a mountain ridge to the west.
Le parc est nommé d'après Edward Henry Harriman et Mary Averell Harriman qui ont donné une partie des terres pour la création du parc. Le sentier des Appalaches passe par le parc.