Cumberland Bay State Park Closed until Further Notice
(Summer 2011)

Greetings to our Canadian friends and everyone in the North Country. By popular demand, I present you with the information you have been searching for.

Here’s the beta for the Plattsburgh beach which is purported to be the largest freshwater sand beach in the USA:

Cumberland Bay State Park
Day Use 8am – 10pm
$6 per Car – $4 after 4pm
Canadian 15%
Open till Columbus Day
Campground Reservations

Plattsburgh Municipal Beach
Plattsburgh Recreation – City Beach
Day Use 11am – 7pm
$6 US/$7 CAN per car
Town/City Residents Free
Open July 30 through September 5, 2011

These are really part of the same beach, one side operated by NY State and the other by the City of Plattsburgh. If I had to pick, I’d go for Cumberland Bay, only so I can use my Empire Pass. These are minutes from both downtown Plattsburgh and the Upper Cornelia commercial district.

This is Old News, but still funny: Notice the exchange rate? Ha! The DEC wants 20% over at Ausable Point for Loonies. They were officially worth .94 cents yesterday. At par is not even good enough anymore.

Best place for lodging close to these beaches is in Plattsburgh. Almost everything is located around Exit 37 off the Northway. I know every place, in some cases too well. They’re mostly branded properties, I’d recommend using that as your first guide to quality. Nuff said. You could also camp.

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