Peebles Island
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View of the Mohawk River from Peebles Island State Park
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 Location of Peebles Island State Park within New York State
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| Type | State park |
| Location | 1 Delaware Avenue Waterford, New York |
| Nearest city | Waterford, New York |
| Coordinates | 42°46′55″N 73°41′10″W / 42.782°N 73.686°WCoordinates: 42°46′55″N 73°41′10″W / 42.782°N 73.686°W |
| Area | 190 acres (0.77 km2) |
| Operated by | New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation |
| Visitors | 115,344 (in 2014) |
| Open | All year |
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Peebles (Peobles) Island
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| Location | Junction of Mohawk and Hudson rivers, Waterford, New York |
| Area | 250 acres (100 ha) |
| Built | 1630 |
| Architect | Kosciuszko, Thaddeus |
| NRHP reference # | 73001265 |
| Added to NRHP | October 2, 1973 |
Peebles Island State Park is a 190-acre (0.77 km2) state park located at the confluence of the Mohawk and Hudson rivers in New York State. A majority of the park is located in Saratoga County, with a smaller portion located in Albany County.
Peebles Island State Park includes hiking and cross-country ski trails, as well as earthworks dating from the Revolutionary War and a visitors' center detailing the island's industrial history. The park also offers picnic tables with pavilions, river views, and fishing access.
In addition to encompassing the entirety of Peebles Island, the park also includes the Matton Shipyard on neighboring Van Schaick Island in the city of Cohoes.
Headquarters for New York State's Bureau of Historic Sites as well as the Bureau of Historic Preservation Field Services are located within the park. Contained within a converted factory complex on the island known as the Peebles Island Resource Center, the headquarters serve as a home to conservators, archaeologists, historians and others tasked with preserving historic locations within New York.
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