Green Lakes State Park
Green Lakes State Park is a New York State Park located east of Syracuse in the Town of Manlius. The park is strikingly scenic, and has a "masterpiece" golf course designed by Robert Trent Jones very early in his career.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Green Lake and Lime kiln.
Green Lake
Lake
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Green Lake is the larger of the two lakes in Green Lakes State Park, which lies about 9 miles east of downtown Syracuse in Onondaga County, New York. Round Lake is the smaller lake located west of Green Lake.
Lime kiln
Ruins
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A lime kiln is a kiln used for the calcination of limestone to produce the form of lime called quicklime. The chemical equation for this reaction is: CaCO3 + heat → CaO + CO2 This reaction can take place at anywhere above 840 °C, but is generally considered to occur at 900 °C, but a temperature around 1,000 °C is usually used to make the reaction proceed quickly. Lime kiln is situated 2 miles west of Green Lakes State Park.
Fayetteville–Manlius High School
School
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Fayetteville–Manlius High School is a comprehensive New York public high school on East Seneca Turnpike in the Town of Manlius, serving grades 9–12 in the Fayetteville-Manlius Central School District. Fayetteville–Manlius High School is situated 2½ miles south of Green Lakes State Park.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fayetteville and Minoa.
Fayetteville
Town
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Fayetteville is a village located in Onondaga County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the population was 4,225. The village is named after the Marquis de Lafayette, a national hero of both France and the United States. Fayetteville is situated 2 miles southwest of Green Lakes State Park.
Minoa
Village
Minoa is a village in Onondaga County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 3,657. Minoa is in the northern part of the town of Manlius and is east of Syracuse. Minoa is situated 2½ miles northwest of Green Lakes State Park.
DeWitt
Town
DeWitt is a town in Onondaga County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 26,074. The town is named after major Moses DeWitt, a judge and soldier. DeWitt is situated 5 miles west of Green Lakes State Park.
Green Lakes State Park
- Type: Park
- Description: State park in New York, United States
- Category: New York state park
- Location: Onondaga, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bavarian to Japanese—“Green Lakes State Park” goes by many names.
- Bavarian: “Green Lakes State Park”
- Cebuano: “Green Lakes State Park”
- French: “Green Lakes State Park”
- German: “Green Lakes State Park”
- Japanese: “ニューヨーク州”
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