State and local officials and leaders of the environmental group Scenic Hudson will mark the opening of Sojourner Truth State Park at a free Community Earth Day celebration. This is first state park in the City of Kingston and Town of Ulster, and the first new state park to open since July 2019.

WHEN:           Saturday, April 23 — 11 a.m.- 2 p.m.

WHERE:        Sojourner Truth State Park, Post Road (at Main Street) Kingston, NY

WHO:             State Parks Commissioner Erik Kulleseid

                       Palisades Interstate Park Commission Executive Director Joshua Laird

                       Scenic Hudson President Ned Sullivan

                       State and local elected leaders

 

WHAT:           In addition to remarks and a ribbon cutting, the event will include educational activities highlighting Earth Day and the importance of everyone playing a role in protecting the environment, as well as a guided hike and live musical performances.

State Parks partnered with Scenic Hudson to protect land for this new park that earlier had been slated for a large-scale private development.

Once the site of cement production, brick making, quarrying, and ice harvesting, the new park currently features hiking trails created by State Parks that provide access to the river corridor and a bluff-top overlook offering magnificent views. The park also contains the paved Hudson River Brickyard Trail, part of the Empire State Trail and the Kingston Greenline, that was created by the City of Kingston and Scenic Hudson.

State Parks, Scenic Hudson, and the Palisades Interstate Park Commission will collaborate on future development at Sojourner Truth State Park, and Scenic Hudson will operate the park under a five-year agreement.

Event details and directions are available at https://sojournertruthstatepark.info/