County Parks & Dog Runs

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Reserve a Park

Welcome to the Rockland County Park System. To reserve a park or park facility, please check our reservation calendar to make sure that the dates you wish to book are available, then print and complete our Park Reservation form and return it with your payment to the Rockland County Department of Environmental Resources.

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Reservations are first come, first served. Full payment is due in order to reserve a facility.

General Information

Since 1965, the Rockland County Park System has grown to a network of 30, comprising 3,179 acres. The goal has been to provide county residents ready access to local parks without having to endure traffic congestion or drive long distances to enjoy nature's beauty. Park acquisitions have been attained through County funds matched with federal and state grants along with land donations, tax delinquency and partnerships with Land Trusts and other municipalities.

Our parks, now conservatively worth some $230,000,000, are situated on or near mountainous ridges that preserve our skylines as forever green and uncluttered by high-rise. They provide a variety of both active and passive recreation along with preserving parts of our county's history. Recent acquisitions of the last remaining active farms have preserved part of Rockland's past and continue to produce locally grown farm fresh produce. The parks provide excellent nature trails where one may, if you look carefully, encounter a variety of animals such as a red-tailed hawk, pileated woodpecker, barred owl, white-tailed deer, red fox or a wild turkey. There are scenic vantage points at South Mountain, Buttermilk Falls, Mountainview Nature Park, Gurnee Park and Amphitheater, Kakiat and Clausland Mountain. There you will witness the beautiful vistas stretched out for all to see.

Dog Runs

Two of our county parks offer residents an enclosed area for their dogs to run off-leash. These enclosed areas are called "Dog Runs". They provide a community setting in which people can gather and socialize and where they can observe the interaction of groups of dogs at play.

Kakiat Park

Kennedy Dells Park

Dog runs not only allow owners and their dogs to spend time together, but also offer dogs a space for play and companionship with other dogs. Dogs must be supervised by their "humans" at all times.

All Parks

Dutch Garden
1. Address:37 S Main St
  New City , NY 10956
Amenities:
1. Gardens
2. Gazebo
3. Handicapped Accessible
4. Picnic Areas
5. Restrooms
6. Teahouse
7. Trails / Walking Paths
Categories:
1. Parks

Dutch Garden Park Map

Directions

From Route 304 turn west onto Congers Road, Make a left on South Main Street. Parking area is on the right after the Courthouse. There is a 2 hour limit in the parking area.

Description

3 Acres - The garden consists of a brick teahouse with a fireplace, a gazebo, an arbor and a bandstand. Originally a brick wall (part of which remains) enclosed the gardens. A variety of flowers and tulips can be found along the brick lined paths. The western side has a slope, which at one time was covered with daffodils. The Demarest Kill Stream separates the park from the rear of the County Office parking lot.

Present Use

Walking paths, sitting areas, picnicking, formal gardens, teahouse, and gazebo. No pets.

Rest Rooms: Facilities available in Court House
Handicapped Accessible: Yes

History

Constructed 1934-36 under the supervision of Mary Mobray Clarke, landscape consultant, the park stands as a memorial to the early Dutch settlers and is a reminder of the importance that brick making had on the County's economy. In 1935 the designs and descriptions of the park won national recognition. A bronze achievement plaque on the wall of the teahouse remains as a commemorative to the designers. In 1965 it won first prize in the Annual Civic Beautification Contests sponsored by Sears Roebuck and Co. and in 1968 it won a prize in the National Award Showcase of Beauty Contests sponsored by the Readers Digest Foundation. From time to time, the park has been used for weddings, concerts (The West Point Glee Club performed here in 1967) and various activities of the Clarkstown Garden Club, Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, etc.

The Thurgood Marshall Human Rights Monument honors Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall who founded the NAACP Legal Defense Fund in 1940 and argued the well-known Brown v. Board of Education case in 1952-1953. Marshall came to prominence in Rockland County in 1943, when he brought the NAACP Legal Defense Fund's nationwide desegregation fight to Hillburn to ensure Black students received the same quality of education as white students.

Thurgood Marshall Human Rights Monument