New York state park campgrounds set record

(Oct. 21, 2015) -- As of Columbus Day weekend, 2.008 million people have camped at state parks in 2015, up from 1.965 million the previous year. Those visitors booked state park campsites, cabins and cottages for more than 618,000 nights this year. That represents a 4 percent increase over last year’s record of 594,400 overnight stays.