Evangola State Park

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Evangola State Park is a 733acre state park in southern Erie County, New York, United States. The park is located west of the Village of Farnham, at the border of the Town of Brant and the Town of Evans. The park, which opened in 1954, fronts on Lake Erie, and has a large swimming beach bordered by cliffs of Angola shale.Park descriptionEvangola State Park is open year-round from dawn to dusk, and offers a beach, picnic tables and pavilions, seasonal pheasant and small game hunting, hiking and biking, nature trails, a playground and playing fields, a disc golf course, fishing, ice-fishing, snowmobiling, cross-country skiing, and snowshoeing. The park's swimming beach was identified as the second-least polluted beach in Erie County based on water sampling in 2013.From mid-April to late October, 80 campsites are available for public use, offering both tent options and trailer sites. Flush toilets and hot showers are available in the park. There is also one yurt that sleeps six. In 2007, Evangola was named one of the Top 100 campgrounds in the nation by ReserveAmerica.