{"id":64410,"date":"2025-12-08T16:50:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T16:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/64410\/"},"modified":"2025-12-08T16:50:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T16:50:08","slug":"new-york-state-parks-waive-parking-fees-for-new-years-day-hiking-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/64410\/","title":{"rendered":"New York State Parks waive parking fees for New Year\u2019s Day Hiking events"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">NEW YORK (WBNG) &#8212; For the 15th year, hikers of all experience levels are gearing up for First Day Hikes to celebrate the new year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">On New Year\u2019s Day, parking fees have been waived at all state parks to encourage people to get offline and outside. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">To<a href=\"https:\/\/parks.ny.gov\/events\/first-day-hikes\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/parks.ny.gov\/events\/first-day-hikes\"> find a First Day Hike <\/a>near you, visit the New York Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation\u2019s website. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Most hikes are beginner-friendly and family-friendly, typically ranging from one to five miles depending on the location and trail conditions. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">This year, more than 125 hiking sessions being offered at <br \/>state parks, historic sites, Department of Environmental Conservation, or DEC, natural areas, environmental education centers, canal trails, and other public lands.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Many of the hikes will be led by community partners and local stewards of the park. Some hikes, however, require<a href=\"https:\/\/dec.ny.gov\/things-to-do\/hiking\/first-day-hikes\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/dec.ny.gov\/things-to-do\/hiking\/first-day-hikes\"> pre-registration<\/a> via the DEC\u2019s website.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">In Broome County, a First Day Hike will be held at Chenango Valley State Park at 1 p.m. Small snacks, coffee, and hot chocolate will be available at the park\u2019s Great Hall<\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright |\">Copyright 2025 WBNG. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW YORK (WBNG) &#8212; For the 15th year, hikers of all experience levels are gearing up for First&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":64411,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[33707,9,11,10,49,51,50],"class_list":{"0":"post-64410","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-google-play","9":"tag-new-york","10":"tag-new-york-headlines","11":"tag-new-york-news","12":"tag-new-york-state","13":"tag-new-york-state-headlines","14":"tag-new-york-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64410"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64410\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}