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Park Features
Ellicott Creek offers a wide variety of activities. Visitors can walk along the creek banks or rollerblade and bicycle along the paved trails. You can cross over the footbridge to the Ellicott Island Bark Park or enjoy a family reunion at our Casino or any of our park shelters.
Plant Life
Beautiful willow trees, sugar and silver maples, smoky gray beech wood trees, red oak, and Eastern Hemlock. In addition, there are an abundance of moss/lichens and ferns.
Mammals
Opossum, white tail deer, rabbits, fox, raccoons, weasels, and many species of squirrels
Birds
Hawks, ducks, geese, woodpeckers, Savannah sparrow.
Water Life
Frogs, turtles, salamanders, blue gills, northern pike, bass, bullheads, carp, muskies, and trout.
As a park with natural aquatic features, aquatic alerts of various types may have been issued. Be sure to check these sites below!
- For more information about preventing the spread of Aquatic Invasive Species: www.dec.ny.gov/animals/48221.html
- For more information on Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) visit: https://www.dec.ny.gov/chemical/83310.html
- To learn more about Fish Consumption Advisories for Western New York, visit https://www.health.ny.gov/environmental/outdoors/fish/health_advisories/regional/western.htm
Activities
Summer
picnic shelters, Children's play areas, tennis courts, 1 soccer/football field, Ellicott Island Bark Park (http://friendsofellicott.com/), a cricket field, and seasonal kayak launch.
Ellicott creek park contains an 18-hole novice-level disc golf course. To find out more information about the course, Click Here. Course Map
Winter
Sled hill, cross-country skiing (not groomed), and snowshoeing. Winter sports are available from 10:00 AM until dusk. For weekday winter sports/ activities updates, please call 858-8513.
History
The Park originated in 1926 with an area of 40 acres of land. The majority of the original park was acquired through the purchasing of private land and County tax foreclosures (1936 & 1937). As with the other three original parks WPA crews built structural construction. The WPA structures included the Boathouse & concession stand (1939), shelters, recreation facilities, and the boat dock. Ellicott Island, A.K.A Island at "three mile bend" was constructed to make the creek more navigable and divert canal traffic. Charles Ellicott, a Landscape Architect, heavily influenced the island in the design process. The spur in development in the late 30's through the 40's created the peak popularity with boaters and families.
Make your shelter/building reservation online or call (716) 858-8355 from 8:00 to 3:45 weekdays.
View shelters at this park *Please be advised that several shelters have been re-numbered for 2023. Please check the chart and maps carefully to ensure you are renting the shelter that you want.
