{"id":64470,"date":"2025-05-07T21:42:13","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T01:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/?p=64470"},"modified":"2025-05-07T21:42:13","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T01:42:13","slug":"wyoming-county-vote-to-make-letchworth-state-park-1-in-the-usa-today-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2025\/05\/07\/wyoming-county-vote-to-make-letchworth-state-park-1-in-the-usa-today-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"WYOMING COUNTY\/Vote to make Letchworth State Park #1 in the USA Today contest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Press release<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Wyoming County Chamber &amp; Tourism office is encouraging everyone to again vote for Letchworth State Park in the 2025 USA Today Readers\u2019 Choice Award for Best State Park. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Letchworth State Park is one of the top nominees selected by US travel experts and was nominated among the top state parks nationwide. Letchworth State Park won the top designation in this contest in 2015. As of May 1, 2025, Letchworth is in the #2 leaderboard position for the 2025 contest out of 20 state parks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cLetchworth State Park is a well-known, locally loved and internationally recognized attraction that receives approximately 1 million visitors every year, said Scott Gardner, President of the Chamber and Tourism office. The Park\u2019s visitors and local fans voted overwhelmingly in 2015 for this beautiful state park, and we encourage everyone to keep the voting going so that we can win this coveted designation again this year.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Voting for Letchworth State Park is easy; simply visit USA Today\u2019s contest website&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2F10best.usatoday.com%2Fawards%2Fbest-state-park%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7C%7Cfc41b399b0d44444c4bd08dd88b5e1e5%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638817040086203616%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=5Umdhz7SeeL5yxqXxKHk52sBxFLO9uT8kyLv%2B6GkoOM%3D&amp;reserved=0\">https:\/\/10best.usatoday.com\/awards\/best-state-park\/<\/a>, then scroll down the page and cast a vote for Letchworth State Park. You can vote for the park once per day until the contest ends on Monday, May 12, 2025 at noon ET. The winning state parks will be announced on Wednesday, May 21.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The earliest state parks in the United States date back to the mid-1800s, and today, the 50 states collectively manage nearly 10,000 state park units, attracting over 867 million visitors annually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For more information, please call 585-786-0307 or visit the websites at&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wycochamber.org%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7C%7Cfc41b399b0d44444c4bd08dd88b5e1e5%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638817040086224840%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=vN1flAiaRQvCAE0fX0XKLvp8WxVXtkAPpSwwZUWxQAU%3D&amp;reserved=0\">www.wycochamber.org<\/a>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.exploreletchworth.com%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7C%7Cfc41b399b0d44444c4bd08dd88b5e1e5%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638817040086236338%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=IevmjAuOI7%2B5Yo%2FDZIXSgbgkyMY7u%2Fv6Mxuwb7bo8GI%3D&amp;reserved=0\">www.ExploreLetchworth.com<\/a>.&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Press release The Wyoming County Chamber &amp; Tourism office is encouraging everyone to again vote for Letchworth State Park in the 2025 USA Today Readers\u2019 Choice Award for Best State Park. Letchworth State Park is one of the top nominees selected by US travel experts and was nominated among the \u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2025\/05\/07\/wyoming-county-vote-to-make-letchworth-state-park-1-in-the-usa-today-contest\/\">Continue reading<i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[438],"tags":[4325],"class_list":["post-64470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-letchworth","tag-letchworth-state-park"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8eTP4-gLQ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":64750,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2025\/05\/21\/wyoming-county-chamber-tourism-office-excited-to-announce-that-letchworth-park-was-voted-1-state-park-in-the-usa-today-contest\/","url_meta":{"origin":64470,"position":0},"title":"WYOMING COUNTY\/ Chamber &amp; Tourism Office excited to announce that Letchworth Park was voted #1 state park in the USA Today contest","author":"aka","date":"May 21, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Photo Credit: Letchworth State Park Press release The Wyoming County Chamber & Tourism office is excited to announce that Letchworth State Park was voted #1 in the 2025 USA Today Readers\u2019 Choice Award for Best State Park.\u00a0 The announcement was made May 21 following several weeks of voting by fans\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Wyoming County&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Wyoming County","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/category\/wyoming-county\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Letchworth-State-Park_54_990x660.webp?fit=640%2C427&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Letchworth-State-Park_54_990x660.webp?fit=640%2C427&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Letchworth-State-Park_54_990x660.webp?fit=640%2C427&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":82746,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2026\/10\/01\/wyoming-county-rts-to-provide-scenic-fall-leaf-shuttle-at-letchworth-state-park-on-weekends-in-october\/","url_meta":{"origin":64470,"position":1},"title":"WYOMING COUNTY\/RTS to provide Scenic Fall Leaf Shuttle at Letchworth State Park on Weekends in October","author":"aka","date":"October 1, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Photo by Debra Faye\/September 30th, 2026 Press release Thanks to a partnership with Letchworth State Park, the Glen Iris Inn, and Letchworth Concessions LLC, Regional Transit Service (RTS) will provide free shuttle service for park visitors over three weekends in the month of October. 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