Onondaga County Parks

Picnic/Banquets/Weddings

Onondaga County Parks Shelters and Banquet Facilities offer a picture perfect location for your next event.

Weddings, Anniversaries, Reunions, Birthdays, Graduations, Meetings, Special Ceremonies, Holiday Parties and more!

Make your occasion more memorable when you hold it at Skyline Lodge at Highland Forest; Arrowhead Lodge at Oneida Shores (available year round) or Camp Brockway at Pratt's Falls Park (available mid May - mid October). All three facilities may be reserved up to 2 years in advance.

Twenty-one outdoor shelters & tents located in picturesque parks throughout the county are available Mid-May through Mid-October. All shelters (except those located at Onondaga Lake Park/Long Branch Park) may be reserved 11 months in advance. Onondaga Lake Park/Long Branch Park shelter reservations are available beginning December 1 for the following year.

  • Click here to download the Shelter Price Chart (pdf). This will allow you to compare prices and amenities at all Onondaga County Park reserved picnic areas.
  • Before you make a reservation, we recommend you review our Picnic Facility Regulations, Cancellation and Alcohol Policies. Click here for more information.
  • New to the area or not sure where our parks are located? Click here for a basic map of Onondaga County.

Click here to visit the Parks Reservation page.

Check availability, request a date and make a payment from the Parks Reservation page.

Carpenter's Brook Fish Hatchery

Highland Forest

Jamesville Beach

Oneida Shores

Rosamond Gifford Zoo
Click here for information or call
(315) 435-8511 x106

Onondaga Lake Park

Pratt's Falls Park

During your visit to Onondaga County Parks, you may be photographed, videotaped, or filmed by Onondaga County Parks or authorized parties. Your attendance/admission serves as permission for use of these images by Onondaga County Parks. Commercial photography or filming is prohibited without permission of Onondaga County Parks.