SPORTS & RECREATION / PARKS & NATURE

STATE  PARKS / BEACHES

1. Camp Hero State Park
   1898 Montauk Highway, Montauk
   Camp Hero State Park encompasses 415 acres of diverse landscape including heavily wooded areas, a long expanse of beachfront along the Atlantic Ocean, and an historic military inst…
2. Gilgo State Park
   Ocean Parkway, Babylon
   Gilgo State Park is located on a barrier beach on the south shore of Long Island, with Atlantic Ocean and Great South Bay frontage. Access to the park is via 4 wheel drive only an…
3. Governor Alfred E. Smith/Sunken Meadow State Park
   Rte. 25A and Sunken Meadow Parkway, Kings Park
   Sunken Meadow State Park, located on Long Island Sound, has a wide range of topography that sustains a variety of flora and fauna. The three miles of beach meets tall, glacier-form…
4. Heckscher State Park
   Heckscher Parkway, East Islip
   Named in 2005 as one of the Top 100 Campgrounds in the nation.
   Heckscher State Park has more than a million visitors a year. Twenty miles of trails attract hikers, bicy…
5. Hither Hills State Park
   164 Old Montauk Highway, Montauk
   Named in 2007 as one of the Top 100 Campgrounds in the nation.
   Hither Hills State Park offers visitors scenic picnic areas and fireplaces, sport fishing, a sandy ocean …
6. Jones Beach State Park
   1 Ocean Parkway, Wantagh
   Jones Beach State Park is a world-class swimming destination. The park offers surf bathing along its 6.5 miles of ocean beach, one-half mile of bay beach for stillwater bathing, an…
7. Orient Beach State Park
   40000 Route 25, Orient
   Named by Travel.msn.com as a 2007 Top 10 Family Beach in the U.S.
   Orient Beach State Park has 45,000 feet of frontage on Gardiner’s Bay and a rare maritime forest wi…
8. Robert Moses State Park – Long Island
   600 Robert Moses State Parkway, Babylon
   Robert Moses State Park has about five miles of ocean beach from which visitors can swim, surf or surf-fish. Anglers can also fish from piers. A day-use boat basin can accommodate …
9. Shadmoor State Park
   900 Montauk Highway, Montauk
   Ninety-nine acre Shadmoor State Park, located one quarter-mile east of Montauk Village, features more than 2,400 feet of ocean beach accessed by two stairways. The park, named for …
10. Wildwood State Park
    790 Hulse Landing Road, Wading River
    Wildwood State Park comprises 600 acres of undeveloped hardwood forest terminating on the high bluff overlooking Long Island Sound. Trailer and tent sites are available for campers…