Did you know that out of the 180 state parks in New York, 24 of them are located on Long Island? State Parks are a great way to get out with the family or friends and have a day surrounded by nature and taking in the natural beauty of the great outdoors. How many of these parks have you visited?
Bethpage State Park
99 Quaker Meetinghouse Road, Farmingdale
Fee: $8 per car
Hempstead Lake State Park
Off the Southern State Parkway in West Hempstead
Fee: $8 per car
Jones Beach State Park
2400 Ocean Parkway, Wantagh
Fee: $10 per car during the week, $8 weekends and holidays
Planting Fields Arboretum State Historic Park
1395 Planting Fields Road, Oyster Bay
Fee: $8 per car
Trail View State Park
Jericho Turnpike (Route 25), 1/4 mile west of Woodbury Road, Woodbury
Fee: No Fee
Valley Stream State Park
Exit 15A, Southern State Parkway, Valley Stream
Fee: $8 per car
Belmont Lake State Park
Exit 38, Southern State Parkway, North Babylon
Fee: $8 per car
Brentwood State Park
375 Crooked Hill Road, Brentwood
Fee: No Fee
Caleb Smith State Park Reserve
Jericho Turnpike, Smithtown
Fee: No Fee
Camp Hero State Park
1898 Montauk Highway east to the end, Montauk
Fee: $8 per car
Captree State Park
Off Robert Moses Causeway, West Islip Captree Boat Basin
Fee: $8 per car
Caumsett State Historic Park Preserve
25 Lloyd Harbor Road, West Neck Road north from Huntington Village, Lloyd Neck
Fee: $8 per car
Cold Spring Harbor State Park
Route 25A across from the harbor, Cold Spring Harbor
Fee: No Fee
Connetquot River State Park Preserve
Sunrise Highway, Oakdale
Fee: No Fee
Gov. Alfred E. Smith/Sunken Meadow State Park
North End of the Sunken Meadow State Parkway, Kings Park
Fee: $10 per car, $8 weekends and holidays
Heckscher State Park
Southern State Parkway east to south end of Heckscher Parkway, East Islip
Fee: $8 per car
Hither Hills State Park
164 Old Montauk Highway (Route 27), 4 miles west of hamlet of Montauk
Fee: $10 per car
Montauk Downs State Park
50 S. Fairview Avenue, North of Route 27, Montauk
Fee: No Fee
Montauk Point State Park
2000 Montauk Highway, Route 27 East to end, Montauk
Fee: $8 per car
Nissequogue River State Park
799 Saint Johnland Road, Kingspark
Fee: $8 per car
Orient Beach State Park
40000 Main Road, (Route 25), Orient
Fee: $10 per car
Robert Moses State Park
Sagtikos Parkway South to Robert Moses Causeway to western Fire Island
Fee: $10 per car
Shadmoor State Park
900 Montauk Highway, Montauk
Fee: No Fee
Wildwood State Park
790 Hulse Landing Road, north of Sound Avenue, Wading River
Fee: $10 per car
Thank you to Newsday for the original information. You can read more here.