State park in Suffolk County, New York
40°55′20″N 72°52′00″W / 40.92222°N 72.86667°W / 40.92222; -72.86667Area | 1,638 acres (6.63 km2) |
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Established | 1971 (1971) |
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Operated by | New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation |
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Visitors | 63,988 (in 2023)[1] |
Brookhaven State Park is a 1,638-acre (6.63 km2) state park in Wading River and Ridge, New York, approximately 74 miles (119 km) east of New York City. Established in 1971, the park land was formerly the property of Brookhaven National Laboratory. Protecting a large amount of the Long Island Pine Barrens, the park also contains scattered wetlands.[2]
Brookhaven State Park is located along the east side William Floyd Parkway, between NY 25 and NY 25A. The park contains 25 miles (40 km) of multi-use trails.
See also
References
- ^ "State Park Annual Attendance Figures by Facility: Beginning 2003". Data.ny.gov. Retrieved September 12, 2022.
- ^ "Brookhaven State Park". Nysparks.com. NYS Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
External links
- New York State Parks: Brookhaven State Park
- Brookhaven State Park (New York, New Jersey, Connecticut Botany Online)
- Federal Lands to Parks in New York State (National Park Service)
- Brookhaven State Park Trails (Wandering Around the Block)
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The Nature Conservacy | - Accabonac Harbor
- Andy Warhol Visual Arts
- Arthur W. Butler Memorial
- Atlantic Double Dunes
- Bear Swamp
- Calverton Ponds
- Chaumont Barrens
- Clintonville Pine Barrens
- Coon Mountain
- Deer Lick
- Denton
- El Dorado Beach
- Eugene and Agnes Meyer
- Everton Falls
- Freund
- Gadway Sandstone Pavement Barrens
- Hannacroix Ravine
- Henry Morgenthau
- Indian Brook Assemblage
- Ironsides Island
- Kenrose
- Limestone Rise
- Lisha Kill
- Long Island Center for Conservation
- Long Pond
- Lordsland
- Lower Poultney River and Saddles
- Marrion Yarrow
- Mashomack
- Mianus River Gorge
- Mildred E. Grierson Memorial
- Moccasin Kill
- Montauk Mountain
- Moss Lake
- Mount Holly
- Nellie Hill
- Neversink
- O.D. von Engeln
- Otter Creek
- Pawling
- Peconic Estuary Big Woods
- Pine Neck
- Roger Perry Memorial
- Ruth Wales
- Schunemunk Mountain
- Shadmoor
- Silver Lake Bog
- Spring Pond Bog
- Stewart
- Lewis A. Swyer
- Thompson Pond and Stissing Mountain
- Uplands Farm
- West Branch
- Whitbeck Memorial Grove
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