Public Beaches
Long Island is well known for its many public beaches. They include:
- Coney Island (in Brooklyn)
- The Rockaways (in Queens)
- Atlantic Beach: private beach on a southern barrier island in Nassau County
- Nickerson Beach, (Long Beach)
- Long Beach
- Town of Hempstead Beaches at Point Lookout and Lido
- Town of North Hempstead Beaches: Bar Beach and Hempstead Harbor
- Town of Oyster Bay Beaches: Tobay, Stehli, Centre Island
- Cedar Beach (Fire Island)
- Jones Beach (Nassau County) - one of the most famous in the world
- Robert Moses State Park (Suffolk County)
- Sunken Meadow State Park, Kings Park in Suffolk County
- Town of Islip Beaches: Islip, East Islip, West Islip, Bayport and Ronkonkoma Beaches, Sayville Marina Park, Benjamin Beach at Bay Shore Marina, and several along the barrier beach of Fire Island, including Atlantique, Kismet, Dunewood, and Fair Harbor
- Town of Babylon Beaches: Gilgo Beach, Cedar Beach, and Overlook Beach
- Town of Brookhaven Beaches: West Meadow, Cedar, Shirley, Shoreham, Stony Brook, Cedar Beach (Mount Sinai)
- Town of Riverhead beaches, including Iron Pier Beach
- Town of Southold Beaches: Kenny's Road, Horton Lane, and Hashamomuck Beaches.
- Town of Smithtown Beaches: Short Beach, Long Beach, Callahan's Beach
- Town of Huntington Beaches: Asharoken, Centerport, Crab Meadow, Crescent, Gold Star Battalion, Hobart, Fleets Cove, West Neck
- Southampton Town Beaches: Tiana, Ponquogue, and various others on Dune Road and Gin Lane
- Smith Point County Park (Suffolk County)
- Cupsogue Beach (Suffolk County)
- Hampton Bays (in Town of Southampton area suffolk county (Beaches:Pounquoge beach, meshutt beach on Peconic bay, Shinnecock Inlet beach, K road, L road, Tiana beach, and Road I on both Shinnecock bay and ocean.
- East Hampton Main beach
- Hither Hills State Park
- Montauk Point State Park
Public parks
Country clubs
Long Island is also home to numerous country clubs, polo clubs, golf clubs, and other private recreational organizations, including:
- Bretton Woods Country Club (Coram)
- The Bridgehampton Polo Club (Bridgehampton)
- Brookvile Country Club (Glen Head)
- Cherry Valley Country Club (Garden City)
- Cold Spring Harbor Country Club (Cold Spring Hills)
- Colonial Springs Country Club (East Farmingdale)
- The Crescent Beach Club (Bayville)
- Crest Hollow Country Club (Woodbury)
- Deepdale Golf Club (Manhasset)
- Garden City Country Club (Garden City)
- Garden City Golf Club (Garden City)
- Glen Head Country Club (Glen Head)
- Engineers Country Club (Roslyn)
- Hamlet Golf and Country Club (Commack)
- The Hamlet Windwatch Golf Club (Hauppauge)
- Huntington Country Club (Huntington)
- Huntington Crescent Club (Huntington)
- Lake Success Country Club (Great Neck)
- Moments Golf Club (Elmont)
- Nassau Country Club (Glen Cove)
- Nissequogue Point Beach Club (Smithtown)
- North Hills Country Club (Manhasset)
- Northport Yacht Club (Huntington)
- Old Westbury Country Club (Old Westbury)
- Plandome Country Club (Plandome)
- Port Jefferson Country Club at Harbor Hills (Port Jefferson)
- Port Washington Yacht Club (Port Washington)
- Roslyn Country Club (Roslyn Heights)
- Rockville Links Country Club (Rockville Centre)
- St. George's Club (Stony Brook)
- Sayville Yacht Club (Blue Point)
- Seawane Country Club (Hewlett Harbor)
- Smithtown Landing Country Club (Smithtown)
- South Fork Country Club (Amagansett)
- Southward Ho Country Club (Brightwaters)
- Timber Point Country Club (Great River)
- Towers Country Club (Floral Park)
- Westhampton Country Club (Westhampton)
- Westhampton Yacht Squadron (Remsenburg)
- Woodbury Country Club (Woodbury)
- Strathmore Vanderbuilt Country Club (Manhasset)
See also
References
- ^ Cedar Creek Park Newsday
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