Jones Beach State Park, Jones Beach Island

Name: Jones Beach State Park
Address: 1000 Ocean Pkwy, Jones Beach Island, United States

#1 among attractions in Jones Beach Island

Top attraction, Park, Relax in park

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Jones Beach State Park, Jones Beach Island

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Jones Beach State Park is a state park in the U.S. state of New York. It is located in southern Nassau County on Jones Beach Island, a barrier island linked to Long Island by the Meadowbrook State Parkway, Wantagh State Parkway, and Ocean Parkway. ()

Alternative names: Created: 4 August 1929Visitors per year: 5.44 mil.Elevation: 7 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 40°35'43"N, 73°31'6"W

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Jones Beach State Park – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Jones Beach Theater, Norman J. Levy Park & Preserve, Wantagh Park, Tackapausha Museum and Preserve.

0.9 miNE
Theater, Concerts and shows, Music venue
Jones Beach Theater, Jones Beach Island
24 min walk • Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater is an outdoor amphitheatre at Jones Beach State Park in Wantagh, New York. It is one of two major outdoor arenas in the New York metropolitan area, along with PNC Bank Arts Center.
4.2 miNW
Park
Norman J. Levy Park & Preserve, Merrick
106 min walk • Norman Levy Park and Preserve is a man-made park on the South Shore of Long Island in Merrick, New York. The park is situated on a hill formerly part of a landfill and has excellent views of the Manhattan skyline and Long Island.
3.6 miN
Park
Wantagh Park, Long Island
93 min walk • Wantagh Park is a county park located in southeastern Nassau County, New York within the hamlet of Wantagh. At 111 acres the park provides various recreational activities along a picturesque waterfront location.
5.3 miN
40°40'4"N • 73°28'60"W
Tackapausha Museum and Preserve, Massapequa
136 min walk • Museum
6.1 miNW
Amusement park
Nunley's, Freeport
157 min walk • Nunley's was a carousel and amusement park that was located in Baldwin, Nassau County, New York from 1940 to 1995. The namesake carousel was located in Golden City Park, within the neighborhood of Canarsie, Brooklyn, New York City, from 1912 to 1939.
5.1 miN
Entertainment district
Wantagh, Long Island
130 min walk • Wantagh is a hamlet and census-designated place in the Town of Hempstead in Nassau County, on Long Island, New York, United States. The population was 18,871 at the time of the 2010 census. Wantagh is known as "The Gateway to Jones Beach".
5.8 miNE
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Grace Church Complex, Massapequa
149 min walk • The Grace Church Complex, saw its 175th anniversary in 2019, is a historic Episcopal church complex in Massapequa, Nassau County, New York. The complex consists of the church, surrounding parish cemetery, the Floyd-Jones family cemetery, and the DeLancey Floyd-Jones Free Library. The small church was built in 1844 and remodeled in 1905.
5.4 miE
Town, Beach
West Gilgo Beach, Jones Beach Island
137 min walk • West Gilgo Beach is a small private gated community located in the town of Babylon, in Suffolk County, New York, United States. It is part of the Gilgo census-designated place.
7.4 miNE
Village
Amityville
190 min walk • Amityville is a village in the Town of Babylon in Suffolk County, on the South Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States. The population was 9,523 at the 2010 census.
2 miW
Beach
Short Beach, Jones Beach Island
52 min walk • Short Beach is the beach on the northern shore of the western end of Jones Beach Island. The beach faces South Oyster Bay instead of the Atlantic Ocean, thereby providing some shelter from storm waves.
4.9 miN
40°39'43"N • 73°33'4"W
Merrick Library, Merrick
126 min walk • Library