Heckscher Park, Huntington

Name: Heckscher Park
Address: Huntington, United States

#18 among attractions in Huntington

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Heckscher Park is a local park and national historic district in Huntington, Suffolk County, New York. It is bounded by Madison Street, Sabbath Day Path, Main Street, and Prime Avenue. The park is roughly triangular-shaped with a large pond on northwest corner, and contains the Heckscher Museum of Art established by industrialist August Heckscher, as well as the Chapin Rainbow Theater. It hosts annual art festivals, tulip festivals, concerts, renaissance fairs, and the Huntington Summer Arts Festival. Heckscher Park was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. ()

Elevation: 36 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 40°52'30"N, 73°25'36"W

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Heckscher Park – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Heckscher Museum of Art, Coneys Marine, David Conklin House, Fort Golgotha and the Old Burial Hill Cemetery.

~1350 ftE
Museum, Art museum
Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington
7 min walk • The Heckscher Museum of Art is named after its benefactor, August Heckscher, who in 1920 donated 185 works of art to be housed in a new Beaux-Arts building located in Heckscher Park, in Huntington, New York.
0.6 miNE
40°52'57"N • 73°25'17"W
Coneys Marine, Huntington
15 min walk • Sailing, Marina
0.7 miS
Museum, History museum
David Conklin House, Huntington
18 min walk • The David Conklin House is a historic house located at Huntington in Suffolk County, New York, on the southwest corner of High Street and New York Avenue.
~1520 ftSE
Forts and castles
Fort Golgotha and the Old Burial Hill Cemetery, Huntington
8 min walk • Fort Golgotha and the Old Burial Hill Cemetery is the site of an historic cemetery, officially known as the "Old Burying Ground", and the location of a former Revolutionary War-era fort, known as Fort Golgotha, at Main Street and Nassau Road in Huntington, New York.
0.8 miNE
40°53'6"N • 73°25'14"W
Willis Marine Center, Huntington
20 min walk • Sailing, Marina
~1940 ftE
Church
Old First Church, Huntington
10 min walk • Old First Church is an historic Presbyterian church building at 125 Main Street in Huntington, Suffolk County, New York. It was built in 1784 and is a two and one-half-story building with a steeply pitched gable roof. About 1900, a two-story, five-gable-roofed addition was completed on the rear of the building.
0.5 miNE
Church
Bethel AME Church and Manse, Huntington
13 min walk • Bethel AME Church and Manse is a historic African Methodist Episcopal church and manse at 291 Park Avenue in Huntington, Suffolk County, New York.
~940 ftS
40°52'21"N • 73°25'32"W
Kadampa Meditation Center Long Island, Huntington
5 min walk • Spiritual, Temple
~1880 ftSW
40°52'14"N • 73°25'48"W
Huntington Public Library, Huntington
10 min walk • Library
0.9 miE
Greek Revival architecture
Wiggins-Rolph House, Huntington
23 min walk • Wiggins-Rolph House is a historic home located at Huntington in Suffolk County, New York. It was built in 1848 and is a 2 ¹⁄₂-story, five-bay shingled residence in the Greek Revival style. It has a modern 1-story south wing and modern 2-story north wing.

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Which popular attractions are close to Heckscher Park?

Nearby attractions include Kadampa Meditation Center Long Island, Huntington (5 min walk), Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington (7 min walk), Fort Golgotha and the Old Burial Hill Cemetery, Huntington (8 min walk), Huntington Public Library, Huntington (10 min walk).