Long Island: Natural Attraction
Places and attractions in the Natural attraction category
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West Sayville
The Sayville National Wildlife Refuge is a 127-acre National Wildlife Refuge located in West Sayville, New York about two miles inland from the Great South Bay. Sayville NWR is managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as a sub-unit of Wertheim National Wildlife Refuge and part of the Long Island National Wildlife Refuge Complex.
Lake Ronkonkoma
Lake Ronkonkoma is a freshwater lake in Suffolk County, New York. It is a kettle lake formed by retreating glaciers and is the largest freshwater lake on Long Island; it has a circumference of about 2 miles and is 0.65 miles across on average. The lake is owned by the Town of Islip under the terms of the Nichols Patent.
Artist Lake
Artist Lake is a glacial kettle hole lake located in Middle Island, New York south of Middle Country Road in central Long Island. Artist Lake holds a diverse warm water fish community including largemouth bass and pickerel. It is also one of Long Island's better waters for crappie and perch.
Wildwood Lake
Wildwood Lake is a natural lake located in Suffolk County on Long Island in Northampton near Riverhead, New York, United States. The lake was formed by glaciers during the last Ice age.
Hempstead Lake State Park
Hempstead Lake State Park is a 737-acre state park located in Nassau County, New York in the United States. The park is located in West Hempstead and is one of three state parks within the Town of Hempstead.
Valley Stream State Park
Valley Stream State Park is a 97-acre state park located in the village of Valley Stream in Nassau County, New York. The park is one of three state parks located in the Town of Hempstead on Long Island.
Wildwood State Park
Wildwood State Park is a 767-acre state park located in Suffolk County, New York. The park is in the Town of Riverhead on the north shore of Long Island. The park includes a beach on Long Island Sound.
Shadmoor State Park
Shadmoor State Park is a 99-acre state park located in Suffolk County, New York in the United States. Created in 2000, the park is located in Town of East Hampton on the South Fork of Long Island, one-quarter mile east of the hamlet of Montauk.
Belmont Lake State Park
Belmont Lake State Park is a 463-acre day-use state park located in North Babylon, New York on Long Island.
Bald Hill
Bald Hill, located in the hamlet of Farmingville, New York, part of the Town of Brookhaven, is one of the highest areas of elevation on Long Island. The highest elevation in the Bald Hill area is 331 feet.
Telescope Hill
Telescope Hill, at 334 feet, is the highest point of elevation in the Town of Brookhaven, on Long Island, New York, United States.
Brookhaven State Park
Brookhaven State Park is a 1,638-acre state park in Wading River and Ridge, New York, approximately 74 miles 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.