Brookhaven State Park, Long Island

#133 among attractions in Long Island

Nature, Natural attraction, Protected area

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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. ()

Established: 1971 (53 years ago)Visitors per year: 9.7 thous.Coordinates: 40°55'15"N, 72°52'0"W

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

Nearby attractions include: Wardenclyffe Tower, Long Island Game Farm, Paumanok Path, Calverton National Cemetery.

2.5 miNW
Science museum, Tower
Wardenclyffe Tower, Long Island
63 min walk • Wardenclyffe Tower, also known as the Tesla Tower, was an early experimental wireless transmission station designed and built by Nikola Tesla on Long Island in 1901–1902, located in the village of Shoreham, New York.
6.4 miSE
Zoo
Long Island Game Farm, Long Island
164 min walk • The Long Island Game Farm, situated at 489 Chapman Boulevard in Manorville, New York, was established in 1969 by Stanley and Diane Novak. Stanley Novak, his wife Diane and daughters Melinda and Susan built the zoo on 29 acres. Today the Game Farm is home to over 200 animals. For many people, visiting the game farm is a yearly tradition.
4.6 miW
Hiking, Hiking trail
Paumanok Path, Mount Sinai
117 min walk • The Paumanok Path is a 125-mile hiking trail in New York on Long Island that goes from Rocky Point to Montauk Point State Park. It travels through four towns in Suffolk County: Brookhaven, Riverhead, Southampton and East Hampton. It is marked by white trail blazes. The trail derives its name from the Native American name for Long Island.
2.8 miE
Cemetery
Calverton National Cemetery, Long Island
71 min walk • Calverton National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery in the Town of Riverhead in Suffolk County on eastern Long Island in New York. The cemetery's street address is in Calverton but the property is in the adjacent hamlet of Wading River. It encompasses 1,045 acres and as of the end of 2008 had 212,000 interments.
4.3 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Park
Artist Lake, Long Island
110 min walk • 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.
5.8 miSW
Church
Middle Island Presbyterian Church, Long Island
149 min walk • Middle Island Presbyterian Church is a historic Presbyterian church at 271 Middle Country Road in Middle Island, Suffolk County, New York.
2.5 miNW
Museum
Tesla Science Center at Wardenclyffe, Long Island
64 min walk • The Tesla Science Center at Wardenclyffe is a nonprofit organization established to develop a regional science and technology center, museum and makerspace at the site of Nikola Tesla's former Wardenclyffe laboratory on Long Island, New York. The center had raised money through crowdfunding to purchase the property.
4.4 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Protected area
Wildwood State Park, Long Island
113 min walk • 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.
4.7 miW
40°56'43"N • 72°57'2"W
Rolling Oaks Golf Course, Long Island
120 min walk • Golf
4.1 miSW
Gothic Revival architecture
Smith Estate, Long Island
105 min walk • Smith Estate, also known as Longwood Estate - Smith House, is a historic estate located at Ridge in Suffolk County, New York. It is preserved and maintained by the Town of Brookhaven. The Longwood Estate is part of a huge parcel of land originally purchased by William "Tangier" Smith in the 17th century, which he called Manor St. George.
6.5 miSW
40°50'34"N • 72°56'8"W
Yaphank Fire Department, Long Island
165 min walk • Park