Hempstead Lake State Park, Long Island

Name: Hempstead Lake State Park
Address: Long Island, United States

#80 among attractions in Long Island

Nature, Natural attraction, Protected area

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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. There is a quick-access entrance at exit 18 from the Southern State Parkway. The park contains the largest freshwater lake in Nassau County. ()

Visitors per year: 323.9 thous.Coordinates: 40°41'2"N, 73°38'32"W

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

Nearby attractions include: Mitchel Athletic Complex, Garden City Golf Club, Lynbrook Police Department, Haviland-Davison Grist Mill.

3.6 miNE
Football, Sport venue, Sport
Mitchel Athletic Complex, North Hempstead
93 min walk • The Mitchel Athletic Complex is part of the Mitchel Field complex, located in Uniondale, New York, on the site of the decommissioned Mitchel Air Force Base. The facility is owned by Nassau County. It is used mostly for football and soccer and also sometimes for athletics.
2.9 miN
Golf
Garden City Golf Club, North Hempstead
75 min walk • The Garden City Golf Club is a private golf course in Garden City, New York. The club was founded in 1899, and is also known as the "Garden City Men's Club" or simply the "Men's Club" to distinguish it from the Garden City Country Club, and Cherry Valley Club, all of which are located in Garden City, NY.
2.5 miSW
City hall
Lynbrook Police Department, Lynbrook
64 min walk • Lynbrook is a village in Nassau County, New York, United States, on the south shore of Long Island. The population was 19,427 at the 2010 census.
2.8 miS
Museum, History museum
Haviland-Davison Grist Mill, Rockville Centre
72 min walk • Haviland-Davison Grist Mill is a historic grist mill located at East Rockaway in Nassau County, New York. It was restored and relocated to its present site in Memorial Park in 1963.
0.8 miE
Universities and schools
Molloy College, Rockville Centre
21 min walk • Molloy College is a private Catholic university in Rockville Centre, New York. It provides more than 50 academic undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral degree programs for over 5,000 undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral students.
2.6 miN
Historical place, Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Cathedral of the Incarnation, North Hempstead
66 min walk • The Cathedral of the Incarnation is an Episcopal cathedral in Garden City, New York. It is the seat of the Episcopal Diocese of Long Island.
2 miSW
Cemetery
Rockville Cemetery, Lynbrook
52 min walk • Rockville Cemetery and Bristol and Mexico Monument is a historic cemetery located at Lynbrook in Nassau County, New York. The cemetery started as a small local burial ground in 1799.
1.7 miS
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
St. Agnes Cathedral, Rockville Centre
44 min walk • St. Agnes Cathedral is a Roman Catholic Cathedral in Rockville Centre, New York, on Long Island. It is the seat of the Diocese of Rockville Centre.
3 miN
Village, Area
Garden City, North Hempstead
77 min walk • Garden City is a village in Nassau County, on Long Island, in New York, United States. It is the Greater Garden City area's anchor community. The population was 22,371 at the 2010 census.
2.8 miSE
Amusement park
Nunley's, Freeport
72 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.
2.7 miN
Neighbourhood
A. T. Stewart Era Buildings, North Hempstead
68 min walk • A. T. Stewart Era Buildings is a national historic district located at Garden City in Nassau County, New York. It consists of a thematic group of 50 residential, commercial, religious, and civic structures built as original elements of the planned community of Garden City between 1871 and 1893.