Idle Hour, Heckscher State Park

#1 among attractions in Heckscher State Park

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Idle Hour is a former Vanderbilt estate that is located in Oakdale on Long Island in Suffolk County, New York. It was completed in 1901 for William Kissam Vanderbilt. Once part of Dowling College, the mansion is one of the largest houses in the United States of America. ()

Coordinates: 40°44'33"N, 73°8'54"W

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OakdaleHeckscher State Park United States

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Idle Hour – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Fairfield Properties Ballpark, Bay Shore Mini Golf, Long Island Maritime Museum, East Islip.

2.8 miNW
Sport venue, Sport, Arenas and stadiums
Fairfield Properties Ballpark, Long Island
72 min walk • Fairfield Properties Ballpark is a 6,002-seat baseball park in Central Islip, New York that serves as the home of the Long Island Ducks, an independent professional baseball team that is a member of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball.
4.2 miW
40°43'40"N • 73°13'35"W
Bay Shore Mini Golf, Islip
108 min walk • Game and entertainment center, Golf
3.1 miSE
Specialty museum, Museum, History museum
Long Island Maritime Museum, Islip
79 min walk • The Long Island Maritime Museum is located in West Sayville, New York.
2.2 miW
Area
East Islip, Islip
57 min walk • East Islip is a hamlet and CDP in the Town of Islip, Suffolk County, New York, United States. At the time of the 2010 census, the CDP had a population of 14,475.
0.7 miW
Park
Bayard Cutting Arboretum State Park, Islip
19 min walk • Bayard Cutting Arboretum State Park is a 691-acre state park located in the hamlet of Great River, New York, on Long Island. The park includes an arboretum designed by Frederick Law Olmsted for William Bayard Cutting in 1886, as well as a mansion designed by Charles C. Haight.
1.7 miE
Church
St. Johns Episcopal Church and Cemetery, Islip
44 min walk • St. Johns Episcopal Church and Cemetery is a historic Episcopal church and cemetery on Montauk Highway on the northeast side, about 300' northwest of the junction with Locust Avenue, Town of Islip in Oakdale, Suffolk County, New York.
2.4 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Protected area
West Sayville, Long Island
62 min walk • 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.
3.7 miN
40°47'33"N • 73°7'17"W
Karts Indoor Raceway, Long Island
95 min walk • Amusement, Game and entertainment center, Racetrack
0.5 miE
Area
Oakdale, Islip
12 min walk • Oakdale is a hamlet in Suffolk County, New York, United States. The population was 7,974 at the 2010 census. Oakdale is in the Town of Islip. It has been home to Gilded Age mansions, the South Side Sportsmen's Club, and the main campus of Dowling College. It is now home to Connetquot River State Park Preserve.
1.9 miN
Park
Connetquot River State Park Preserve, Islip
48 min walk • Connetquot River State Park Preserve is a 3,473-acre state park and conservation area in the Town of Islip in Suffolk County, New York in the United States.
3.6 miE
Church, Shingle style architecture, Queen Anne architecture
Sayville Congregational Church, Long Island
92 min walk • Sayville Congregational Church, also known as Sayville Congregational United Church of Christ, is a historic Congregational church at 131 Middle Road in Sayville, Suffolk County, New York.