Heckscher Canal
Heckscher Canal is a canal in Suffolk County, New York. Heckscher Canal is situated nearby to the village Great River, as well as near the town East Islip.Places of Interest
Highlights include Heckscher State Park and Seatuck National Wildlife Refuge.
Heckscher State Park
Park
Photo: Harvey Barrison, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Heckscher State Park is a 1,657-acre state park on the shore of the Great South Bay at East Islip in Suffolk County, New York, USA.
Seatuck National Wildlife Refuge
Nature reserve
Photo: U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Northeast Region, Public domain.
Seatuck National Wildlife Refuge is located in the hamlet of Islip, New York, on the south shore of Long Island. It is managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as part of the Long Island National Wildlife Refuge Complex. Seatuck National Wildlife Refuge is situated 1½ miles west of Heckscher Canal.
Great River station
Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Great River is a railroad station on the Montauk Branch of the Long Island Rail Road, at Connetquot Avenue and Hawthorne Avenue in East Islip, New York. The station opened in 1897. Great River station is situated 2½ miles north of Heckscher Canal.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Great River and East Islip.
Great River
Village
Great River is a suburban hamlet and CDP in the Town of Islip in Suffolk County, New York, United States. It is situated approximately 50 miles east of New York City on the South Shore of Long Island, adjoining the Great South Bay, protected from the Atlantic Ocean by Fire Island. Great River is situated 1½ miles northeast of Heckscher Canal.
East Islip
Town
East Islip is a hamlet and CDP in the Town of Islip, Suffolk County, New York, United States. The population was 13,931 at the time of the 2020 census. East Islip is situated 2 miles north of Heckscher Canal.
Islip
Photo: Eheik, Public domain.
Islip is a town on Long Island in the state of New York. Located within Suffolk County, the Town of Islip includes the villages of Brightwaters, Islandia, Ocean Beach and Saltaire.
Heckscher Canal
- Type: Canal
- Category: body of water
- Location: Suffolk County, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.70661° or 40° 42′ 24″ northLongitude
-73.18077° or 73° 10′ 51″ westElevation
10 feet (3 metres)Open location code
87G8PR49+JMOpenStreetMap ID
way 1036648405OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=canalGeoNames ID
5120391
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