Heckscher State Park
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Harvey Barrison, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Seatuck National Wildlife Refuge and Great River station.
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 2½ miles west of Heckscher State Park.
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 2 miles north of Heckscher State Park.
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.
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 northwest of Heckscher State Park.
Oakdale
Village
Oakdale is a hamlet in Suffolk County, New York, United States, situated on the South Shore of Long Island. The hamlet's population was 7,974 at the 2010 census. Oakdale is situated 3 miles northeast of Heckscher State Park.
Heckscher State Park
- Type: Park
- Description: state park in Suffolk County, New York, United States
- Categories: New York state park and recreation area
- Location: Suffolk County, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.70895° or 40° 42′ 32″ northLongitude
-73.16517° or 73° 9′ 55″ westElevation
7 feet (2 metres)Open location code
87G8PR5M+HWOpenStreetMap ID
way 29482030OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkGeoNames ID
5120392Wikidata ID
Q1590351
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to German—“Heckscher State Park” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “متنزه هيكشر الحكومي”
- Cebuano: “Heckscher State Park”
- Dutch: “Heckscher State Park”
- German: “Heckscher State Park”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Islip and Islip Terrace.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Heckscher State Park Police Station and Pool (abandoned).
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Heckscher State Park”. Photo: Harvey Barrison, CC BY-SA 2.0.