Waukena Waterway

Waukena Waterway is a canal in Nassau County, New York. Waukena Waterway is situated nearby to the neighborhood Baldwin Harbor, as well as near the town Oceanside.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Oceanside station and Baldwin station.

Oceanside station

Railway station

Photo: Jim.henderson, Public domain.

Oceanside is a station on the Long Beach Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. It is located at Weidner Avenue and Lawson Boulevard in Oceanside, New York. Oceanside station is situated 2 miles west of Waukena Waterway.

Baldwin station

Railway station

Photo: DanTD, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Baldwin is a station on the Babylon Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. It is officially located on Sunrise Highway and Grand Avenue in Baldwin, Nassau County, New York, although it also includes Milburn and Brooklyn Avenues. Baldwin station is situated 2 miles north of Waukena Waterway.

Haviland-Davison Grist Mill

Museum

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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. Haviland-Davison Grist Mill is situated 2½ miles northwest of Waukena Waterway.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Oceanside and Baldwin.

Oceanside

Town

Photo: Jim.henderson, Public domain.

Hempstead is the most populous town in America, with a whopping 700,000 residents, located on the South Shore of Nassau County, New York. The town is highly urbanized and fragmented, containing 22 semi-autonomous villages within its boundaries, and forty other neighborhoods. Garden City, encompassing the "Nassau Hub" region, has its own article.

Baldwin

Town

Baldwin is a hamlet located in the Town of Hempstead in Nassau County, in Long Island, New York, United States. It had a population of 33,919 in 2020.

Barnum Island

Village

Photo: Sullynyflhi, Public domain.

Barnum Island is a hamlet and census-designated place in Nassau County, New York, United States. The population was 2,590 at the 2020 census. It occupies the eastern portion of an island situated between Long Island and Long Beach. Barnum Island is situated 2 miles southwest of Waukena Waterway.

Waukena Waterway

Type: Canal
Category: body of water
Location: Nassau County, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

40.63083° or 40° 37′ 51″ north

Longitude

-73.62056° or 73° 37′ 14″ west

Open location code

87G8J9JH+8Q

GeoNames ID

6350372

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Baldwin Harbor and Millburn.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Parsonage Cove and Baldwin Harbor Town Park.

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