Merokee Preserve
Merokee Preserve is a nature reserve in Nassau County, New York. Merokee Preserve is situated nearby to the neighborhood Merrickwood, as well as near the town Bellmore.Places of Interest
Highlights include Wantagh Railroad Complex and Bellmore station.
Wantagh Railroad Complex
Park
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Wantagh Railroad Complex, is a collection of old buildings in Wantagh, New York. It consists of the 1885-built Wantagh Railroad Station before it was moved from its original location in 1966, when the Babylon Branch was being elevated throughout the mid-20th century.
Bellmore station
Railway station
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Bellmore is a station on the Babylon Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. It is located on the north side of Sunrise Highway between Bedford and Centre Avenues in Bellmore, New York, however the actual land area occupied by the station's several parking lots begins west of Centre Avenue and continues east of Bellmore Avenue.
Merrick station
Railway station
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Merrick is a station on the Babylon Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. It is officially located on Sunrise Highway, between Hewlett Avenue and Merrick Avenue, in Merrick, New York.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Merrick and Massapequa.
Merrick
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Merrick is a hamlet in Long Island located on the south shore of Nassau County, New York. Merrick is approximately 40 minutes from Manhattan. It is named after the Meroke Indians, an Algonquin tribe that was indigenous to the area.
Massapequa
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Massapequa is a hamlet and census-designated place in the Town of Oyster Bay in Nassau County, on the South Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States. The population of the CDP was 21,355 at the time of the 2020 census.
Hempstead
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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.
Merokee Preserve
- Type: Nature reserve
- Also known as: “Faith Lawson-Merokee Preserve”
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Nassau County, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.6633° or 40° 39′ 48″ northLongitude
-73.5415° or 73° 32′ 29″ westOpen location code
87G8MF75+8COpenStreetMap ID
way 583971597OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserve
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