The following is a list of attractions on Long Island, New York State. The list includes museums, parks, and beaches as well as many other types of attractions. In this list, "Long Island" is defined as the geographical entity, and thus the list includes attractions in

Kings County, New York Kings or King's may refer to: *Monarchs: The sovereign heads of states and/or nations, with the male being kings *One of several works known as the "Book of Kings": **The Books of Kings part of the Bible, divided into two parts **The ''Shahnameh'' ...

, a.k.a. Brooklyn, as well as

Queens County, New York Queens is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Queens County, in the U.S. state of New York. Located on Long Island, it is the largest New York City borough by area. It is bordered by the borough of Brooklyn at the western tip of Long I ...

, a.k.a. Queens, which are both parts of New York City. The list also includes attractions further out on Long Island, those in Nassau County, New York and

Suffolk County, New York Suffolk County () is the easternmost county in the U.S. state of New York. It is mainly located on the eastern end of Long Island, but also includes several smaller islands. According to the 2020 United States census, the county's populatio ...

, which are not parts of NYC but instead are parts of New York State.

Long Island attractions

Public beaches

Long Island Long Island is a densely populated island in the southeastern region of the U.S. state of New York (state), New York, part of the New York metropolitan area. With over 8 million people, Long Island is the most populous island in the United Sta ...

is well known for its many public beaches. They include (from west to east): *

Coney Island Coney Island is a peninsular neighborhood and entertainment area in the southwestern section of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The neighborhood is bounded by Brighton Beach and Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn, Manhattan Beach to its east, L ...

(in Brooklyn) ** Coney Island Beach and Boardwalk *

The Rockaways The Rockaway Peninsula, commonly referred to as The Rockaways or Rockaway, is a peninsula at the southern edge of the New York City borough of Queens on Long Island, New York. Relatively isolated from Manhattan and other more urban parts of the ...

(in Queens) ** Jacob Riis Park Beach **

Rockaway Beach and Boardwalk The Rockaway Beach and Boardwalk is a public park in Rockaway, Queens, New York, composed of the Rockaway Beach and the adjacent Rockaway Boardwalk. The beach runs from Beach 9th Street in Far Rockaway to Beach 149th Street in Neponsit, a dis ...

* Nickerson Beach, (Long Beach) * Long Beach * Town of Hempstead Beaches at Point Lookout and Lido * Town of North Hempstead Beaches: Bar Beach and Hempstead Harbor * Town of Oyster Bay Beaches: Tobay, Stehli, Centre Island * Cedar Beach (Fire Island) * Jones Beach (Nassau County) - one of the most famous in the world *

Captree State Park Captree State Park is a state park located in the towns of Babylon and Islip in Suffolk County, New York, United States. The park is located south of Captree Island on the easternmost end of Jones Beach Island, and overlooks the Fire Island ...

Robert Moses State Park Robert Moses State Park - Long Island is a state park in southern Suffolk County, New York. The park lies on the western end of Fire Island, one of the central barrier islands off the southern coast of Long Island, and is known for its stretch ...

(Suffolk County) *

Sunken Meadow State Park, Kings Park Sunken Meadow State Park, also known as Governor Alfred E. Smith State Park, is a state park located in the Town of Smithtown in Suffolk County, New York on the north shore of Long Island. The park, accessible via the Sunken Meadow State Park ...

in Suffolk County * Town of Islip Beaches: Islip, East Islip, West Islip, Bayport and Ronkonkoma Beaches, Sayville Marina Park, Benjamin Beach at Bay Shore Marina, and several along the barrier beach of Fire Island, including Atlantique, Kismet, Dunewood, and Fair Harbor * Town of Babylon Beaches: Gilgo Beach, Cedar Beach, and Overlook Beach * Town of Brookhaven Beaches: West Meadow, Cedar, Shirley, Shoreham, Stony Brook, Cedar Beach * Town of Riverhead beaches, including Iron Pier Beach * Town of Southold Beaches: Kenny's Road, Horton Lane, and Hashamomuck Beaches. * Town of Smithtown Beaches: Short Beach, Long Beach, Callahan's Beach * Town of Huntington Beaches: Asharoken, Centerport, Crab Meadow, Crescent, Gold Star Battalion, Hobart, Fleets Cove, West Neck * Southampton Town Beaches: Tiana, Ponquogue, and various others on Dune Road and Gin Lane * Smith Point County Park (Suffolk County) * Cupsogue Beach County Park *

Hampton Bays Hampton Bays is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the Town of Southampton in Suffolk County, on Long Island, in New York. It is considered as part of the region of Long Island known as The Hamptons. The population was 13,603 at the 20 ...

in Town of Southampton area Suffolk County (Beaches: Ponquogue Beach, Meshutt Beach on

Peconic Bay The Peconic Bay is the parent name for two bays between the North Fork and South Fork, Suffolk County, New York, South Fork of Long Island in the U.S. state of New York (state), New York. It is separated from Gardiners Bay by Shelter Island (t ...

, Shinnecock Inlet Beach, K Road, L Road, Tiana Beach, and Road I on both Shinnecock Bay and the Atlantic Ocean.) * East Hampton Main beach *

Hither Hills State Park Hither Hills State Park is a state park located on the eastern end of the South Fork of Long Island near the hamlet of Montauk, New York. History The land that was to become Hither Hills State Park was once slated for private development of a ...

Montauk Point State Park Montauk Point State Park is a state park located in the hamlet of Montauk, at the eastern tip of Long Island in the Town of East Hampton, Suffolk County, New York. Montauk Point is the easternmost extremity of the South Fork of Long Island, ...

Public parks and nature preserves

* Bethpage State Park * Cedar Creek County Park, SeafordCedar Creek Park
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Christopher Morley Park Christopher Morley Park is a public, Nassau County-owned park in Roslyn Heights, New York. The park first opened in 1961. It is named for and dedicated after the late writer Christopher Morley, who lived a few blocks away in Roslyn Estates. It ...

Eisenhower Park Eisenhower Park, formerly known as Salisbury Park, is a public park in East Meadow, New York bordered by Hempstead Turnpike on the south and Old Country Road on the north. At , it is larger than Central Park (in Manhattan, New York City), with mu ...

Elderfields Preserve Elderfields Preserve (also known as Elderfields Historic Preserve) is a historic museum, farm, nature preserve, and cultural center located within the Incorporated Village of Flower Hill, in Nassau County, on Long Island, in New York, United Sta ...

* South Haven County Park * Welwyn Preserve in Glen Cove

Country clubs

Long Island is also home to numerous country clubs, polo clubs, golf clubs, and other private recreational organizations, including: * Bretton Woods Country Club ( Coram) *

Bridgehampton Polo Club Bridgehampton Polo Club is a polo club in Bridgehampton, New York founded in the 1990s. It is most widely known as the host club for the ''Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-Benz (), commonly referred to as Mercedes and sometimes as Benz, is a German l ...

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Bridgehampton Bridgehampton is a Hamlet (New York), hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) on the South Fork, Suffolk County, New York, South Fork of Suffolk County, New York, Suffolk County, New York (state), New York, United States. The population was 1,7 ...

) * Brookville Country Club ( Glen Head) * Cherry Valley Country Club ( Garden City) * Cold Spring Harbor Country Club (Cold Spring Hills) * Colonial Springs Country Club (East Farmingdale) * The Crescent Beach Club (Bayville) * Crest Hollow Country Club (

Woodbury Woodbury may refer to: Geography Antarctica *Woodbury Glacier, a glacier on Graham Land, British Antarctic Territory Australia * Woodbury, Tasmania, a locality in Australia England * Woodbury, Bournemouth, an area in Dorset *Woodbury, East Devo ...

) *

Deepdale Golf Club Deepdale Golf Club is a private golf club in Manhasset, New York, just east of New York City on Long Island. Early years The club was founded by William K. Vanderbilt II in 1924, using part of his Deepdale summer estate at Lake Success. Charles ...

( Manhasset) * Garden City Country Club (Garden City) * Garden City Golf Club (Garden City) * Glen Head Country Club ( Glen Head) *

Engineers Country Club Engineers Country Club is a historic country club located in Roslyn Harbor, New York, on the historic Gold Coast on the north shore of Long Island. History The club has an 18-hole championship golf course which hosted the PGA Championship in 1919 ...

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Roslyn Harbor Roslyn Harbor is a village in Nassau County, on the North Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States. It is considered part of the Greater Roslyn area, which is anchored by the Incorporated Village of Roslyn. The population was 1,051 at th ...

) * Hamlet Golf and Country Club ( Commack) * The Hamlet Windwatch Golf Club (

Hauppauge Hauppauge ( ) can refer to: * Hauppauge, New York, a hamlet on Long Island in the United States *Hauppauge Computer Works, a computer component company located in Hauppauge, New York **Hauppauge MediaMVP, a network media player by Hauppauge Compute ...

) * Huntington Country Club (Huntington) * Huntington Crescent Club (Huntington) *

Lake Success Lake Success can refer to: *Lake Success (California), lake in California *Lake Success, New York, village in New York *''Lake Success'', a novel by American author Gary Shteyngart Gary Shteyngart (; born July 5, 1972) is a Soviet-born American ...

Country Club (Great Neck) * Long Island Country Clubhouse in Eastport, New York * Manhasset Bay Yacht Club * Moments Golf Club (Elmont) * Maidstone Club ( East Hampton) * Nassau Country Club ( Glen Cove) * Nissequogue Point Beach Club (Smithtown) *

North Hempstead Country Club The North Hempstead Country Club (abbreviated as NHCC) is a private country club in the Incorporated Village of Flower Hill in Nassau County, on the North Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States. Description The North Hempstead Co ...

( Flower Hill) * North Hills Country Club (Manhasset) * Northport Yacht Club (Huntington) * Old Westbury Country Club (Old Westbury) * Plandome Country Club (

Plandome Plandome is a village in the Town of North Hempstead in Nassau County, on the North Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States. It is considered part of the Greater Manhasset area, which is anchored by Manhasset. The population was 1,349 ...

) * Port Jefferson Country Club at Harbor Hills ( Port Jefferson) * Port Washington Yacht Club ( Port Washington) * Roslyn Country Club (Roslyn Heights) * Rockville Links Country Club (Rockville Centre) * St. George's Club (Stony Brook) * Sayville Yacht Club (Blue Point) * Seawane Country Club (Hewlett Harbor) * Smithtown Landing Country Club (Smithtown) * South Fork Country Club (Amagansett) * Southward Ho Country Club (Brightwaters) * Timber Point Country Club (Great River) *

Towers Country Club A tower is a tall structure, taller than it is wide, often by a significant factor. Towers are distinguished from masts by their lack of guy-wires and are therefore, along with tall buildings, self-supporting structures. Towers are specifica ...

(Floral Park) * Westhampton Country Club (Westhampton) * Westhampton Yacht Squadron (Remsenburg) * Woodbury Country Club (Woodbury) * Strathmore Vanderbilt Country Club (Manhasset)

References

External links

Nassau County Country Clubs at LongIslandGolfNews.com

Suffolk County Country Clubs at LongIslandGolfNews.com
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