Trail View State Park is a

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located on

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on the

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–

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county border in

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. The linear park, created in September 2002, runs between

Bethpage State Park Bethpage State Park is a New York state park on the border of Nassau County and Suffolk County on Long Island. The park contains tennis courts, picnic and recreational areas and a polo field, but is best known for its five golf courses, inclu ...

and

Cold Spring Harbor State Park Cold Spring Harbor State Park is a state park located on New York State Route 25A in the Town of Huntington in Suffolk County, New York. The hilly park opened in 2000 and offers scenic views of Cold Spring Harbor on the north shore of Long Is ...

History

Trail View State Park occupies the former

right-of-way Right of way is the legal right, established by grant from a landowner or long usage (i.e. by prescription), to pass along a specific route through property belonging to another. A similar ''right of access'' also exists on land held by a gov ...

for the proposed northern extension of the

Bethpage State Parkway The Bethpage State Parkway (or simply the Bethpage Parkway) is a parkway in Nassau County on Long Island, New York, in the United States. It begins at a trumpet interchange with the Southern State Parkway in the village of North Massapequa and s ...

and

Caumsett State Parkway The Bethpage State Parkway (or simply the Bethpage Parkway) is a parkway in Nassau County on Long Island, New York, in the United States. It begins at a trumpet interchange with the Southern State Parkway in the village of North Massapequa and ...

, on land acquired by New York State in the 1960s. Formerly under the management of the

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, the parcel was opened as a state park in September 2002. In late 2012 or early 2013, the paved, multi-use

Bethpage Bikeway The Bethpage Bikeway is a 14.9-mile-long bike trail on Long Island, New York and goes through multiple state parks, notably Bethpage State Park. History In the 1930s, the New York State Department of Transportation built the Bethpage State Parkw ...

was extended through Trail View State Park.

Description

The linear park connects

and

, covering an area of . It contains a portion of the Nassau/Suffolk Greenbelt Trail, in addition to a portion of the Bethpage Bikeway. The park offers hiking and biking, a nature trail, a bridle path, bird watching, and cross-country skiing.

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External links

New York State Parks: Trail View State Park
{{authority control State parks of New York (state) Bike paths in New York (state) Parks in Nassau County, New York Parks in Suffolk County, New York

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