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 Brooklyn () is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Kings County, in the U.S. state of New York. Kings County is the most populous county in the State of New York, and the second-most densely populated county in the United States, be ...

, 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 ...

, a.k.a.

Queens 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 ...

, which are both parts of

New York City New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the L ...

. The list also includes attractions further out on Long Island, those in

Nassau County, New York Nassau County ( ) is a county in the U.S. state of New York. At the 2020 U.S. census, Nassau County's population is 1,395,774. The county seat is Mineola and the largest town is Hempstead. Nassau County is situated on western Long Isla ...

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 populat ...

, which are not parts of NYC but instead are parts of

New York State New York, officially the State of New York, is a state in the Northeastern United States. It is often called New York State to distinguish it from its largest city, New York City. With a total area of , New York is the 27th-largest U.S. sta ...

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, part of the New York metropolitan area. With over 8 million people, Long Island is the most populous island in the United States and the 18 ...

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

) ** Coney Island Beach and Boardwalk * The Rockaways (in

) **

Jacob Riis Park Jacob Riis Park, also called Jacob A. Riis Park and Riis Park, is a seaside park on the southwestern portion of the Rockaway, Queens, Rockaway Peninsula in the New York City Boroughs of New York City, borough of Queens. It lies at the foot of ...

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 dist ...

* Nickerson Beach, (Long Beach) *

Long Beach Long Beach is a city in Los Angeles County, California. It is the 42nd-most populous city in the United States, with a population of 466,742 as of 2020. A charter city, Long Beach is the seventh-most populous city in California. Incorporat ...

* Town of Hempstead Beaches at Point Lookout and Lido * Town of

North Hempstead North Hempstead is one of three towns in Nassau County, on Long Island, in New York, United States. The population was 237,639 at the 2020 census. History The area was first settled by Europeans around 1643 and became part of the town of Hemps ...

Beaches: Bar Beach and

Hempstead Harbor Hempstead Harbor (also known as Hempstead Bay) is a bay hugging the northern coast of Long Island, New York. Located off of the Long Island Sound, it forms the northernmost portion of the political border between the Nassau County towns of Oyst ...

* 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 I ...

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 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 Fire Island is the large center island of the outer barrier islands parallel to the South Shore of Long Island, in the U.S. state of New York. Occasionally, the name is used to refer collectively to not only the central island, but also Lon ...

, 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 Smith Point County Park is a beachfront park facing the Atlantic Ocean on the east end of Fire Island, along the central south shore of Long Island, near Shirley, New York, United States. It is the largest park owned by Suffolk County. The park ...

(Suffolk County) * Cupsogue Beach County Park * Hampton Bays 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 of Long Island in the U.S. state of New York. It is separated from Gardiners Bay by Shelter Island. Peconic Bay is divided by Robins Island into the Great ...

, Shinnecock Inlet Beach, K Road, L Road, Tiana Beach, and Road I on both Shinnecock Bay and the

Atlantic Ocean The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth's surface and about 29% of its water surface area. It is known to separate the " Old World" of Africa, Europe ...

.) * 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 re ...

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 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 ...

* Cedar Creek County Park, SeafordCedar Creek Park
Newsday *

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 * Elderfields Preserve * South Haven County Park *

Welwyn Preserve Welwyn Preserve County Park is a public nature reserve in Glen Cove, on the North Shore of Long Island in New York State. Welwyn Preserve was originally Welwyn Estate, the estate of the industrialist Harold I. Pratt. The main house, Welwyn, wa ...

in Glen Cove

Country clubs

Long Island is also home to numerous

country club A country club is a privately owned club, often with a membership quota and admittance by invitation or sponsorship, that generally offers both a variety of recreational sports and facilities for dining and entertaining. Typical athletic offe ...

s, polo clubs, golf clubs, and other private recreational organizations, including: * Bretton Woods Country Club ( Coram) * Bridgehampton Polo Club (

Bridgehampton Bridgehampton is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) on the South Fork of Suffolk County, New York, United States. The population was 1,756 at the 2010 census. Bridgehampton is in the town of Southampton, on Long Island. Shortly after ...

) * 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) * Deepdale Golf Club (

Manhasset Manhasset is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in Nassau County, on the North Shore of Long Island, in New York. It is considered the anchor community of the Greater Manhasset area. The population was 8,176 at the 2020 United States ce ...

) * 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 191 ...

(

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 Commack ( ) is a hamlet and census designated place (CDP) that roughly corresponds to the hamlet by the same name in the towns of Huntington and Smithtown in Suffolk County, on Long Island, in New York. The CDP's population was 36,124 at the 20 ...

) * 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 Comput ...

) * Huntington Country Club (Huntington) * Huntington Crescent Club (Huntington) * Lake Success Country Club (Great Neck) * Long Island Country Clubhouse in

Eastport, New York Eastport is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in Suffolk County, New York, on the South Shore of Long Island. The population was 1,831 at the 2010 census. History Eastport dates to the 1730s when a gristmill was built there. It started ...

* 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 Cou ...

( 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 Jefferson (informally known as "Port Jeff") is an incorporated village in the town of Brookhaven in Suffolk County, New York, on the North Shore of Long Island. Officially known as the Incorporated Village of Port Jefferson, the population ...

) * 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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