Filed Under: Government | Long Island | Nassau

Nassau County Parks

There are approximately 6,500 acres in the Nassau County Parks system. The Department of Recreation and Parks has supervision and control of the construction, maintenance, repair, and operation of all parks, playgrounds, athletic fields, campgrounds, museums, and recreation centers.  The department manages 19 parks, including two beaches and five nature preserves.  In the mid-1990s the department suffered dramatic cuts in personnel from which it has not recovered.

Nassau County’s Parks Include:

-  Bailey’s Arboretum
-  Battle Row CampgroundEisenhower Park
-  Bay Park
-  Cantiague Park
-  Cedar Creek Park
-  Centennial Park
-  Cow Meadow Park
-  Eisenhower Park

-  Grant Park
-  Hempstead Harbor Bay Park
-  Inwood Park
-  Mitchell Park
-  Morle Park

North Woodmere Park
-  Nassau Beach Park
-  North Woodmere Park

-  Rifle and Pistol Range
-  Roosevelt Park
-  Wantagh Park
-  Whitney Pond Park

Whitney Pond Park