place

Jones Beach State Park

Beaches of Nassau County, New YorkHistoric districts on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state)NRHP infobox with nocatNational Register of Historic Places in Hempstead (town), New YorkParks in Nassau County, New York
Robert Moses projectsState parks of New York (state)Urban public parksUse mdy dates from August 2015Wantagh, New York
NY Long Island with East Bay and Jones Beach State Park IMG 1956
NY Long Island with East Bay and Jones Beach State Park IMG 1956

Jones Beach State Park (colloquially "Jones Beach") is a state park in the U.S. state of New York. It is located in southern Nassau County on Jones Beach Island, a barrier island linked to Long Island by the Meadowbrook State Parkway, Wantagh State Parkway, and Ocean Parkway. The park was created during Robert Moses' administration as President of the Long Island State Park Commission as part of the development of parkways on Long Island.The park, 6.5 miles (10.5 km) in length, is renowned for its beaches (which, excepting the beach on Zachs Bay, face the open Atlantic Ocean) and furnishes one of the most popular summer recreational locations for the New York metropolitan area. It is the most popular and heavily visited beach on the East Coast, with an estimated six million visitors per year.Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater, an outdoor arena in the park, is a popular musical and concert venue. The park also includes a two-mile (3.2 km) boardwalk. It once featured dining and catering facilities that were popular sites for private parties and weddings, though these have been shut down.Jones Beach is named after Major Thomas Jones, a major in the Queens County militia in the 17th century, who established a whaling station on the outer beach near the site of the present park.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article Jones Beach State Park (License: CC BY-SA 3.0, Authors, Images).

Jones Beach State Park
Ocean Parkway, Town of Hempstead

Geographical coordinates (GPS) Address Nearby Places
placeShow on map

Wikipedia: Jones Beach State ParkContinue reading on Wikipedia

Geographical coordinates (GPS)

Latitude Longitude
N 40.595833333333 ° E -73.515277777778 °
placeShow on map

Address

Ocean Parkway

Ocean Parkway
11569 Town of Hempstead
New York, United States
mapOpen on Google Maps

NY Long Island with East Bay and Jones Beach State Park IMG 1956
NY Long Island with East Bay and Jones Beach State Park IMG 1956
Share experience

Nearby Places