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Thursday May 17, 2007
CELEBRATE NATIONAL BIKE MONTH ON LONG ISLAND’S SCENIC TRAILS
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Kristen Matejka
Director of Marketing and Communications
LICVB&SC
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CELEBRATE NATIONAL BIKE MONTH ON LONG ISLAND’S SCENIC TRAILS
HAUPPAUGE, NY –(May 15, 2007)- May is National Bike Month, and what better way to celebrate than to take a ride through some of Long Island’s scenic parks and byways. Enjoy cool spring weather and the fresh air with a long or short ride. Visit www.discoverlongisland.com and search for “biking” for a complete listing of locations and activities.
Following are some great bike-friendly parks and trails:
Belmont Lake State Park
Belmont Lake State Park is a full service park and the headquarters of the Long Island State Park Region. Activities include boating, fishing, picnicking, biking, horseback riding, hiking and cross-country skiing. The park also has playing fields, horseshoe and basketball courts and playgrounds.
Bethpage Multiuse Path
Starting from Bethpage State Park, through Massapequa Preserve to Merrick Road, along the length of the Bethpage Parkway.
Bethpage Mountain Bike Trail
Starting from Bethpage State Park gatehouse, white triangle markings show the path. A portion of the unpaved off road national recreation trail is marked for mountain bikes. There are a few black diamond alternate routes, moderately steep with some sand.
Cathedral Pines County Park
A 320 acre site situated along the headwaters of the Carmans river. Adjacent to the park is Prosser pines nature preserve which features a majestic stand of white pines planted in 1812. A six - mile mountain bike trail is located in the park and is maintained by CLIMB (Concerned Long Island Mountain Bicyclists).
Governor Alfred E. Smith / Sunken Meadow State Park
Sunken Meadow State Park, fronting on Long Island Sound, has a wide range of topography including beach that meets tall, glacier-formed bluffs. Activities include swimming in the Long Island Sound; hiking six miles of trails, biking, cnicking, fishing and cross-country skiing. In addition, the park has three 9-hole golf courses, a driving range and putting green.
Heckscher State Park
Heckscher State Park has more than a million visitors a year. Twenty miles of trails attract hikers, bicycle and cross-country skiers. Swimmers can use the Great South Bay or the swimming pool complex. There are picnic areas, a boat launch ramp, playing fields, playground and 69 camp sites. Only vehicles under eleven feet high can come into the campgrounds.
Hempstead Lake State Park
Hempstead Lake State Park is a multi use facility. Included are 20 tennis courts, children's playgrounds, bridle trails for horse back riding, biking and hiking trails, shaded picnic areas and a historic hand carved wooden carousel. There is a picnic pavilion available for large parties.
Jones Beach State Park
Jones Beach State Park's top attraction has always been swimming. The park offers fine surf bathing along 6.5 miles of ocean beach, one-half mile of bay beach for stillwater bathing, and two swimming pools. The west end of the park provides wonderful surf fishing, a boat basin and undeveloped areas that are home to a variety of migratory birds and native plants. Jones Beach has a two mile boardwalk and a "Castles in the Sand" photo collection at the East Bathhouse which depicts the development of the Long Island State Park and parkway systems.
Kings Park Hike and Bike Trail
Follows the old railroad spur from Old Dock roast just east of Church Street to St. Johnland Road. It runs though Nissequogue River State Park. A section is a State Bird Conservation Area. Runs through Kings Park Psychiatric Center. The Kings Park Psychiatric Center is a former state-run psychiatric hospital, which operated from 1885 until 1996, when the State of New York closed the facility down.
Orient Beach State Park
Orient Beach State Park has 45,000 feet of frontage on Gardiner's Bay and a rare maritime forest with red cedar, black-jack oak trees and prickly-pear cactus. A beautiful wood deck lets you overlook Gardiner's Bay. Visitors can swim in the bay, fish, picnic, play ball, go hiking or biking, or walk a nature trail.
Rocky Point Mountain Bike Trail
This 13 mile marked trail takes you through the Natural Resources Management Area in the Pine Barrens.
Sears Bellows County Park
This 979-acre park offers a broad range of recreational opportunities to Suffolk County residents and tourists, including tent and trailer, camping, lifeguard supervised, freshwater swimming, and rowboat rental. An extensive trail system attracts hikers and horseback riders (horseback riding Permit required). Freshwater pond fishing permitted.
Theodore Roosevelt County Park
Theodore Roosevelt county park offers outer beach access and outer beach camping (with permit), seasonal hunting, salt and freshwater fishing, and canoeing. Deep Hollow Ranch provides popular horseback rides to the beach for park visitors. Also in the park is the historic third house utilized by Theodore Roosevelt and the Rough Riders, and a Spanish American war exhibit with photo and memorabilia, open to the public.
Trail View State Park
New York State obtained the land in the 1960s intending to use it as a parkway connecting Caumsett State Historic Park to Bethpage State Park. In the summer of 2002, the property was dedicated as a state park, offering a variety of recreational opportunities including trails for hiking and bicycling on its hilly terrain and open fields.
Trail View encompasses a variety of habitats and undeveloped natural resources such as hardwood forests, marshes and succession fields with elevations ranging from 60 to 300 feet above sea level. The park is a favorite spot for birdwatchers year-round, most especially--because it lies on the Atlantic flyway--during the spring and fall bird migrations.
The Long Island Convention & Visitors Bureau and Sports Commission (LICVB&SC) is the official tourism promotion agency for the destination’s travel and tourism industry. Based on Long Island in Hauppauge, NY, the LICVB&SC contributes to the economic development and quality of life on Long Island by promoting the region as a world-class destination for tourism, meetings and conventions, trade shows, sporting events, and related activities. For more information about Long Island, please contact the Long Island Convention & Visitors Bureau and Sports Commission by calling 1-877-FUN-ON-LI or visit www.discoverlongisland.com.
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