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Hempstead Lake State Park

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Hempstead Lake offers 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.

There are three ponds that are accessible for fishing. On Hempstead Lake, the largest lake in Nassau County, you are permitted to use car top boats with an annual permit issued from the Park. McDonald Pond and South Pond are stocked with trout in the fall and you may target trout throughout the winter months. Other species present include large mouth bass, chain pickerel, black crappe, perch, tiger muskies, carp and sunfish.

Take exit 18 of the Southern State Parkway in West Hempstead.

Location: West Hempstead New York 11552 Telephone 516-766-1029

Other New York State Parks nearby:
(Bronx) Bayswater Point State Park
(Babylon) Belmont Lake State Park
(Farmingdale) Bethpage State Park
(Smithtown) Caleb Smith State Park Preserve
(Babylon) Captree State Park
(Huntington) Caumsett State Historic Park

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