WEST END, JONES BEACH
From the Southern State Parkway, exit onto the Meadowbrook State Parkway south. After entering Jones Beach State Park, exit right (west) into the West End. Continue west to parking lot West End 2.
From the Wantagh State Parkway, travel south, exit at Bay Drive, and continue west to the West End. Continue west to parking lot West End 2.
From the Southern State Parkway, exit onto the Meadowbrook State Parkway south. After entering Jones Beach State Park, exit at the second right onto Bay Drive (heading east). Continue on Bay Drive to parking field 4. We meet in the northeast corner of the parking lot.
From the Wantagh State Parkway, travel south to the traffic circle at the water tower. Stay right at the traffic circle and exit onto Ocean Parkway west. Exit into parking field 4. We meet in the northeast corner of the parking lot.
POINT LOOKOUT
From the Southern State Parkway, exit onto the Meadowbrook State Parkway south. Exit from the Meadowbrook at Loop Parkway (at the Jones Beach toll booths) to Point Lookout. The Loop Parkway ends west of Point Lookout at Lido Boulevard. Continue straight across Lido Boulevard into Point Lookout Park. Travel past the ticket booths into the parking lot on the east side of the park. Park at the southeast corner, closest to the private homes of the village of Point Lookout and the beach. Walk eastward along the beach, past a series of groins, toward Jones Inlet.
From Sunrise Highway, turn north onto Broadway, Massapequa. Travel under the Long Island Rail Road overpass, then make the first right onto Veterans Boulevard (headed east). Go past the Massapequa train station and into the parking lot at the east end of the station. The preserve is directly east of the parking lot.
From Sunrise Highway, turn north onto Brookside Avenue. Go under the Long Island Rail Road overpass. Brookside Preserve is on the left (west) side of the road, a few hundred yards past the overpass. Diagonal parking is available on the street in front of the preserve’s entrance.
HEMPSTEAD LAKE STATE PARK
From the Southern State Parkway, take Exit 18 (Eagle Avenue) south. Turn right at the first parking lot; we meet at the south end of the lot. Access to the lake is available from the opposite side of the roadway.
From the Southern State Parkway, travel west to the Belt Parkway. Exit at Cross Bay Boulevard (Exit 17) south. Continue south on Cross Bay Blvd. through Howard Beach and over the North Channel Bridge (also known as the Congressman Joseph P. Addabbo Bridge). The entrance to the refuge parking lot is on the right side of the road, at a traffic light approximately one and a half miles past the bridge.
OCEANSIDE MARINE NATURE STUDY AREA
From Sunrise Highway in Rockville Centre, turn onto Long Beach Road, traveling south. Proceed to Waukena Avenue and turn left. From this point onward, there are brown signs directing visitors to the sanctuary. Turn right onto Park Avenue (at a traffic light), then turn left onto Golf Drive. Continue on Golf Drive to Slice Drive, turn right, and proceed one short block into the sanctuary.
FREEPORT MEMORIAL LIBRARY
Travel south on the Meadowbrook State Parkway to Merrick Road (Exit M9) west. Drive west on Merrick Road through the Village of Freeport to the Freeport Memorial Library, located on the corner of South Ocean Avenue and Merrick Road. Parking can usually be found in the rear of the library.
TACKAPAUSHA MUSEUM & PRESERVE
Tackapausha Museum & Preserve is located in Seaford, on Washington Avenue, between Merrick Road and Sunrise Highway. The entrance to the museum is on the east side of Washington Avenue, just north of Merrick Road.
JOHN F. KENNEDY MEMORIAL WILDLIFE SANCTUARY
From the Jones Beach traffic circle, drive east about four miles (to just west of the Suffolk County line) and enter the Tobay Beach parking lot, which is on the north side of Ocean Parkway. Turn left as soon as you enter that lot and follow the narrow road about 1/2 mile to the Sanctuary’s parking lot. A free permit is required to use the latter lot without risking a $25 summons; to obtain an application, call the Town of Oyster Bay’s Parks Department, Division of Beaches, at 797-4110 or visit them at 977 Hicksville Road, Massapequa.
NORMAN J. LEVY PARK AND PRESERVE
From the Meadowbrook Parkway, use the Merrick Road M9 east exit. Enter the Department of Sanitation entrance immediately on right (if you’re driving west on Merrick Road, make a U-turn after Central Boulevard and before the Meadowbrook Parkway). Look for signs to Levy Park and Preserve parking lot.