Heckscher State Park

:"For the nationally historic local park in Huntington, New York, see Heckscher Park (Huntington, New York)."

Hecksher State Park is a park on the shore of the Great South Bay at East Islip in Suffolk County, New York, USA. The park was convert|1469|acre|km2 that was once the 19th century estates of George C. Taylor and J. Neal Plum. Islip's founder, William Nicoll, originally built his estate on this property. The park was purchased by the State of New York using a donation by the affluent August Heckscher with strong opposition from wealthy local residents.

Heckscher offers a beach, picnic tables with pavilions, a playground and playing fields, recreation programs, hiking and biking, fishing, a campground with tent and trailer sites, cross-country skiing, a boat launch, and a food concession.

Hechscher State Park is known as the "Home of the White-tailed Deer", and in fact deer are fairly populous throughout the park.

ee also

*List of New York state parks

External links

* [http://nysparks.state.ny.us/parks/info.asp?parkID=153 New York State Parks: Heckscher State Park]