Hallock State Park Preserve offers a total of 225 acres. Hallock State Park Preserve is a shorefront park preserve that offers nearly one mile of pristine beachfront on the North Shore of Long Island along the Long Island Sound.
Hiking, nature walks, and bird watching are available. Development of the remainder of the preserve is in the planning stages and may include formal trails, environmental education, and activities appropriate for a park preserve.
Trail Guide
Print and fold to create a guide for an individual or family walk at Hallock State Preserve. If you cannot print 2-sided, the two sheets can be printed and stabled together, back-to-back, before folding. The markers follow the Yellow Trail, which starts in the northwest corner of the upper parking lot. A park map is also available on this site.
Pet Policy: No pets allowed
Mailing Address
P.O. Box 423 Jamesport, NY 11947
Hours of Operation
- 4/1/2024 - 10/31/2024 hours are 10:00am - 6:00pm
11/1/2024 - 3/31/2025 hours are 8:00am - 4:00pm
Open Holidays: New Year's Day,
MLK Day (January18), Washington's Birthday (February 15), Memorial Day,
Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day.
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Fees & Rates
- Entrance/Use
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- Parking fee is $8 per car.
Fee Collected:
4/6/24 - 5/27/24 10:00am - 6:00pm (weekends/holidays)
5/28/24 - 10/14/24 10:00am - 6:00pm (daily)
10/14/24 - 10/31/24 10:00am - 6:00pm (weekends/holidays)
No Fee collected 11/1/24 - 3/31/2025
Empire Passport and Golden Park Program accepted.
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Maps
New! Download this park's digital map to your iOS Apple and Android device.
Beach Monitoring/Clean-up: Focus on Shellfish
Saturday, May 11, 2024 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Hallock State Park Preserve
Meet at Visitor
Center, There will be a short, informative
presentation by Robin Metz in the Visitor Center on our local univalve and
bivalve shellfish and a discussion how marine debris affects their
environment. It will be followed by the
weekly walk to monitor wildlife along the Park Preserve's mile of pristine Long
Island Sound beachfront. Dress appropriately
for the weather and bring gloves. Trash
pickers and buckets will be provided, to help remove marine debris that can
harm sea life.
International Migratory Bird Day Walk
Saturday, May 18, 2024 09:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Hallock State Park Preserve
Meet in Upper Parking
Lot, Peak migration time for birds heading to their northern
breeding grounds is now! This 3-mile bird walk along trails of the Preserve
will observe many different species, particularly neotropical birds, such as
warblers, grosbeaks, vireos and many more! Bring binoculars! Led by State Park Naturalist MaryLaura
Lamont.
Weekly Beach Monitoring and Clean-up
Saturday, May 18, 2024 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Hallock State Park Preserve
Meet at Visitor
Center, This weekly
walk and discussion with members of the Atlantic Marine Conservation Society
and park staff monitors for wildlife along the Park Preserve's mile of pristine
Long Island Sound beachfront. Dress
appropriately for the weather and bring gloves. Trash pickers and buckets will be provided, to help remove debris that
can harm sea life.
Spring Bird Walk
Saturday, May 25, 2024 09:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Hallock State Park Preserve
Meet in Upper Parking
Lot, A 2-mile bird walk that will observe a variety of birds
that inhabit and breed in the park this time of year. Migration time is still ongoing,
and we will find late migrants moving through the forest. Bring binoculars.
Led by State Park Naturalist MaryLaura Lamont.
Beach Monitoring/Clean-up: Focus on Ecosystems
Saturday, May 25, 2024 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Hallock State Park Preserve
Meet at Visitor
Center, Join us for a short presentation by
an Atlantic Marine Conservation Society scientist on the ecosystems in the
waters surrounding Long Island Sound. It
will be followed by the weekly walk with park staff to monitor for wildlife
along the Park Preserve's Long Island Sound beachfront. Dress appropriately for the weather and bring
gloves. Trash pickers and buckets will
be provided, to help remove debris that can harm sea life.