Hallock State Park Preserve
Address
6062 Sound Avenue
Riverhead, NY 11947
6062 Sound Avenue
Riverhead, NY 11947
Latitude 40.983138
Longitude -72.588944
- General Information: (631) 315-5475
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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
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 - 4:00pmOpen 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.
Fees & Rates
- Entrance/Use
- 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 - 3/31/2025Empire Passport and Golden Park Program accepted.
Maps
New! Download this park's digital map to your iOS Apple and Android device.
Sat
20
Apr
Saturday, April 20, 2024 09:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Hallock State Park Preserve
Even though the
traditional date for Earth Day is April 22, join State Park naturalist
MaryLaura Lamont to celebrate it a few days earlier by walking the trails
observing all things that call the Earth home. Plants, birds, mammals, and more will be found and discussed. Meet in the Upper
Parking Lot.
Sat
20
Apr
Saturday, April 20, 2024 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Hallock State Park Preserve
This
weekly walk and discussion with members of the Atlantic Marine Conservation
Society and park staff monitors for injured wildlife along the Park Preserves'
Long Island Sound beachfront. Dress for
the weather and bring gloves. Trash pickers and buckets will be provided, to
help remove debris that can harm sea life. Meet at Visitor
Center.
Sat
27
Apr
Saturday, April 27, 2024 09:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Hallock State Park Preserve
In "honor of trees" and Arbor
Day, meet at the Visitor Center for the first part of the program handling
samples of wood and learn what that wood was used for. Then we drive to the
upper lot where we will walk the trails learning how to identify trees using
buds, early leaves, flowers, seeds and bark. Led by State Park naturalist Mary
Laura Lamont. Meet at the Visitor
Center.
Sat
27
Apr
Saturday, April 27, 2024 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Hallock State Park Preserve
This
weekly walk and discussion with members of the Atlantic Marine Conservation
Society and park staff monitors for wildlife along the Park Preserve's Long
Island Sound beachfront. Dress for the
weather and bring gloves. Trash pickers and buckets will be provided, to help
remove debris that can harm sea life. Meet at Visitor
Center.
Sat
04
May
Saturday, May 4, 2024 10:00 AM - 03:00 PM
Hallock State Park Preserve
All are welcome to drop in for a NY State Park's 100th
anniversary open house celebration at Hallock State Park Preserve, sponsored by
the Parks and Trails New York. Ongoing programs,
provided by the Atlantic Marine Conservation Society, representatives of the
Shinnecock Nation and State Parks staff will include: 10:00 a.m. -Noon Volunteer Beach
Cleanup activity, 10:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m. Trail Walk - Local Indigenous Peoples Relationship
with Nature Walk, Noon-1:00 p.m. Indigenous Peoples
Collective Prayer for whales and marine life, 1:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m. Volunteer tree
planting activity, 1:00 p.m. -2:30 p.m. Volunteer
Beach Clean activity, 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Nature/Trail
walk with our State Park Naturalist focusing on how the Park Preserve is
"reverting" back to nature. Ongoing: Tours
of AMSEAS trailer and Eco-partner tabling, Hallockville
Farm Museum table, Restrooms,
water bottle filling station and gift shop available at Visitor Center.
Amenities Information
- Amenities
- Hiking
- Documents
- Trail Guide (pdf)