Hallock State Park Preserve

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Address
6062 Sound Avenue
Riverhead, NY 11947

Long Island Region

Latitude 40.983138

Longitude -72.588944

Directions

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

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.

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 - 3/31/2025

Empire Passport and Golden Park Program accepted.

Maps

New! Download this park's digital map to your iOS Apple and Android device.

Avenza Map

Trail Map (pdf)

Sat 18 Jan

A Winter’s Day Nature Walk
Saturday, January 18, 2025 09:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Hallock State Park Preserve

Dress warm for this 1mile nature walk through the winter woods of Hallock State Park Preserve. Whatever we find-birds, plants, tracks will all be observed and discussed.

Sat 25 Jan

Winter Bird Walk
Saturday, January 25, 2025 09:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Hallock State Park Preserve

Dress warm for this mid winter 2.5 mile walk finding seabirds on the Long Island Sound, raptors in the fields and woods, and songbirds in the thickets. Bring binoculars.

Sat 01 Feb

Cultural Landscape Walking Tour
Saturday, February 1, 2025 09:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Hallock State Park Preserve

Cultural/human history of this park is long, varied and interesting. See historic hedgerows, find where the old Camp Carey was located, and stand on land that witnessed a Long Island battle during the War of 1812! This walk occurs on the western side of the Preserve.

Sat 15 Feb

The Great Backyard Bird Count
Saturday, February 15, 2025 09:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Hallock State Park Preserve

The Cornell Lab of Ornithology and the National Audubon Society encourages people to count wintering bird populations in specific areas. Scientists use this data to help understand where populations of birds are in winter, declines, increases etc. It's a very successful and fun citizen science project...all birds observed will be entered into EBird databases. Roundtrip walk of 3 miles. Bring binoculars.

Sat 15 Feb

Passport to Parks!
Saturday, February 15, 2025 09:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Hallock State Park Preserve

Discover Long Island's State Parks in a monthly hiking series through every park on the Island! Challenging and accessible hikes each month! Present 10 stickers to be entered into a raffle for a chance to win FREE admission to our 2026 Environmental Education programs! Check Eventbrite for times and locations. Reservations taken on eventbrite.com.

Registration: Required

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Amenities Information

Amenities
Hiking

Documents
Trail Guide (pdf)

Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation