Wildwood State Park Explained

Wildwood State Park
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Location:Wading River, New York
Coords:40.9605°N -72.7953°W
Area:767acres[1]
Created:[2]
Operator:New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
Visitation Num:439,212
Visitation Year:2023
Visitation Ref:[3]

Wildwood State Park is a 767acres state park located in Suffolk County, New York.[1] The park is in the Town of Riverhead on the north shore of Long Island. The park includes a beach on Long Island Sound.

The park offers a beach, a playground, picnic tables, hiking and biking, fishing, a campground with tent and trailer sites, cross-country skiing, recreation programs and a food concession.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: 2014 New York State Statistical Yearbook . The Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government . 2014 . Section O: Environmental Conservation and Recreation, Table O-9 . 674 . April 4, 2016 . April 28, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160428231718/http://www.rockinst.org/nys_statistics/2014/2014_Yearbook_Section_O.pdf . dead .
  2. Book: Fifty Years: New York State Parks, 1924-1974 . 21 . Natural Heritage Trust . 1975 . Natural Heritage Trust . New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation . New York State Council of Parks & Recreation . October 13, 2016 . March 29, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190329225528/http://nysl.cloudapp.net/awweb/guest.jsp?smd=1&cl=all_lib&lb_document_id=104152 . dead .
  3. Web site: State Park Annual Attendance Figures by Facility: Beginning 2003 . Data.ny.gov . June 23, 2023.