Heckscher State Park
Heckscher State Park is a spacious and well-maintained park located in East Islip, NY, offering a variety of outdoor activities including hiking, biking, and sports like baseball, basketball, soccer, and volleyball. It features amenities such as picnic tables, barbecue grills, playgrounds, and public restrooms with showers. The park is dog-friendly with an onsite dog park and welcomes families with kid-friendly facilities and activities. Visitors appreciate its natural beauty, birdwatching opportunities, peaceful atmosphere, and helpful staff. Parking is available onsite, and the park is accessible with wheelchair entrances and parking.
Reviews
It’s a beautiful spot for a relaxing day outdoors!
The park is spacious, peaceful, and perfect for walking, biking, or just enjoying nature. The beach area is really nice, offering great views of the water and a cool breeze on warm days.
There are plenty of ducks and geese around, which adds to the charm—especially if you’re visiting with kids or enjoy birdwatching. It’s clean, well-maintained, and a great place to escape the hustle of everyday life.
Highly recommend for families, couples, or solo visitors looking for a scenic getaway on Long Island.
We visited this beautiful, spacious park for my son’s soccer tournament. It has plenty of well-maintained fields for different sports and activities, which is great. The only downside is that there’s no cell service, which made it hard to communicate or navigate—especially in such a large area. Still, a great spot for events and outdoor fun!
I love Hecksher! Specifically for camping. The grounds are grassy and flat and very well maintained. Kind and helpful staff. I love the bike trail. So many different birds!! So many turkeys! Btw the showers are in the same facility as the bathrooms! Score.
He is her STATE Park- in Islip – Note: not to be confused with Heckscher park in Huntington NY. As I had made the error. GPS again is tricky with a few side streets and looping me back on to the highway. Finally found field 1 past field 2 with help of the girl at the podium enterance. The few young men staff that were there we’re helpful and gave me a map, once I got to the paring area. The park and beach do seem to have much to offer. The picnic I went had many people and a tent and DJ Set up. I do want to go back and explore the many things there.
Not a bad place to camp. Price was okay for what ya go. The sites are a little squished together. I personally think renting out fire pits at a campsite should be a sin. We’re camping, there should just be a fire pit. The bathrooms are decently clean and the grounds are well cared for.