Jones Beach State Park really is the place to be. With 520 lodges, cabins and hotels in the park and the surrounding towns, your perfect adventure is ready and waiting for you.
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Jones Beach is Long Island's iconic boardwalk. Its 2-mile stretch has buzz morning, noon and night. Come summer, it's a bona fide destination even if you don't have plans to hit the sand.
Some of Long Island's most visited beaches were also its cleanest, including Jones Beach, where measurements never reached potentially unsafe levels, and Robert Moses, where they did just once.
Jones Beach is 6.5 miles of clean sand covered with bodies. Its character differs depending on which 'field' you choose – for example, 2 is for the surfers and 6 is for families, and there's a gay beach way east – but it's a scene no matter where you spread your blanket.
There are open showers for just rinsing by the entrance areas to the beaches. Helpful? There are faucets near the beach on the boardwalk where people use to rinse off after using the beach.
Yes, but we are talking Stadium prices- 15 for a mixed drink and $12 for a big beer. Better to byob and get there early to the parking lot with plenty of red solo cups (park cops don't like to see cans or bottles) and listen to the tunes of the band you are about to see.
It is the most popular and heavily visited beach on the East Coast, with an estimated six million visitors per year. Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater, an outdoor arena in the park, is a popular musical and concert venue. The park also includes a two-mile (3.2 km) boardwalk.
In Suffolk County, Babylon's Tanner Park had potentially unsafe levels on 48% of testing days; Islip's Benjamin's Beach and Bayport Beach reached those levels on 45% and 28% of testing days. In Nassau, Hempstead's Hewlett Point Beach reached potentially unsafe levels on 28% of testing days.