Captree State Park

Captree State Park
Charter fishing boats at Captree State Park
Captree State Park is located in New York
Captree State Park
Location of Captree State Park within New York State
TypeState park
Location3500 East Ocean Parkway
Babylon, New York[1]
Coordinates40°38′24″N 73°15′18″W / 40.640°N 73.255°W / 40.640; -73.255
Area340 acres (1.4 km2)[2]
Created1954 (1954)[3]
Operated byNew York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
Visitors1,124,776 (in 2014)[4]
OpenAll year[5]
WebsiteCaptree State Park

Captree State Park is a 340-acre (1.4 km2) state park located in the towns of Babylon and Islip in Suffolk County, New York, United States. The park is located south of Captree Island on the easternmost end of Jones Beach Island, and overlooks the Fire Island Inlet and the westernmost section of Fire Island.[1]

Captree State Park can be accessed via the Robert Moses Causeway and the Ocean Parkway. The park primarily provides boating and fishing access to the Atlantic Ocean and Long Island's Great South Bay, and numerous charter boats are available for fishing excursions.[6]

  1. ^ a b "Captree State Park". NYS Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation. Retrieved April 14, 2016.
  2. ^ "Section O: Environmental Conservation and Recreation, Table O-9". 2014 New York State Statistical Yearbook (PDF). The Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government. 2014. p. 671. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 16, 2015. Retrieved April 14, 2016.
  3. ^ "Captree State Park". Long Island Exchange. Retrieved July 19, 2015.
  4. ^ "State Park Annual Attendance Figures by Facility: Beginning 2003". Data.ny.gov. Retrieved July 19, 2015.
  5. ^ "Captree State Park - Hours of Operation". NYS Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation. Retrieved July 19, 2015.
  6. ^ Stiegelmaier, Kevin (2012). "Captree State Park". Paddling Long Island and New York City: The Best Sea Kayaking from Montauk to Manhasset Bay to Manhattan. Birmingham, AL: Menasha Ridge Press. pp. 22–27. ISBN 978-0897325295. Retrieved July 21, 2015.