| Hempstead Lake State Park | |
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 Peninsula Boulevard as it runs beneath a pedestrian bridge at Hempstead Lake State Park. | |
  Location of Hempstead Lake State Park within New York State | |
| Type | State park |
| Location | Lakeside Drive West Hempstead, New York[1] |
| Coordinates | 40°41′02″N 73°38′24″W / 40.684°N 73.64°W |
| Area | 737 acres (2.98 km2)[2] |
| Operated by | New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation |
| Visitors | 323,863 (in 2014)[3] |
| Open | All year |
| Website | Hempstead Lake State Park |
Hempstead Lake State Park is a 737-acre (2.98 km2) state park located in Nassau County, New York in the United States.[2] The park is located in West Hempstead and is one of three state parks within the Town of Hempstead. There is a quick-access entrance at exit 18 from the Southern State Parkway. The park contains the largest freshwater lake in Nassau County.
The park offers picnic tables with pavilions, tennis courts, a playground, playing fields, recreation programs, hiking, biking, a bridle path, fishing, ice fishing, ice skating, cross-country skiing, snowmobiling, and a boat launch. The park contains three ponds for fishing that are stocked with several varieties of fish. Wooded picnic areas provide shade.
- ^ "Hempstead Lake State Park". NYS Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation. Retrieved September 29, 2016.
- ^ a b "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. 672. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 16, 2015. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
- ^ "State Park Annual Attendance Figures by Facility: Beginning 2003". Data.ny.gov. Retrieved September 29, 2016.