Sunken Meadow State Park

Sunken Meadow State Park
Boardwalk at the beachfront at Sunken Meadow State Park
Sunken Meadow State Park is located in New York
Sunken Meadow State Park
Location of Sunken Meadow State Park within New York State
Sunken Meadow State Park is located in the United States
Sunken Meadow State Park
Sunken Meadow State Park (the United States)
TypeState park
LocationRte. 25A and Sunken Meadow Parkway
Kings Park, New York[1]
Nearest cityKings Park, New York
Coordinates40°54′41″N 73°15′29″W / 40.9114°N 73.2580°W / 40.9114; -73.2580
Area1,288 acres (5.21 km2)[2]
Created1926 (1926)[3]
Operated byNew York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
Visitors3,636,435 (in 2023)[4]
OpenAll year
WebsiteSunken Meadow State Park

Sunken Meadow State Park, also known as Governor Alfred E. Smith State Park, is a 1,287-acre (5.21 km2) state park[2] located in the Town of Smithtown in Suffolk County, New York on the north shore of Long Island. The park, accessible via the Sunken Meadow State Parkway, contains the 27-hole Sunken Meadow State Park Golf Course.[5]

  1. ^ "Sunken Meadow State Park". NYS Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
  2. ^ 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. 671. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 16, 2015. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference NYSP_infoPacket was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "State Park Annual Attendance Figures by Facility: Beginning 2003". Data.ny.gov. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
  5. ^ "Sunken Meadow State Park Golf Course (Governor Alfred E. Smith)". parks.ny.gov. Retrieved September 30, 2021.