Fish Thicket Preserve
Nature preserve
102 acres2.5 mi of trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Outdoors in East Patchogue
Beaches, parks & trails in East Patchogue
About 5.2% of East Patchogue is conserved land, roughly 283 acres. There are about 6.3 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Fish Thicket Preserve (2.5 mi), Hedges Creek County Park (0.9 mi), and St. Joseph College Outdoor Field Complex (0.5 mi).
Conserved land
5.2%
283 of 5,385 acres
Trails
6.3 mi
0.8 mi per sq mi · 4 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
9
13 conserved acres per 1,000 people
Bike routes
1.4 mi
1.4 mi lanes
Lakes & rivers
5
8 beaches · 1 boat launch
What kind of outdoors town is East Patchogue?
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Conserved land, trails & bike routes
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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
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13 places to go in East Patchogue
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Beaches in East Patchogue
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The longest trail network is Fish Thicket Preserve, with 2.5 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Hedges Creek County Park
Park
60 acres0.9 mi of trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
St. Joseph College Outdoor Field Complex
Park
21 acres0.5 mi of trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Lymans Marsh State Tidal Wetland
Managed by New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
34 acres
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yetWebsite ↗
All 9 parks & preserves
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Fish Thicket Preserve102 acres · 2.5 mi of trail
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Hedges Creek County Park60 acres · 0.9 mi of trail
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Lymans Marsh State Tidal Wetland34 acres · New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
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Patchogue Shores Community Center5 acres
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Pine Neck Boat Ramp3 acres
Trails & water
5 lakes & rivers
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Who protects it
283 conserved acres
Who manages East Patchogue’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Town or city201 ac
County59 ac
State conservation34 ac
Regional Water Districts6 ac
Local Park · 256 acState Conservation Area · 34 acLocal Other or Unknown · 8 acLocal Resource Management Area · 2 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. Public access isn’t recorded for 2 of 14 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected places
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fish Thicket Nature Preserve Local Park | Town or city | 107 | Open |
| TOWN OF BROOKHAVENC/O DEPT OF FINANCE Land Local Park | Town or city | 74 | Unknown |
| Hodges Creek County Park Local Park | County | 53 | Open |
| Lymans Marsh State Tidal Wetland State Conservation Area | State conservation | 34 | Open |
| Hallock Park Local Park | Town or city | 9 | Open |
| Mud Creek County Park Local Park | County | 6 | Open |
| Pine Gate Local Other or Unknown | Town or city | 4 | Open |
| SUFFOLK COUNTYWATER AUTHORITY Land Local Other or Unknown | Regional Water Districts | 4 | Unknown |
| Pine Neck Marina Local Park | Town or city | 3 | Open |
| Swan Lake Water Corp Lands Local Resource Management Area | Regional Water Districts | 2 | Open |
4 smaller protected places aren’t shown.
Biking & sports
1.4 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
1.4 mi
painted or protected bike lanes
0.0 mi
off-road bike paths
0.0 mi
shoulders & shared lanes
Courts & fields
10Baseball
3Football
3Tennis
1Basketball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
Next door
East Patchogue and its neighbors
East Patchogue has the most mapped trails of the 5 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.
| Town | Conserved | Parks |
|---|---|---|
| East Patchogue | 5.2% | 9 |
| Bellport | 1.6% | 4 |
| North Bellport | 3.2% | 3 |
| Patchogue | 3.4% | 5 |
| Medford | 4.4% | 7 |
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Trails, parks, preserves, courts and bike lanes © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), map data as of 2026-09-28. Conserved land: USGS Gap Analysis Project, PAD-US. Measured against the Census town boundary.
How we measure
"Trails" are OpenStreetMap paths, bridleways, public tracks and unpaved footways, plus footways inside a park or preserve or on a named trail route. Sidewalks are left out. Areas are counted on a 20-meter grid, so overlapping parcels count once. "Conserved" includes conservation easements, which protect land from development but are usually private property. Trailheads are the nearest marked trailhead, public parking lot or information board within about 150 meters of a preserve. Dog rules come from OpenStreetMap when someone has tagged them; otherwise we show what’s typical for the land manager, or say the rules aren’t recorded.