Hempstead Lake State Park
Managed by New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
358 acres4.5 mi of trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
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Outdoors in Lakeview
5.3 miles of trails in Lakeview
About 42% of Lakeview is conserved land, roughly 316 acres. There are about 5.3 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Hempstead Lake State Park (4.5 mi) and Tanglewood Preserve (0.5 mi).
Conserved land
42%
316 of 762 acres
Trails
5.3 mi
4.4 mi per sq mi · 5 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
3
54 conserved acres per 1,000 people
Bike routes
2.9 mi
2.9 mi paths
Lakes & rivers
2
1 beach
What kind of outdoors town is Lakeview?
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The map
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
★ What stands out · Places to walk
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The longest trail network is Hempstead Lake State Park, with 4.5 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Tanglewood Preserve
Managed by Nassau County
12 acres0.5 mi of trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Harold Walker Memorial Park
Managed by Town of Hempstead
13 acres0.3 mi of trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Things to do
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Trails & water
2 lakes & rivers
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Who protects it
316 conserved acres
Who manages Lakeview’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
State parks273 ac
Town or city26 ac
Other or Unknown Local Government12 ac
County6 ac
Regional Water Districts1 ac
State Park · 273 acLocal Park · 44 acLocal Resource Management Area · 1 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. Public access isn’t recorded for 3 of 7 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected places
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hempstead Lake State Park State Park | State parks | 273 | Open |
| VILLAGE OF ROCKVILLE CENTRE Land Local Park | Town or city | 16 | Unknown |
| Harold A Walker Memorial Park Local Park | Other or Unknown Local Government | 11 | Open |
| INC VILLAGE OF LYNBROOK Land Local Park | Town or city | 10 | Unknown |
| COUNTY OF NASSAU Land Local Park | County | 6 | Unknown |
| Long Island Water Lands Local Resource Management Area | Regional Water Districts | 1 | Open |
| Donald F Browne RVC Park Local Park | Other or Unknown Local Government | 1 | Open |
Biking & sports
2.9 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
0.0 mi
painted or protected bike lanes
2.9 mi
off-road bike paths
0.0 mi
shoulders & shared lanes
Courts & fields
26Tennis
10Pickleball
5Basketball
4Baseball
2Soccer
1Football
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
Next door
Lakeview and its neighbors
Lakeview has the most mapped trails of the 5 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.
| Town | Conserved | Parks |
|---|---|---|
| Lakeview | 41.5% | 3 |
| Rockville Centre | 7.4% | 6 |
| Malverne | 2.3% | 2 |
| West Hempstead | 11.4% | 5 |
| Lynbrook | 1.7% | 3 |
Trail talk
Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Lakeview neighbors.
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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.