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Kings Point Park
Park
179 acres3.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · North Hempstead
North Hempstead, NY parks, trails & bike paths
About 5.1% of North Hempstead is conserved land, roughly 2,249 acres. There are about 25 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Kings Point Park (3.2 mi), Sands Point Preserve (2.5 mi), and William Cullen Bryant Preserve (1.9 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in North Hempstead, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
North Hempstead outdoors
Conserved land
5.1%
2,249 of 44,020 acres
Trails
25 mi
0.4 mi per sq mi · 12 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
116
9 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
6.8 mi
1.7 mi lanes · 4.9 mi off-road paths
Conserved land is a share of the whole town area. Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Map
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
Tap a number or a place below to zoom in© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
Parks & preserves with trails
Ranked by mapped trail miles. Directions go to the nearest marked trailhead or public parking.
2
Sands Point Preserve
Managed by County of Nassau, New York
244 acres2.5 mi of trail
Trail 4Trail 5Trail 6Trail 2Trail 1
Dog rules not recorded
3
William Cullen Bryant Preserve
Nature preserve
147 acres1.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Hempstead Harbor Shoreline Park
Nature preserve
57 acres0.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Clark Botanic Garden
Managed by Town of North Hempstead
13 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
6
Half Moon Wetland Conservancy
Nature preserve
27 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 60 parks & preserves
- Nassau County Museum of Art47 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Wilson Park12 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Lake Success Village Park10 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Manorhaven Preserve9 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Bay Walk Park4 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Christopher Morley Park97 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Parkwood Pool and Sports Complex28 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Gerry Park13 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Cedarmere10 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Creek Park9 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Merriman Park4 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Strathmore Park4 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Manhasset Memorial Park4 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Westbury War Memorial Park3 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Wyngate Park2 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Greentree Foundation412 ac · Directions
- Hempstead Harbor Natural Preserve179 ac · Directions
- North Hempsted Beach Park68 ac · Directions
- The Park at East Hills50 ac · Directions
- Michael J. Tully Park35 ac · Directions
- Leeds Pond Preserve32 ac · Directions
- Old Westbury Unique Area32 ac · Directions
- Whitney Pond Park30 ac · Directions
- North Hempstead Aerodrome22 ac · Directions
- Manorhaven Beach Park21 ac · Directions
- Manhasset Valley Park20 ac · Directions
- Guggenheim Preserve18 ac
- Clinton G. Martin Park16 ac · Directions
- Spring Rock Golf Center15 ac
- Allenwood Park14 ac · Directions
- John D. Caemmerer Park14 ac · Directions
- Lions Field13 ac · Directions
- Great Neck Estates Park12 ac · Directions
- Roslyn Country Club12 ac
- Memorial Park10 ac · Directions
- Stepping Stone Park and Marina10 ac · Directions
- Village Green Park10 ac · Directions
- Mill Pond Park9 ac · Directions
- Mineola Memorial Park9 ac · Directions
- Roslyn Road Park9 ac · Directions
- Strathmore-Vanderbilt Country Club8 ac
- Martin "Bunky" Reid Park8 ac · Directions
- Flower Hill Village Park8 ac · Directions
- Russell Gardens Park7 ac · Directions
- Baxter Pond Park7 ac
- Barbara Johnson Preserve7 ac · Directions
- Gracewood Park7 ac
- Herricks Park7 ac · Directions
- Hamlet Park6 ac · Directions
- Sunset Park6 ac · Directions
- Four Acre Park6 ac
- Merillon Field6 ac · Directions
- Saddle Rock Village Park6 ac · Directions
- Plandome Pond Park6 ac · Directions
Who protects the land
2,249 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 38 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 33 of 119 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes1.7 mi
- Off-road bike paths4.9 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.2 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis604
- Basketball119
- Baseball101
- Pickleball48
- Soccer39
- Football19
- Softball11
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
North Hempstead and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Hempstead | 5.1% | 25.2 mi | 116 |
| Oyster Bay | 12.8% | 172.0 mi | 193 |
| Hempstead | 8.1% | 75.3 mi | 186 |
| New York | 16.4% | 496.4 mi | 791 |
| Garden City | 4% | 6.7 mi | 15 |
| Westbury | 0.6% | 0.4 mi | 2 |
| Great Neck Estates | 4.4% | 0.0 mi | 2 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about North Hempstead's trails yet. Muddy, icy, a bridge out, where to park: a quick post helps the next person.
Sources: trails, parks, preserves, courts and bike lanes © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), map data as of 2026-09-28. Conserved land: USGS Gap Analysis Project, Protected Areas Database of the United States (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 38.8-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.