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Frank Melville Memorial Preserve
Park
10 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Setauket
Setauket, NY parks, trails & bike paths
About 5.9% of Setauket is conserved land, roughly 123 acres. There are about 1.4 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Frank Melville Memorial Preserve (0.6 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Setauket, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Setauket outdoors
Conserved land
5.9%
123 of 2,085 acres
Trails
1.4 mi
0.4 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
5
30 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
0.0 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 0.0 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.
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Frank Melville Memorial Park
Park
7 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Little Bay State Tidal Wetland
Managed by wikidata=Q3339061
62 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
4
Patriot's Hollow State Forest
Managed by New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
42 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Playgrounds in Setauket
Unnamed playground
Unnamed playground
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Water
Lakes & rivers
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
123 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. Public access isn't recorded for 2 of 4 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.0 mi
- Off-road bike paths0.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis9
- Baseball2
- Basketball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Setauket
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
State Conservation Area 103 acLocal Park 14 acLocal Other or Unknown 6 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Bay State Tidal WetlandState Conservation Area | State conservation | 62 | Open |
| Patriot'S Hollow State ForestState Conservation Area | State conservation | 42 | Open |
| TOWN OF BROOKHAVENC/O DEPT OF FINANCE LandLocal Park | Town or city | 14 | Access unknown |
| SUFFOLK COUNTYWATER AUTHORITY LandLocal Other or Unknown | Regional Water Districts | 6 | Access unknown |
History
Historic places to visit
Patriot RockMemorial
Agudat Achim CemeteryCemetery
Bethel African-American CemeteryCemetery
Caroline Episcopal Churchyard and CemeteryCemetery
First Presbyterian Churchyard and CemeteryCemetery
First Presbyterian Churchyard and CemeteryCemetery
Laurel Hill African-American CemeteryCemetery
Methodist CemeteryCemetery
Saint James CemeteryCemetery
Saint James CemeteryCemetery
Nearby
Setauket and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Setauket | 5.9% | 1.4 mi | 5 |
| Old Field | 12% | 2.2 mi | 1 |
| East Setauket | 8.1% | 33.1 mi | 5 |
| Stony Brook | 4.5% | 7.4 mi | 8 |
| Poquott | 1.9% | 1.6 mi | 0 |
| Stony Brook University | 1.2% | 4.6 mi | 1 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Setauket'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 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.