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Jones Beach State Park in Wantagh, New York, in 2021. The LISPC was created in 1924 by the New York State Legislature to build and operate parks & parkways on Long Island. [2] [3] [4] Governor Al Smith was appointed as its first President, and Robert Moses, who had drafted the bill creating the agency, served until 1953.
Robert Moses State Park - Long Island is a 875-acre (3.54 km 2) state park in southern Suffolk County, New York. [3] The park lies on the western end of Fire Island , one of the central barrier islands off the southern coast of Long Island , and is known for its five-mile (8.0 km) stretch of beaches on the Atlantic Ocean .
The park was created during Robert Moses' administration as President of the Long Island State Park Commission as part of the development of parkways on Long Island. [7] The park, 6.5 miles (10.5 km) in length, [1] is renowned for its beaches (which, excepting the beach on Zachs Bay, [8] [9] face the open Atlantic Ocean) and furnishes one of ...
67,774 (in 2018) Governing body. Baxter State Park Authority. Baxter State Park is a large wilderness area permanently preserved as a state park in Northeast Piscataquis, Piscataquis County in north-central Maine, United States. It is in the North Maine Woods region and borders the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument on the east.
Sunken Meadow State Park, also known as Governor Alfred E. Smith State Park, is a 1,287-acre (5.21 km 2) 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.
In 1946, Long Island State Park Commission President Robert Moses created the Long Island State Park Police Department to patrol Long Island’s parks. Throughout its existence, the force was strongly identified with Moses, the so-called "master builder," and provided his chauffeurs and bodyguards. In 1950, the name of the agency was changed to ...
Under its president Robert Moses, the Long Island State Park Commission spanned the island with parkways and state parks. Jones Beach was the most famous, "the crown jewel in Moses' State Park System". Long Island quickly became New York City's retreat – with millions of people going to and from the city to the new state parks.
Trail View State Park. / 40.81333°N 73.47028°W / 40.81333; -73.47028. Trail View State Park is a 454-acre (1.84 km 2) state park located on Long Island on the Nassau – Suffolk county border in New York. The linear park, created in September 2002, runs between Bethpage State Park and Cold Spring Harbor State Park .