Came up to visit family and left with a new favorite park. Seriously, all parks should take notes…read morebecause this park is amazing. First off, free sunscreen..never seen that at a park before. A huge, paved walking trail that also has a giant field in the middle of it. An Italian ice shop for when the kids need a sweet treat. There's so much to do here and we love that for our busy body kids! Can't wait to come back :)

Heritage Park is in an area that I have an attachment to. Growing up here in the 1980s, I remember…read morewhen Route 25A was a semi rural road that abutted Davis Peach Farm in Mount Sinai. In the mid 1990s, when I was in my twenties, suburbia conquered the acres of open peach farms at a time when the Route 347 sprawl entended east along Route 25A. In 2013, there was a positive turn of events. On the triangular parcel of former peach farm lane bounded by NY 25A, Coram-Mount Sinai Road, and County Route 83; a developer proposed constructing a home improvement store. Concurrently, the local residents with Brookhaven Township derailed these plans and instead created a beautiful park where residents from all over can enjoy a public space. Heritage Park was born. By now, I was living in Las Vegas. In recent times when I visited my Dad, we had spent time here on four occasions before dining in Lotus East. The way we have experienced Heritage Park is walking the 0.7 mile oval walking path counter clockwise with three bench stops. This review discusses the four experiences here from the perspective of walking the peripheral trail counter-clockwise. To begin with, this is a concrete trail that is level. This has been beneficial to my dad who has had foot issues. Getting on the trail northbound we take in the historic Heritage House. This is a community center that houses local events. For park users this is one of two restroom locations. Continuing north, the Davis Peach farm history lives on with preserved farming equipment by a red barn. As the trail curves west at the triangular northern tip of the park, a community garden and diminutive forest appear to the back of the Heritage House. This is where we sit after walking around the park. Traveling northbound parallel to County Route 83, there are sporadic young trees that have been gradually maturing. Within a few years, I expect them to bring shade to a park that was formerly farmland. It is along this segment where we take our first bench break in a square called "The Court of Americas." This is a neat area where the garden is shaped like the USA that is framed with bricks displaying the names of every US President. From this spot, there is a clear view of the butterfly garden and central walkways. Continuing north, then following an S-curve, my eyes take in the open grass, soccer fields, and baseball fields to the left. At the S-curve, I have seen the most nature in the park that includes rabbits and robins. At the northern preiphery, the trail turns to the left to follow NY 25A. From here, I could see the expanse of open grass reaching towards the Heritage House. Turning to the south, I sometimes cut across the play knoll. I believe that this is the highest point of the park. The trail now parallels Coram-Mount Sinai Road with the soccer field to the left. This is where our second bench stop is. It is a scenic spot that overlooks a decorative waterfall with a miniature pine forest slope providing the backdrop of a putting green fronting open grass reaching towards Route 25A. Continuing north towards the parking lot, the park turns children's friendly. There is a Kids Maze and a playground. What the park is not, is doggy friendly. Dogs are prohibited. Heading more north the scenery features the parking lot to the right with open grass to the left. By now we have walked 0.7 miles. We will conclude the loop at bench stop three overlooking the community garden. Depending on the visit, we have done a second loop or walked back to the car. Speaking of parking. The parking lot is off of Coram-Mount Sinai Road. On all four of our visits there has been sufficient parking. I would like to add that the parking lot is convenient to the the North Shore Rail Trail. Only a short walk along Coram-Mount Sinai Road then across Route 25A is a 10-mile paved trail that connects Mount Sinai to Wading River. This short walk extends the Heritage Park experience into a regional hike or bicycle ride. If I still lived on Long Island, I would partake in it. In conclusion, I give Heritage Park 4-stars. The local residents and Brookhaven Township have created something special.

The new playground is well designed with good, challenging, but safe climbing activities…read more Neat little zip line too. The biggest issue I had with Hoyt Farm is they renovated this playground in the summer, which also closed the splash pad. Who planned this? Who closes a park and splash pad in the summer when kids are off from school? And there wasn't a single notice on any website , Town or park, telling you about this and explaining why they had to do it in the summer. Just typical poor planning

This is my favorite local park. It's so well maintained. Pretty much only for Smithtown residents…read more It has an awesome playground with new and old school stuff. Splash park for the little ones. There are nice trails to follow around a pond and through an orchard. They have animals to look at and interact with. A museum with lots of cool critters. There halloween bash which is hugely popular and my kids loved it. Definitely a gem!

As I was out on a run in the area I took a break to relax a bit at this park…read more Saw some moms with their kids playing on the equipment and swings. Perfect for families with small childen. Nice open park area with a large lawn to play sports on or have a picnic. Equipment looks pretty new here and there is parking. No bathrooms though. Fenced in all around. Very clean and well maintained. Picnic tables and benches too.

The 18-hole golf course at the Hamlet Wind Watch Golf & Country Club is quite beautiful…read more The course is kept up rather nicely with nice fairways and greens. The course is more on the narrow side with homes sometimes on both sides. With water holes, bunkers, and sand traps, it can be a little difficult. Carts are provided, and the prices are fair.

This is probably the weirdest place to play golf on Long Island. Its long standing claim to fame is…read morethat course conditions are pretty good. Currently that reputation holds on the fairways and greens. Rough is fine. Bunkers are generally not raked. More than a few tee boxes are unlevel and chewed up. The water hazards are either swampy or filled with what looks like straight Windex. The course is tight and in spots lined by condos. The driving range is grass which is nice, but no one is collecting baskets and keeping it tidy and the practice spaces are way too close together. In terms of the facility and the operation, it feels like a defunct country club. The aging clubhouse needs a lot of work. The ceiling in the men's locker room is leaking, the banquet hall looks abandoned & the halfway house is closed. There is a friendly beverage cart driver that we saw once during a 5 hour round. Yes a 5 hour round. The course is not rangered. The staff comes off as a bunch of characters. The "starter" has no name tag or logoed apparel on that would identify him as a course employee. They make sure the next group tees off the second the group ahead is out of range like a local muni. No effort to space out the groups. He also took it upon himself to watch tee shots and comment on everyone's result. Weird. Even the greens keeper drove around the entire fringe on one hole while we were putting and pulled away giving us the peace sign - crazy behavior both from a politeness factor for guests as well as a complete lack of respect for the course he's maintaining. They charge a luxury price - it is not a luxury experience. A mixed bag at best.

100% Recommend their light show to everyone! My family and I ate at an igloo (food by local burger…read morenext door) then walked through the show. The heated igloos are cozy and comfortable. The light show is AMAZING. There is also a "village" we didn't check out (too cold and late for the baby) but from a quick glance it looked like fun! Would love if they maybe had a halfway stop point in future years to warm up, grab a hot chocolate perhaps. We underestimated the cold.

My family and I rented a gazebo to enjoy a happy Hour…read moreafternoon together. Unfortunately we found our original gazebo table covered in ants. There was left over sticky substances on the table and wet napkins. When we brought this up they told us to choose another gazebo. That gazebo also had an unclean table with sticky substances but no where near to as many ants. I cleaned the table up with wipes I have in my diaper bag. The cleanliness of the gazebo areas is the only reason this is not a 5 review. They have a QR code ordering system that was very easy to use and they brought our food and drinks straight to us. The staff seemed friendly and we loved the live music that started playing! There was a lot to do as well. There was cornhole, blow up 'axe throwing' a turf area with a soccer station and lots of other yard games. We did enjoy our time here and I recommend giving them a try. The drinks and food was great. I had a burger that is provided via local burger.

Heckscher Park is a beautiful park in the center of Huntington. It's on 18 acres with a gorgeous…read morepond that's has turtles, ducks, and geese Great walking path around the ponds with beautiful scenery and stone work. On the other side of the pond is a very fun kids playground with matted rubber ground for safety and so many fun interactive activities. Street parking, public restrooms, and dogs are allowed. Community events and festivals are also held here making this park an all around great Long Island park.

What a beautiful park!! Leisurely walking around the the lake took me about 30 minutes. It's a nice…read moreway to get those steps in while getting lost in nature. I was admiring the birds on the water and I walked and it helped pass the time. Keep a look out for droppings on the ground unless you don't care to soil your shoes. Nearing the end of my walk, I really wanted to spend some time on the bridge where most of the waterfowls were gathered. It turns out that a family was feeding them. The very last morsel was taken by one geese that miffed another geese and so it chase the other with aggression. Birds can be pretty brutal and they were quite huge so I had to stay away. What an unfortunate experience. Besides the lake, there's also a beautiful playground, picnic tables, a sports field and tennis courts. The Heckscher Museum of Art can also be found on the grounds as well as a September 11 Memorial. It is definitely worth a visit. There is decent amount of parking spaces all around the park for ease of access too.

Do not come here. Those of us who know and love this park want the paths to stay quiet and clean,…read morethe wildlife undisturbed and the trails well-marked. Oh OK, you can come, but please respect our beautiful park. You can expect great, level-ground hiking on well-tended trails in tranquil forests along the Connetquot River. Visit the Hatchery and check out the stands where anglers for trout can come and try their hand. Yes, you will hear the LIRR off in the distance, but that only reminds you that we still have wonderful chunks of forest to enjoy in the midst of suburban sprawl.

We went off season before this crazy cold snap. I i've been here before but many years ago. I…read moreforgot how beautiful it was. I want to say @ least 3500 acres. There are buildings throughout the park with plenty of bathrooms : CLEAN bathrooms! , There is also a small gift shop & Cafe that is open for " most" of the year . . You can definitely " Get lost" here , if that is a goal...and daydreami. There are wide open smoother paths as well as paved walkways & more paths you can track through the woods. There's different water displays with the river running throughout the park iWe got to see a few animals in nature. : a Hawk. Dear, chipmunks. to start. Any time of year this park is beautiful. S if you're in the area or even if you're not in the area, it's definitely worth the drive in the season. It's a MY Star park so they take the NYS EMPIRE PASSPOET or pay cash at either entry . I know there are at least two ways to get into the park. With plenty of parking and again they only charge parking fees during peak season. Bundle up agates this weather breaks, it's good for you to get out there for fresh air and exercise in the dead winter. ( an you tell I am a mom? ) I love this place, I am just trying harder to try to see more of what Long Island has to offer as far as Parks & trails. Oh, at the beginning of one of the trails it had a sign and showed different plants and bushes. And we had identified all 10 of those even though it was I believe late November when we came here. I'm looking forward to coming back specifically in more spring, like weather. You can see the fish some of the waters / streams running thru ...

Disclaimer: The review is based off observation from using the gym. Did not book because prices…read moreseemed high. Overall (3.5 stars): Game Set Match is located within World Gym. Four green colored indoor clay courts are available to book at the front desk. During peak hours though, most of the courts seem to be reserved for lessons. In order to be able to use the courts, you have to pay a fee on top of gym membership (or a higher fee without membership). A few bonus points for having an upstairs area where you can watch others play through some glass (or if you're a parent who wants to watch your kid play). They have an automatic shoe cleaner available for use. The prices seem high compared to other indoor tennis courts I've been to in Long Island. Also wish there were more courts available and perhaps a little more variety in the types of surfaces... i.e. hard courts and/or synthetic grass.