Floral Park, New York Travel Information

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Alley Pond Park (Distance: 3.9 mi) Home to the Alley Pond Giant, the oldest known tree in New York City, this park is the second largest in the borough but considerably less well known. Visit the site of New Yorks first nature trail an...

Lake Succss, NY - Hiking - length:3.2 mi

Hempstead Lake State Park (Distance: 4.0 mi) This park was developed around Hempstead Lake and several smaller ponds and provides facilities for picnicking, soccer, baseball, tennis, and archery. The bike path encircles Hempstead Lake, paralleli...

Meadowbrook, NY - Road Biking - length:4 mi

Valley Stream State Park (Distance: 4.3 mi) Valley Stream Park is one of the oldest of Long Island's state parks. Close to the New York City border in a densely populated area, it quickly became and remains an extremely popular facility. It is ...

Valley Stream, NY - Road Biking - length:4 mi

Manhasset - Port Washington (Distance: 4.7 mi) This ride takes you through some of the finest residential areas on Long Island. The Port Washington peninsula, or Manhasset Neck, is the site of a number of communities of impressive homes and estate...

Manhasset, NY - Road Biking - length:17 mi

Great Neck (Distance: 5.5 mi) This is a pleasant ride around the Great Neck peninsula, an area very much in demand by people who wish to remain within easy traveling distance of New York City while living in gracious suburban surr...

Great Neck, NY - Road Biking - length:13 mi

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Garden City Garden City Country Club Private Equity, 18 holes 6578 yards, par 70 2.0 miles from center of Floral Park, New York

Douglaston Park Douglaston Park Golf Course Municipal, 18 holes 5585 yards, par 67 2.7 miles from center of Floral Park, New York

Towers Towers Country Club Private Non-Equity, 18 holes 5650 yards, par 70 2.7 miles from center of Floral Park, New York

Garden City Garden City Golf Club Private Equity, 18 holes 6882 yards, par 73 3.1 miles from center of Floral Park, New York

Cherry Valley Cherry Valley Club Private Equity, 18 holes 6705 yards, par 72 3.1 miles from center of Floral Park, New York

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