Directions & facilities

AVALON PARK & PRESERVE 

(Permanent course only) 

L.I. Expressway to exit 62 North. Take Nichols Road North (Route 97) to the end. Make a left turn (West) onto Route 25A. Make a right turn at Main Street. (Route 68) Stony Brook. Immediately past the lake make a left turn onto Harbor Road. (Harbor Road is where the Historic Grist Mill is located). Make 2nd left onto Shep Jones Lane. Follow the signs to The Barn.

MARIO'S RESTAURANT

Mario's, 635 Old Country Road in Plainview. From the Seaford - Oyster Bay Expressway (Route 135), take Exit 10, Old Country Road West. Go west on OCR about  .75 miles. Mario's is located on Old Country Road at the corner of Belmont Ave.

CAUMSETT STATE PARK

There are several bathroom facilities in this 1,520 acre park.  Dogs are not allowed.

L.I. Expressway to exit 49 north. (Route 110). Take Route 110 north to Route 25A (Main Street, Huntington). Make a left turn and go 3 traffic lights to West Neck Road. Turn right on West Neck Road and take it all the way to the park. DO NOT SPEED, WEST NECK ROAD IS HEAVILY PATROLLED. Follow signs to the meet area.

MUTTONTOWN PRESERVE

There are no bathroom facilities in this 550 acre preserve.  Dogs are not allowed.

L.I. Expressway to exit 41 north. (Route 106/107). Go north on Route 106 towards Oyster Bay. Muttontown Preserve is 3.4 miles from the expressway to the equestrian entrance on the west side of the road.

NISSEQUOGUE RIVER STATE PARK

There are bathroom facilities in this 521 acre park and dogs are allowed.

L.I. Expressway to exit 53 north. Take Sagtikos Parkway north. (It becomes the Sunken Meadow Parkway). Go to Route 25A east. Go .78 miles and turn left onto Old Dock Road. Go 1.78 miles. At the bottom of the hill turn right onto St. Johnland Road. Go .4 of a mile to the top of the hill. Turn left into the park.

STILLWELL WOODS

Bathrooms are near the entrance in this 270 acre preserve.  Dogs are not allowed.

Route 135 (Seaford Oyster Bay Expressway) north to exit 14E (Route 25 / Jericho Turnpike). Go approximately .75 miles and make a left turn onto South Woods Road (By the golf course). Go 1.3 miles to Stillwell Woods on the right hand side (Syosset HS complex is on the left). Park at the far end of the parking lot.

SUNKEN MEADOW SOUTH

L.I. Expressway to exit 53 north. Take the Sagtikos Parkway north. Sagtikos Parkway becomes the Sunken Meadow Parkway. Once through the toll booths, look for the “Orienteering” signs. Registration will be at Parking Field 5, the BOCES area at the top of the hill immediately after the toll booths.

WEST HILLS NORTH

There are bathroom facilities in this 800 acre county park.  Dogs are allowed.

Northern State Parkway to exit 39 north. (Round Swamp Road). Go north on Round Swamp Road to the second traffic light (just short of one mile). Make a right turn onto High Hold Drive. Drive to the top of the hill to the park entrance. Registration is at the “Pavilion” south of the administration building.

WEST HILLS SOUTH

There are bathroom facilities in this 800 acre county park.  Dogs are allowed.

Northern State Parkway to exit 40 south (Route 110). At the first traffic light (Old Country Road) make a right turn. Go to the next traffic light (Sweet Hollow Road) and make another right turn. Follow Sweet Hollow Road about a half mile to the park entrance on the right.