Jones Beach State Park (colloquially "Jones Beach") is a state park in the U.S. state of New York. It is located in southern Nassau County[6] on Jones Beach Island, a barrier island linked to Long Island by the Meadowbrook State Parkway, Wantagh State Parkway, and Ocean Parkway. 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 the most popular summer recreational locations for the New York metropolitan area. It is the most popular and heavily visited beach on the East Coast, with an estimated six million visitors per year.[4][10]
Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater, an outdoor arena in the park, is a popular musical and concert venue. The park also includes a two-mile (3.2 km) boardwalk. It once featured dining and catering facilities that were popular sites for private parties and weddings, though these have been shut down.[10]
Jones Beach is named after Major Thomas Jones, a major in the Queens County militia in the 17th century, who established a whaling station on the outer beach near the site of the present park.[11][12]
^ ab"Jones Beach State Park". NYS Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation. Retrieved August 6, 2016.
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^Natural Heritage Trust; New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation; New York State Council of Parks & Recreation (1975). Fifty Years: New York State Parks, 1924-1974. Natural Heritage Trust. p. 21.[permanent dead link]
^ ab"State Park Annual Attendance Figures by Facility: Beginning 2003". Data.ny.gov. Retrieved March 20, 2021.
^"National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^"Jones Beach State Park". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved November 28, 2015.
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^"Beaches: Zach's Bay". Newsday. Retrieved November 21, 2012.
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