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| type = State parkPUBLISHER=NYS OFFICE OF PARKS, RECREATION & HISTORIC PRESERVATION, April 10, 2016, | nearest_city = Kings Park, New York1288km2}}2014 NEW YORK STATE STATISTICAL YEARBOOK >URL=HTTP://WWW.ROCKINST.ORG/NYS_STATISTICS/2014/2014_YEARBOOK_SECTION_O.PDF YEAR=2014 PAGE=671 URL-STATUS=DEAD ARCHIVE-DATE=SEPTEMBER 16, 2015, New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation| visitation_num = 3,602,722| visitation_year = 2019WEBSITE=DATA.NY.GOV, July 26, 2020, | open = All year| camp_sites = | other_info =| website = Sunken Meadow State Park}}Sunken Meadow State Park, also known as Governor Alfred E. Smith State Park, is a {{convert|1287|acre|km2|adj=on}} state park 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.WEB, Sunken Meadow State Park Golf Course (Governor Alfred E. Smith),weblink 2021-09-30, parks.ny.gov,

Park description

Sunken Meadow State Park is open year-round from sunrise to sunset. The park's features include {{convert|3|mi|spell=in}} of beaches on the Long Island Sound, a {{convert|3/4|mi|km|spell=in|adj=mid|-long}} boardwalk, {{convert|6|mi|spell=in}} of hiking trails, and facilities for biking, horseback riding, watersports, and general recreation. Playgrounds, softball fields, and soccer fields are also available at the park.WEB,weblink Information Packet for the Draft Master Plan and Draft Environmental Impact Statement, Public Information Meeting, Governor Alfred E. Smith/Sunken Meadow State Park, March 3, 2011, NYS Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation, October 25, 2015, December 28, 2016,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20161228060234weblink">weblink dead, A wedding and event facility known as "The Pavilion" is available during the summer.The Sunken Meadow State Park Golf Course features 27 holes that may be played as either nine or 18 holes, in addition to a driving range and putting green. The first two nine-hole courses, Red and Green, were built in 1962, followed by the Blue Course in 1964. All three courses were designed by Alfred Tull. A bar and snack food restaurant near the course is available and open to the public. The park's grounds are used as a venue for cross country running, and host competitions for cross country teams from local high schools and runners' clubs. The five-kilometer course, featuring the deliberately named "Cardiac Hill", is regarded as one of the most difficult cross country courses in the US.WEB,weblinkweblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20111211021054weblink">weblink December 11, 2011, Toughest Cross Country Courses, DyeStat, Dye, John, October 25, 2015, BOOK, Ford, Warwick, Ford, Nola, Fun on Foot in New York, 2009, Wyltan Books, Aspen, CO, 978-0976524427, 272–273, The {{convert|31|mi|adj=on}} Long Island Greenbelt Trail connects Sunken Meadow State Park with Heckscher State Park.

See also

• List of New York state parks

References

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External links

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• New York State Parks: Governor Alfred E. Smith/Sunken Meadow State Park
• weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20060513042851weblink">Long Island's Favorite Running Locations: Sunken Meadow State Park
• New York-New Jersey Trail Conference: Sunken Meadow State Park

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