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Suffolk county NY Handicapped Fishing Access:

Services For The Disabled:

All Suffolk County residents who have a valid Green Key Card with handicapped status are entitled to a free weekday admission to most County Parks and reduced fees for some activities. To obtain the Green Key Card, a green key application must be filled out on site any any of the County Golf Courses, Campgrounds, Major Parks or the Parks Administration Office in West Sayville. You will need to show your NY State Access Pass or the Suffolk County Identification Card issued by the Suffolk County Office of Handicapped Services. The fee for the card is $9.00 and is valid for three years.

The Suffolk County Parks Department is committed to improving the accessibility at all County Parks. Below is a list of accessible Parks. Not all facilities listed are accessible. Please check with park personnel.

1. West Hills County Park - Huntington (631) 854-4423
Facilities include: Youth and group areas, horseback riding, meeting hall, picnicking, nature trails and restrooms.
2. Gardiner County Park - Bay Shore (631) 854-4949 or (631) 854-0935 (seasonal)
Facilities include: Nature trails and restrooms.
3. Blydenburgh County Park - Smithtown (631) 854-3713
Facilities include: camping, youth and group areas, fishing, picnicking, boating, nature trails and restrooms.
4. Lakeland County Park - Islandia (631) 853-2727 (Seasonal) or (631) 854-4949
Facilities include: playground, a picnic area with gazebo, restrooms, basketball and shuffleboard courts, self guided interpretive sensory trails, tactile maps for the visually impaired and nature trails, of which 3500 feet are boardwalks or a surfaced area.


5. Lake Ronkonkoma County Park - Lake Ronkonkoma (631) 854-9699
Facilities include: accessible fishing pier, picnicking, handball, basketball, ball fields, restrooms.
6. Southaven County Park - Brookhaven (631) 854-1414
Facilities include: camping, horseback riding, youth and group areas, canoeing, fishing, hunting, picnicking, boating, Trap & Skeet, nature trails, restrooms.

7. Smith Point County Park - Shirley (631) 852-1313
Facilities include: camping, fishing picnicking, shuffleboard, outer beach area, restrooms, swimming, (SURF CHAIR AVAILABLE), and hunting.

8. Indian Island County Park - Riverhead (631) 852-3232
Facilities include: camping, youth and group areas, fishing, picnicking, restrooms.
9. Sears Bellows County Park - Hampton Bays (631) 852-8290
Facilities include: camping, fishing, horseback riding, picnicking, boating, swimming, nature trails, restrooms.
10. Cedar Point County Park - East Hampton (631) 852-7620
Facilities include: camping, boating, youth and group areas, fishing, restrooms, outer beach area.

11. Meschutt Beach County Park - Hampton Bays (631) 852-8205
Facilities include: Lifeguard supervised swimming, (SURF CHAIR AVAILABLE), playground, picnicking, camping, restrooms, food concessions.
12. Pine Barrens Trails Information Center - Manorville (631) 369-9768. Facilities include: a newly opened handicapped accessible nature trail.

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NY DEC Handicapped Fishing Access:




Opening the Outdoors to People with Disabilities

New York campgrounds, educational centers and other facilities offer many recreational opportunities for people with disabilities, including camping, picnicking, fishing and nature viewing.
DEC's regional offices and education centers have been renovated to facilitate wheelchair travel from parking lots into buildings. Parking lots and walkways are paved, and ramps and wider doorways help accommodate wheelchair traffic. In addition, DEC has remodeled restrooms for use by people with disabilities. Toilets, sinks, mirrors, water fountains, towel and soap dispensers, and grab bars are installed at wheelchair level.
DEC strongly recommends that prospective visitors call the area for further information before making the trip. All access points are marked by signs.
Access Features

Picnic pads: 20' x 20' hard surface areas, usually concrete, with picnic tables, barbecue grills and water spigots at wheelchair level.
Camping pads: 20' x 20' hard surface areas, usually macadam, with all picnic accessories - some pads have dirt centers for easier tent staking.
Fishing areas: accessible platforms or piers with safety rails.
Nature viewing: wood or hard surface walkways, ramps and observation platforms, all equipped with safety rails.
Showers: lowered shower heads and controls, fold-down seats, hand-held showers and grab bars.
Water access: wood or hard surface walkways to water's edge.
Linked counties have recreational areas with access features for people with disabilities

Delaware County

• Little Pond Campground (914) 439-5480
  Off Rte. 17, 14 miles northwest of Livingston Manor
  day use, camping, picnic pads, grills, picnic tables, camping pads, showers, fishing access, water access, rest rooms, nature walk, pavilion
• Bear Spring Mountain Campground (607) 865-6989
  Off Rte. 206, 5 miles southeast of Walton
  day use, camping, picnic pads, grills, picnic tables, camping pads, fishing access, rest rooms, pavilion

Dutchess County



Stony Kill Farm Environmental Education Center (845) 831-8780
Rte. 9D, 2 miles north of Interstate 84
day use, picnic tables, fishing access, rest rooms

Lewis County

LimeQuarry Accessible Fishing Pier - no telephone

Lime Quarry Road, Town of Diana


accessible fishing pier


Otsego County

• Basswood Pond - no telephone
  Off Rte. 80, 1 mile north of Burlington
  day use, picnic pads, grills, picnic tables, fishing access, rest rooms

Putnam County

• White Pond Multiple Use Area - no telephone
  Off Rte. 42, NW of Lake Carmel
  fishing access

St. Lawrence County

Cranberry Lake Campground (315) 848-2315
Off Rte. 3, 1.5 miles south of Cranberry Lake Village
day use, camping, picnic pads, grills, picnic tables, camping pads, showers, fishing access, rest rooms, pavilion

Suffolk County

Ponquoque Fishing Pier (631) 444-0439
Lighthouse Road, Hampton Bay
fishing access


Sullivan County

• Mongaup Pond Campground (914) 493-4233
  Off Rte. 17, 3 miles north of DeBruce
  showers, fishing access, rest rooms, pavilion