In-Line Skating Lacrosse Netball Paddleball Pool Rugby Running Sailing Skiing Soccer Softball Swimming Sports Orgs. There are plenty of parks throughout Nassau County to take a walk, but for a serious hike, the place to go is the Nassau-Suffolk Trail. Recently designated a National Recreation Trail, the 20-mile path runs from Massapequa Preserve on the South Shore to Cold Spring Harbor on the North Shore.
Hikers can experience unbroken forest land, hawks, foxes and mountain laurel.
The trail starts at the preserve, which belongs to the Nassau County Park System, beginning at the preserve's main entrance on Ocean Avenue, just north of Merrick Road. It continues alongside Caroon's Lake, where arrowwood, soap bush and swamp maples, which later give way to pine barrens after crossing a log bridge. The trail cuts near Bethpage Parkway and follows north through Stillwell Woods in Syosset, which features trees like tulip and beech, which are not seen in the Pine Barren sections. It also hosts hikes on and off Long Island. It hosts informational and education programs.