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Gateway National Recreation Area. Gateway National Recreation Area is a 26,607-acre (10,767 ha) U.S. National Recreation Area in New York City and Monmouth County, New Jersey. It provides recreational opportunities that are not commonly found in a dense urban environment, including ocean swimming, bird watching, boating, hiking and camping. [ 3]
Great Kills Park is a public park in Great Kills, Staten Island, New York City. Originally named Marine Park, [ 1] it is a part of the Staten Island unit of Gateway National Recreation Area. Administered by the National Park Service, it covers an area of approximately 580 acres (2.3 km 2) of salt marsh, beach and woodlands, stretching along two ...
Jamaica Bay (also known as Grassy Bay) is an estuary on the southern portion of the western tip of Long Island, in the U.S. state of New York. The estuary is partially man-made, and partially natural. The bay connects with Lower New York Bay to the west, through Rockaway Inlet, and is the westernmost of the coastal lagoons on the south shore of ...
Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge is a wildlife refuge in New York City managed by the National Park Service as part of Gateway National Recreation Area. It is composed of the open water and intertidal salt marshes and wetlands of Jamaica Bay. It lies entirely within the boundaries of New York City, divided between the ...
Beach-goers at Riis Park in 1974, after it was absorbed into the Gateway National Recreation Area. In 1972, the National Park Service established the Gateway National Recreation Area around Jamaica Bay. Jacob Riis Park was ceded to the NPS two years later, on March 4, 1974. [96] [10]: 208 [97]: 4 [9] Upon takeover, focus was put on Riis Park ...
The park is part of Gateway National Recreation Area and is managed by the National Park Service. Concessionaires operate beach clubs that offer food, cabanas and other services and facilities for a fee. [4] Beach wheelchairs are available and the boardwalk is wheelchair-accessible. [5] Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn; Orchard Beach, Bronx; Plumb ...
Sandy Hook, part of the Gateway National Recreation Area. Sandy Hook is a barrier spit in Middletown Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. [3] The barrier spit, approximately 6 miles (9.7 km) in length and varying from 0.1 to 1.0 mile (0.16 to 1.61 km) wide, is located at the north end of the Jersey Shore.
Hells Canyon National Recreation Area is a United States national recreation area on the borders of the U.S. states of Oregon and Idaho.Managed by the U.S. Forest Service as part of the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest, the recreation area was established by Congress and signed by President Gerald Ford in late 1975 to protect the historic and archaeological values of the Hells Canyon area and ...