Jones Beach, one of the State Parks under the jurisdiction of the Long Island State Park Commission, is located near Wantagh on Long Island's South Shore, 33 miles from New York. It is easily reached by car over Long Island Parkways and by train to Freeport or Wantagh, and bus to the beach. Major attractions are surf, pool, and bay bathing, dining, outdoor dancing, the boardwalk, deck games, pitch putt golf, playgrounds and The Marine Theatre. |