As I was out on a run in the area I took a break to relax a bit at this park…read more Saw some moms with their kids playing on the equipment and swings. Perfect for families with small childen. Nice open park area with a large lawn to play sports on or have a picnic. Equipment looks pretty new here and there is parking. No bathrooms though. Fenced in all around. Very clean and well maintained. Picnic tables and benches too.

I will give this park four stars for what it is, a nice place to take a walk or do laps in the…read moreneighborhood. The paved asphalt path is stated to be 1,820 feet, 0.35 miles. The path is a much more enjoyable walk then going to the local High School track. There are also trails into the woods. They intersect at a geometric pattern made from slate stone with with three stone benches.

Visit Date: July 17, 2020…read more I came here to go on a hike. I use hiking, biking and roller skating on quads to cross train cardio for when I run. I also do dessert fairy dusting so I plan out my hiking visits to coincide some dusting drops. I loved this park but I had no idea it was so small. The cement trail is only .4 of a mile. By the time I drive to a new trail to check it out I usually don't have much time to hike on it before I should head back home, take a shower and do whatever else I'm doing for that day so I usually will only get a mile maybe two on a trail but for this trail I had to walk around it multiple times, weaving in and out of the wooded side paths in order to make at least one mile of hiking. Other than it being so tiny it was a nice little well maintained park. If you're a novice hiker or a runner looking for a fairly safe place to do hikes this park is good for you.

Came to the Common Ground at Rotary Park in Sayville a few times in the past month to picnic and…read morelisten to live music by various bands and musicians. Parking is easy to find (I usually park in the Chase Bank/Rite Aid parking lot and walk the 5 minutes to the park), the park is clean, and there are benches all around for people to sit on if sitting on the ground/grass isn't your thing. The free concerts are on most Wednesdays in the months of July and August at 7pm. The event is called "Wednesdays in the Park" and every Wednesday there is a different type of music playing live. Bring a blanket or a foldable beach chair and enjoy a picnic in the evening at a clean park! For an ice cream fix, there are usually at least 1-2 ice cream trucks parked on either side of the park's adjoining streets (y). Be sure to check out the Peace Labyrinth at the Common Ground as well! This is the schedule for "Wednesdays in the Park" - there are 3 more concerts left in August! http://www.thecommonground.com/wednesdays-in-park.html

Meditation Labyrinth Review 1 of 3…read more The labyrinth of Common Ground/ Gillette Park is a traditional seven-ring Middle Ages/ Chartres design, and was laid out, concreted and bricked by a true craftsman. It has a nice roomy feel for subconscious and submissive navigation. I have spoken to the Celestials here on many an evening, as the park is easily accessible at night. They have reikii healing ceremonies and special events here too, sometimes at the nearby pavilion, which I imagine has some pretty cool acoustics. The path leading to the labyrinth has mosaics, benches and etched tributes. . . you can buy a stone of your own in the walk with a $60 donation. The park also features a few stone chess tables and nicely painted garbage cans painted in the style of Van Gogh, Dali, Warhol and maybe Homer (?). Very cool area and concepts, but not too private.

Huge thank you to Ranger Scott. He was the most generous guide and gave us the beautiful history of…read morethis nature trail. Impeccably dressed in his dri fit Ranger gear, he upheld the brand of Avalon Preserve. It was my father's bday, RIP, and we got to honor him with postcards at the Sphere for a spiritual send off. Thanks Scott. You added so much to our visit

Spectacular preserve Absolutely tremendous…read more Lots of acreage No bathrooms Prepare to walk a lot! Some ground was dicey for a 75 year old to trek while other paths were mowed grass and easy to walk on Free entry and parking Shep Jones Rd is best parking Lots of areas being maintained so not open

Came on Thursday, March, 27th 2025. It's was shorts and…read morehoodie weather. No Mudd today. We left The Cow at the Big Tree in the middle of the park field

Nice open area of grass with a magnificent tree sitting in the middle. Came here with the fam…read more Great place to let baby walk around "freely" exploring the grass, stones, and all magical things nature offers in this space. Area is clean and dogs are allowed. There is a 2 mile hiking trail and a little house ran by the Farmingville Historical Society. We brought a blanket and some snacks for a quick bite before heading back home.

A beautiful large well maintained park containing 2 baseball fields and a soccer field. Walking…read morein, there are picnic tables under a large gazebo and a large children's playground to the side. The baseball fields are turfed with grass outfield. There is a large parking lot, but what cost this one star is that there are no restroom facilities! You gotta use a port a potty right next to the dugout...

This park is beautiful with the up keep of the grounds to the beautiful fields and playground for…read morethe kids. Thank you to the town of Brookhaven for the renovation so the community can come for some peace and relaxation .

Easy to follow trails. Either you follow the blue arrows or you follow the green arrows. If you…read morefollow green all the way in, follow green all the way out. Do not mix and match arrows or you will definitely get lost. Do not go off the trails or you will get lost. Do not take any short cuts or you will get lost. It's a Nice beautiful forest. Go and have fun. Protect yourself from ticks.

As other reviewers have said, there's really not much to see here…read more Place is right by Brookhaven labs and a main highway, but once you get on the trails all the noise is drowned out. And I mean, ALL. THE. NOISE. Usually in parks like this, you'll hear birds chirping and singing in the trees everywhere. But this place was absolutely dead silent. You'd stop and strain to hear any sign of life, but there was no noise at all. It was quite disappointing and frankly a little creepy. We were hoping to see deer, turkey and do some birding, but saw no wildlife whatsoever. Just scrub pines as far as the eye could see. Trails are well marked, there were a few garbage cans scattered along the trails which I thought was a nice touch, and there was a port-a-potty at the entrance. Not sure if it was open/useable though due to covid. There are three trails; we chose the shortest and I was glad we did. Off to another park.

Nice place to walk your dog, jog , bike and camp. I have not camped here yet because I come for the…read moretrails. The bike trails are well kept of course beware of tree roots but that's Mother Nature. Good way to stay fit by enjoying the outdoors.

This park is supposedly renowned for its biking trails. That may be, but we were there for camping…read more It's a small county park that charges admission unless you have a green key. There's a large, open area with at least 3 restroom facilities that I could see and a shower. This open area is ringed by woods and inside the woods, kind of well-concealed, there are several numbered drive-in camping areas, suitable for about 30 people. The private camping areas are nice and flat, and there is open access to the woods behind. There is also a playground and several open fields to play kickball or other sports and a picnic pavilion with bbq setups. Cons: loads and loads of ticks. I mean, you need to prepare for ticks if you're going camping in the woods but the amount of ticks we encountered here was crazy. And they allow dogs! They really need to spray here, one kid in our group had 15 ticks on him and his sister had 13. Good news is there were no mosquitoes and very few ants and spiders. There are no outlets for electricity at the campsite nor individual water pumps/spigots, as there are at many other camping areas. Bring your remote charging blocks and be prepared to haul buckets from the bathrooms to your campsite. Also the bathrooms needed attention when we got there, however by day two they had cleaned them up. And even though it seems remote there, we heard neighbors (not inside the park) setting off firecrackers as well as a local fire department siren. Overall would probably return as it's a nice spot to let the kids play or hike. But they've got to do something about the ticks!!