Welwyn Preserve County Park

Welwyn Preserve County Park

40.879179, -73.641556

Located in Glen Cove on the famous "Gold Coast" of Long Island's North Shore, this lovely piece of land, at one time an estate, now offers a fine example of the tall moist hardwood forests that used to dominate the area.

What is now Welwyn Preserve once belonged to Harold Irving Pratt, son of oil magnate and philanthropist Charles Pratt of the late 1800s. The estate includes a Georgian-style mansion, now used by the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County, and several smaller service buildings.

The Preserve offers an impressive...

Park Acreage:

204.00 acres

Municipality:

Glen Cove

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Contact Information

Web Link:

Nassau County Department of Parks, Recreation and Museums

Phone:

(516) 572-0200

Fees:

Not available

Dogs in park:

Not available

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Trip Reports

rate experience
May 28, 2017
4
Welwyn Preserve
The information at the Nassau County government website said there would be trail maps. There were none. While the trails are marked with colors, there didn't seem to be any rhyme or reason to the markings. I plan to bring a group of people here as part of a teambuilding event. My work is forest therapy and I will need more information before I can plan my portion of the event; walking the 4 trails at the preserve. The preserve is impressive; the old growth trees are stunning. The trails are clear and easily walked with some hills, but not many.
VoiceofEvRadio
January 14, 2017
0
Unique place
I hiked this park on April 24, 2016. No maps to be found, but an interesting place nonetheless. Supposedly there are 4 marked trails. I stumbled upon 2 of them, but mostly just wandered around. The ruins and greenhouse are worth the visit. Not to mention the Long Island Sound and the gazebo on the jetty.    Check out photographs of this preserve here: https://scenesfromthetrail.com/2016/04/24/welwyn-preserve-county-park/
CeeGee
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