APPLE PICKING!!

Apple picking season is now underway...

 A great family activity is apple picking.  If you have never gone, this is the time to go!!  There are several farms on Long Island where you can go with the kids and enjoy picking fruit – bring home bags of apples to eat, bake pies and fill baskets to give as gifts.  Don’t forget to pack them in your child’s lunch bag for a healthy snack.  The trees are quite small at most of these farms so children of all ages can easily pick the apples themselves.  Apple season generally runs until the first week of October.  

The following farms are open for families to come and enjoy, tour the farms and pick some apples!

 Baiting Hollow Nursery, Sound Avenue, Calverton, (631) 929-6439

Fort Salonga Farm, 30 Meadow Glen Road, Northport, (631) 269-9666

Lewin Farms, Sound Avenue, Wading River, (631) 929-4327

Milk Pail Farm and Orchard, Montauk Highway Between Water Mill & Bridgehampton, (631) 537-2565

Seven Ponds Orchard, 65 Seven Ponds Road, Water Mill, (631) 726-8015

Wickham Farms, Main Road, Cutchogue, (631) 734-6441

Things To Do On Long Island for $5 and Under!

BROOKHAVEN Brookhaven Amphitheater Arts Cultural Center at Bald Hill (Family Movie Nights) 1 Bicycle Path Farmingville, NY 11738Z 631-732-4011 Hours for Family Movie Nights: Each Wednesday during July & August, doors open at 7:00pm Fee: $5 per carload. Bring a blanket or lawn chair and relax on the great lawn for a family movie on the huge screen. Call or visit the website for movie details. Long Island Live Steamers 3 Smith Court Stony Brook, NY 11790 631-345-0499 Hours: 2nd and last Sunday’s of each month from the middle of May until the end of October from 10:30 – 3:00pm. Fee: Small donation of your choice. Located at the west entrance to Southaven County Park off Gerrard Road. This railroad model club has made mini trains that you and your kids can ride on! There is also a picnic area, as well as train items for sale. COLD SPRING HARBOR Cold Spring Harbor Fish Hatchery & Aquarium PO Box 535 Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724 516-692-6768 Hours: Open daily 10:00 – 5:00pm. Fee: Adults $5, Ages 3-17 & over 65 $3, Under 3 Free. The Hatchery is proud of having the largest living collection of New York State freshwater reptiles, fish and amphibians. Visitors are given a self-guided tour sheet and can purchase food to feed the hungry trout. Check their calendar for special events and programs. Cold Spring Harbor Whaling Museum Main Street, PO Box 25 Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724 631-367-3418 Hours: Tuesday – Sunday 11:00 – 5:00pm Fee: Adults $4, Seniors $3, Students (ages 5 – 8) $3, Children (under 5) Free, Family $12, Military Member Free, Sunday 11:00 – 1:00 Donation. Features 19th century whaleboat, whaling history exhibits, scrimshaw collection, whale conservation exhibits, Family Activity Center, films, special events and changing exhibits. GREENPORT Railroad Museum of Long Island – Greenport Site PO Box 726 Greenport, NY 11944 631-477-0439 Hours: Open 11:00 – 4:00pm on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays from Memorial Day weekend to Columbus Day weekend. Fee: Adults $3, Children ages 5-12 $1.50, Children under 5 Free. Admission tickets are good for both the Riverhead and Greenport Sites on the date stamped. The Museum has an extensive collection of small artifacts, photographs and other bits of railroad history from Long Island. Also inside is an operating scale model of the Greenport dock facility and its interaction with the railroad as well as a gift shop. Outside the museum building are two pieces of rolling stock, ex-LIRR wood caboose #14 and ex-LIRR Wedge Snow Plow #83, nicknamed “Jaws III”. HOLTSVILLE Holtsville Ecology Center & Animal Preserve 249 Buckley Road Holtsville, NY 11742 631-758-9664 Hours: Zoo 9:00 – 4:00pm, Park 8:00 – Dusk 7 days a week. Fee: Free Features an exercise-trail fitness course; zoo and ecology center, featuring buffalo, mountain lions, eagles, children’s petting zoo; ecology exhibits and tours; free compost; greenhouses; picnic area. Contact for special events/programs. HUNTINGTON Heckscher Museum of Art 2 Prime Avenue Huntington, NY 11743 631-351-3250 Hours: Tuesday – Friday 10:00 – 5:00pm, Saturday & Sunday 1:00 – 5:00pm, First Friday of the month 10:00 – 8:30pm. Fee: Adults $5, Seniors/Students $3, Children ages 5-12 $1, Children under 5 Free, Members Free. View changing art exhibits. Contact for information on special events/programs. HUNTINGTON STATION Walt Whitman Birthplace 246 Old Walt Whitman Road West Hills, NY 11746 631-427-5240 Hours: June 15th – Labor Day Monday – Friday 11:00 – 4:00pm, Saturday & Sunday 12:00 – 5:00pm. Closed major holidays. Winter Hours: Wednesday – Friday 1:00 – 4:00pm, Saturday & Sunday 11:00 – 4:00pm. Closed major holidays. Fee: Adults $4, Seniors/Students $3, Children ages 7-12 $2, Children under 6 Free, Members Free. Visit the 19th century farmhouse with 19th century furnishings and unusual architecture. Interpretive Center exhibits: 130 Whitman portraits, original letters, manuscripts, artifacts, Whitman’s voice on tape, and schoolmaster’s desk. Guided tours, audio-visual show, library, museum shop/bookstore, and picnic area. ISLANDIA Lakeland County Park Johnson Avenue, Islandia 631-853-2727 Hours: Office/Restrooms open Memorial Day to Labor Day Fee: Free Includes a nature trail boardwalk over the headwaters of the Connetquot River, picnic area with gazebo, boardwalks, shuffleboard, basketball courts and fishing. RIVERHEAD Long Island Science Center 11 W. Main Street Riverhead, NY 11901 631-208-8000 Hours: Sundays from 11:00 – 4:00pm year round Fee: Adults $2, Children $5 Hands-on science and technology museum with interactive exhibits of bubbles, magnets, structural engineering, archeology, bats; view mounted butterflies, Wireless Society exhibition about the history of wireless communication. SMITHTOWN Sweet Briar Nature Center 62 Eckernkamp Drive Smithtown, NY 11787 631-979-6344 Hours: Preserve open 8:30 – 4:30pm daily Fee: Donations are welcome Butterfly House Hours: 10:00 – 4:00pm daily Butterfly House Fee: Adults $3, Children under 12 $2, Senior Citizens $2. Sweet Briar Nature Center is situated on 54 acres of varied garden, woodland, field and wetland habitats on the Nissequogue River. Hundreds of species of plants and animals make homes here. Visit the birds, explore the Chipmunk Trail for kids, see the mock rainforest, walk the trail. Contact for special activities and programs. YAPHANK Suffolk County Farm and Education Center (part of Cornell Cooperative Extension) PO Box 129, Yaphank Avenue Yaphank, NY 11980 631-852-4600, for Directions 631-852-4612 Hours for Farm Visits: 9:00 – 4:00pm except during special events Fee: Free Visit the farm and all the animals. There is a picnic area, gardens, and more. Contact for information on parenting and children’s activity classes.

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Montauk Point Lighthouse is the oldest lighthouse in New York State. The lighthouse was authorized by the Second Congress, under President George Washington in 1792. Construction began on June 7, 1796 and was completed on November 5, 1796. This historic landmark has been part of Long Island's land and seascape for over 200 years and still serves as an active aid to navigation.

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Walt Whitman Mall, Smith Haven Mall, The Outlets at Bellport, Tanger Oultets

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