Navy Co-op Pond Walk
Calverton, Riverhead, Suffolk County, Long Island, NY
Permit Required (same one for Rocky Point Resource Management Area)
Directions:
Take the Long Island Expressway to exit 69 north about 2.7 miles; turn right
onto Wading River-Manor Road; drive 0.8 of a mile and park on the left side in
hunting co-op parking area number 9.
History:
Once owned by the U.S. Navy.
The large hangers were used to reconstruct the wreckage of TWA Flight 800, July
18, 1996, in which 230 people aboard a Paris-bound Boeing 747 died.
Habitats:
Ponds (north to south):
Preston's Pond
Forest Pond
unlabeled pond
Linus Pond
PLANTS:
leather leaf
blueberry
pink tickseed
bladderworts