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