Tackle an outdoor obstacle course with WildPlay at Jones Beach State Park. You’ll test your mettle as you navigate from platform to platform on a variety of tightropes, cargo nets, ziplines, rope swings, swinging logs and wobbly bridges. Up for a bigger challenge? Try out the Extreme Course. To cap it off, the backdrop to all this adrenaline-pumping activity will be the white sands of Jones Beach State Park.
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The barrier island of Jones Beach State Park attracts visitors to its 10km of white-sand beach on the Atlantic Ocean – and to its 2,397 acres of bays and estuaries on the south shore of Long Island. Located less than 32km from New York City, Jones Beach is easily accessible from the Big Apple. Come to play volleyball, cycle, kayak, sail, fish and swim at the lifeguard-attended beaches. Traveling as a family? Zach’s Bay is best for kids, as the waters are calm.
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