take the train
Guides · Updated September 2026
No car? No problem.
Everything here sits within about a mile of a Long Island Rail Road station, so a MetroCard-and-sneakers day trip actually works. We name the station on every listing; the walk estimates are as the crow flies, so pad them a little.
Villages and boardwalks off the train
Step off the platform, into the good part.
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Patchogue Arts District Murals
Patchogue
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Love Lane
Mattituck
Icon Greenport Village
Greenport
Icon Deepwells Farm
St. James
Icon Patchogue Main Street
Patchogue
Icon Cathedral of the Incarnation
Garden City
Icon Oheka Castle
Huntington
Icon St. James General Store
St. James
Icon Babylon Village
Babylon
Icon Whisper the Bull Statue
Smithtown
Things to do near a station
Museums, shows, and rainy-day saves.
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Freeport Kayak Rentals
Freeport
Activity North Ferry to Shelter Island
Greenport
Museum
Smithtown Historical Society Farm & Museums
Smithtown
Museum Suffolk County Historical Society Museum
Riverhead
Museum Railroad Museum of Long Island
Riverhead
Activity Long Island Ducks Baseball
Central Islip
Museum
20th Century Cycles
Oyster Bay
Activity
Long Island Curling Club
Syosset
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The Great Escape Room
Syosset
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Oyster Sloop Christeen Public Sails
Oyster Bay
Green (and blue) space by rail
Parks and waterfronts you can walk to.
Garden Clark Botanic Garden
Albertson
Garden
Bridge Gardens
Bridgehampton
Outdoors
Arthur J. Hendrickson Park
Valley Stream
Beach Long Beach Boardwalk
Long Beach
Outdoors Hempstead Lake State Park
West Hempstead
Outdoors
Garden City Bird Sanctuary
Garden City
Outdoors Argyle Park
Babylon Village
Outdoors
Long Island Greenbelt Trail
Great River to Kings Park
Outdoors
Nassau-Suffolk Greenbelt Trail
Massapequa
Outdoors
North Fork Resort (formerly Eastern LI Kampground)
Greenport