Eisenhower Park Mini-Golf Course & Batting Cage Open for 2010 Season

News 12 Long Island has named Eisenhower Park's mini-golf course "Best of Long Island."

The mini-golf course and batting cage at Eisenhower Park opened the week of March 29 for the 2010 season, announced Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano.

The mini-golf course, one of Nassau County’s most popular such facilities and named “Best of Long Island” by News 12 Long Island, features two 18-hole courses (“Mountainside” and “Overlook”) with terraced landscaping that incorporates a waterfall, small ponds, flower beds and a number of challenging holes.

The course is wheelchair and baby-stroller accessible and includes two gazebos with picnic tables that are available for children's parties. Fees are $7 for adults and $4 for children and seniors for one 18-hole round.

The batting cage includes nine individual stalls with three different speeds for baseball or softball. For baseball, speeds range from 40-45 mph, 60-65 mph and 80-85 mph. Since the balls are collected automatically, patrons don’t need to waste time and energy collecting them and filling boxes, as is the case at some indoor facilities. The fee is $3 for 25 pitches.

During early spring, the mini-golf course and batting cage are open daily from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. For additional information about both facilities, call 572-0407.

The jewel of Nassau County’s park system and centrally located in East Meadow off Merrick Avenue, Eisenhower provides 930 acres of activities. The park offers a swimming pool and fitness center at the world-class Nassau County Aquatic Center; three 18-hole golf courses and a driving range; a batting cage; athletic fields; playgrounds; a 2-mile fitness trail; basketball and tennis courts; bocci and lawn bowling; and the Harry Chapin Lakeside Theatre. In addition, the park includes large and beautiful memorials to the nation’s veterans and victims of the 9/11 attacks.