Mill Pond Park

Wantagh, Merrick Road east of Bellmore Avenue

This long and narrow 54-acre preserve includes a large pond that draws numerous native waterfowl, along with nature trails that wind through a wet woodland with red maple, coast pepperbush and skunk cabbage.

Mill Pond is included in a three-pond capital improvement restoration project announced by County Executive Thomas R. Suozzi in August 2005 and scheduled to occur in 2005-06. The project will include cleaning and dredging of the pond, removal of invasive plant life, installation of pond bank systems, landscaping, and other improvements.