Landing Avenue Park is an extremely small yet extremely cute little park located on right as Landing Avenue crosses the Nissequogue River in Smithtown. The road becomes extremely narrow so use caution while crossing. It is a nice place to take your kids (the playground is pretty nice) and enjoy a natural river environment. According to a plaque placed on a rock within the park, in 1688, Richard Smythe, the founder of Smithtown,...

The Charles E. Ransom Beach and playground is located in Bayville Road just as it sweeps to the East running parallel to the Long Island Sound. The main reason to come here is to get wet and enjoy some fun in the sun. The playground might be a nice choice for kids later on in the day but during a hot day you could fry an egg on it. I saw some people fishing on the rocks to the East side of the park for those of you that might want to...

Clay Pitts/William J. Byrne Park is a decent place to go if you are in the community.  As of the summer of 2009, there is a new playground with two areas, one for younger and one for older kids to play on.  The floor of the playground area is very flexible and feels like it can absorb falls well. The park has 3 tennis courts that are used on a first come first serve basis.  We had some good fun trying to play, although I wouldn’t...