A Ride Around Lake Ronkonkoma Pt 7 - Raynor Beach County Park

The next stop on my ride around the lake was at Raynor Beach County Park, which is more commonly referred to as Raynor Park. This is the sign that welcomes you on the lake side:

Raynor Beach County Park Sign on Lake Shore Rd - Summer 2015

There are two signs actually, but the other one was hidden behind the overgrown bushes:

Raynor Beach County Park Sign on Lake Shore Rd - Summer 2015

The sidewalk heading back up Lake Shore Rd also randomly ends a little way's down.

This side also has its own small parking lot in addition to the parking lot across the street and the one on Ronkonkoma Avenue:

Raynor Beach County Park Parking Lot by Lake Shore Rd - Summer 2015

A few spots on the other side were sunken in and had standing water in them:

Raynor Beach County Park Parking Lot by Lake Shore Rd - Summer 2015

The picture below is of the staircase up into the park. They used to lead up to the Ondawa Hotel, which burned down in 1959.

If you look closely, you can see there was a random abandoned shopping cart on the right at the top of the steps:

Stairs up to Raynor Beach County Park from Lake Shore Rd - Summer 2015

Up the stairs and around the corner is this small playground:

Small Playground at Raynor Beach County Park - Summer 2015

Just like in my later photo set from 2023, this playground was empty. It was in better shape back then and the weather was nice, but still no one was using it. It's basically just a smaller version of the one closer to Ronkonkoma Ave so I guess that's why people don't use it as much.

Here are some more of the facilities:

Chess boards at Raynor Beach County Park - Summer 2015

Main path through Raynor Beach County Park - Summer 2015

Tennis courts at Raynor Beach County Park - Summer 2015

Baseball field at Raynor Beach County Park - Summer 2015

Soccer field at Raynor Beach County Park - Summer 2015

What I didn't take a picture of for the same reason as in my other post was the larger playground, which is where most of the people were.

Veterans Memorial at Raynor Beach County Park - Summer 2015

The inscription reads "Veterans Memorial Park of the Ronkonkoma." Unfortunately I didn't think to get a closer shot of the plaque. 

Adjacent to the memorial is the stage:

Stage at Raynor Beach County Park - Summer 2015

Beyond this is another parking lot on the Ronkonkoma Ave side that I didn't photograph directly.

Bushes were hiding the sign on this side as well just below the One Way sign:

Automobile Exit from Raynor Beach County Park on Ronkonkoma Ave - Summer 2015

These bushes have since been removed so I feel kind of bad dunking on them, but only kind of.

Automobile Exit from Raynor Beach County Park on Ronkonkoma Ave - Summer 2015

One part of the park that I left out in this series and in my 2023 series is the trail through the woods on the northern end of the park. Maybe I'll remember to get a few next time I'm there.

After this I backtracked through the park and continued up Lake Shore Road to Pond Road. I took a handful of pictures of the church square which I'll share in my next and final post in this series.