The Lake Walk at Ronkonkoma Lake Ronkonkoma, Long Island, New York	A proposal for a unified park encompassing the shoreline of Lake Ronkonkoma, Lily Pond Preserve and W.S. Commerdinger County Park
Home Overview Benefits The Lake Walk tour Bavarian Park Bandshell/Gazebo Triangle Park St. Mary's Pavilion Fishing Contact Us	The benefits of this proposal include: • Restores Lake Ronkonkoma as a focal point of the community, nearby towns and county. • Provides a recreational resource for local neighborhoods and the town and county residents. • Stimulates improvement of nearby commercial areas and encourages new businesses in response to increased recreational use. • Local residents will have improved access to all of the lake facilities. • Creates a place for year-round activities such as: walking, jogging, concerts, swimming, kayaking, fishing, ice skating, ice boating, picnicking and more. • Provides a historical perspective of the Lake by identifying points of interest and their role in the development of Ronkonkoma Town and its recreational businesses. • It promotes education of local residents on their role in protecting the watershed. • Creates a greater appreciation of the Lake as a natural resource and promotes self-policing of littering and pollution. • Reduces shoreline erosion by pedestrians by confining access to walkways and paths. • Encourages access to Lily Pond and Commerdinger Nature Preserves. • Provides a plan for the redevelopment of the Bavarian Inn property as a park. • Promotes pedestrian, bicycle and mass transit access to the Lake.