Southards Pond Park

Nice easy walk, good seating and wonderful bird watching. The great blue heron sat motionless for about an hour, the ospreys were diving for fish and the birds were merrily chirping in the trees.

Absolutely beautiful foliage at this time of the year. This hidden gem is between Belmont Lake State Park and Argyle Pond, so many people have missed it. This tiny little park is beautiful, dogs friendly and the trails are easy to walk. You may need to share the path with horses if you are luck to see one. Limited Parking spaces are on the south end of the park.

Beautiful pond! A real hidden gem, so nice to stop for a break during our bike ride along the path and take in the beauty nature has to offer at Southards Pond!

Beautiful park only downside is you may find human body parts. If you ignore that it’s a great place to relax. 👍🏽💪🏽

Love going to this park. There's parking all around that you can find. The easiest spot would be next to the garden store. There's cool signs describing the wildlife here, so I think it'd be a nice spot to take young ones. They just did a country fair here this past weekend that we really enjoyed.

Beautiful scenery and excellent trails for walking or bike riding! Love it!!

Beautiful scenery and pretty smooth parts of the trail for roller skating! A lot of the path is too bumpy for it but between sunrise and where you end up next to bethpage parkway is great.

A true hidden gem! Great place for a hike. In my opinion, have a partner with you though as its kind of secluded.

There isn't a great deal here, however it is a beautiful spot to walk, run, ride your bike, or just relax and enjoy nature.

Dogs are allowed. (On leash.) Motorized vehicles are not.

Some people come here to fish. Some fly model airplanes.

Most people just come to enjoy the natural beauty.

Bring your camera! :)

Really cool little park with a large pond. Not buggy. Lots of tree covered benches. Few bugs. Swans and a nice vista.

Nice place for a run, went to Belmont lake from here.

I’m gonna go out on a limb — this is one of the best parks I’ve ever visited.

Clean park, wide path for walking and biking. The main trail leads to the pond. There is also a small playground and tennis courts.

One of my go to spots to do all things outdoors like hike, walk, run, bike. Great trails. Flat. Beautiful outdoors. Fairly trafficked. Occasional horses.

It's a cute hike with a beautiful lake at the end.

Very nice lake, it falls on the side of the bike trail going north to Belmont Park. There are multiple places to view the lake from which is nice

Nice place for fishing and walking

Great spot for some fishing :) went out opening weekend and had a great time, very friendly people and some pretty fish!

Great place for a nature walk. Dexter approves!

This park is in the middle of a nice residential area, with an entrance easily missed. But once you walk into the park it starts to open up, with a nice lake, foot paths and stream. Very pet friendly, and most people using the park are outgoing and friendly also. Lots of fishing going on, but I have not experienced it first hand.

Quiet, clean and well maintained. If you follow some trails you'll come across horseback riders, too.