Summer, fall, winter, or spring there are some outstanding walks, nature trails and beaches to visit outdoors in The Hamptons in New York State. Find out what to discover, where to find the trails, reserves and beaches and why nature has made them so beautiful to explore no matter what season you visit the South Fork in Long Island, USA.
Imagine sand like a slow motion tsunami covering whole forests and wetlands. Instead of protecting land, dunes moving inland at about 3 1/2 feet a year. At places reaching 80 feet high. Welcome to The Walking Dunes in Hither Hills State Park in Montauk, NY. Northwest winds for over 100 years or more have been blowing sand from […]
Stretching across the Southfork in the Hamptons is a series of coastal plain ponds, marshes and wetlands known as the Long Pond Greenbelt. My children and I went for a nature adventure following the trails along its northern loop starting in Sag Harbor. Over 600 acres have been protected as this ecosystem, according to the Nature
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Not far from Sammy’s Beach Preserve, I had to stop the car to let wild turkeys cross the road. Soon Sammy’s Beach Road led us to a coastal sand spit which is now a nature preserve. We followed a footpath, overgrown in parts with marsh plants. And wandered near tidal creeks and salt ponds known
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We went to East Hampton village’s Nature Trail on the official first day of spring. And the swan song of winter. A little sanctuary for wildlife right near Main Street. Once it was a swamp and wetlands. Then in 1901 part of it became a private Japanese water garden. And since 1951 the land deeded
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We took advantage of the school holiday break this week to visit and walk in some nature preserves. And to see up close some of the creatures who find sanctuary within them. I explained to my children that these places were nature’s caretakers. All we needed were snowsuits, winter boots and a camera. I couldn’t
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We went to a swamp for a winter walk. The day before the snow fell. A path through the woods led us past fallen trees. Roots no longer able to cling to the bog like ground. The wetlands appeared around us. Moss and trees nestling among the dark waters. A bridge over a weir made my
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