What to see and do outdoors in the Hamptons, New York, all year round including the off seasons. The Hamptons is known as the East End enclave of Long Island where the wealthy, celebrities and New York City’s elite spend the summer months. But it’s also home not just to incredible beaches but also to nature wonders, trails and nature reserves. Discover Hamptons outdoors fun for kids and families.
The Hamptons is composed of villages and hamlets, including Sag Harbor, which are part of the two main towns of East Hampton and Southampton.
Luce and Theo marching by sculpture of legs in Sag Harbor in the Hamptons When I took this photo in 2013 of Luce and Theo walking under the Leg sculpture, little did we know that ‘Larry’s Legs’ was already the focus of a zoning battle. The 16-foot-high pair of legs by artist Larry Rivers were […]
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My kids were just expecting to do some trick or treating and wear their spooky costumes but they experienced a full-blown wild day of celebrations when we had Halloween in the Hamptons. in 2012 we moved here from London in mid-October. Then woosh Hurricane Sandy swept in two days before All Hallow’s Eve. We emerged from a night
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A year ago this week we experienced Hurricane Sandy. Two weeks before the superstorm struck we moved from London to a small town on the water in Long Island. Our rented house had a beautiful view of the water. Just a little field between us and the beach where deer would gather every night at
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Last weekend we went to the Great Pumpkin patch. At least that’s what I told my kids it was. “Every year Linus writes to the Great Pumpkin. And every year he waits in the most sincere pumpkin patch he can find, hoping to see his mysterious hero.” It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown by Charles
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Would you like to watch the sunset? I asked my children. School day over. Homework done. They thought I was going to take them into the garden and try to glimpse it through the trees. But I knew a place where they could see the sky blaze. A bay with a view to the West.
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Often I ache for my past rambles with old friends in the English countryside, but I regain calmness by taking my kids for a walk in the local nature reserve. After a summer away, we returned to its fields and woods this past week. As we entered this haven, I paused to gaze at the echoes
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