Fire Island National Seashore
National Seashore · Patchogue, New York
A thirty-two-mile barrier island off the south shore of Long Island, protected as a National Seashore in 1964 largely to stop Robert Moses building a highway down it. SEVENTEEN COMMUNITIES ON IT ARE CAR-FREE — people move by boardwalk, bicycle and little red wagon — and it holds the Sunken Forest, a 300-year-old maritime holly forest growing below sea level behind the dunes.
120 Laurel Street, Patchogue, New York, 11772, United States
The seashore is FREE and open year round. ⚠ ACCESS IS THE CONSTRAINT: only the western end at the Fire Island Lighthouse is reachable by car, via Robert Moses State Park, which charges a state park vehicle fee in season. EVERYTHING ELSE IS FERRY-ONLY from Bay Shore, Sayville or Patchogue, and THE THREE TERMINALS SERVE DIFFERENT DESTINATIONS. ⚠ FERRY SERVICE IS SEASONAL and largely stops from late October to May, when most communities close. Visitor centres and the Sunken Forest boardwalk keep seasonal hours. ⚠ NOT VERIFIED FOR THIS FILE.
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