Best Easy Day Hikes Long Island

ISBN-13: 9780762755394

Media Type: Paperback

Publisher: Falcon Guides

Publication Date: 09-01-2009

Pages: 104

Product Dimensions: 4.20(w) x 6.90(h) x 0.40(d)

Series: Best Easy Day Hikes

Susan Finch is a freelance writer and hiker who specializes in budget, family, and recreational travel. Her work has appeared in national outlets and she travels regularly throughout North America and Europe. When she's not writing and traveling from her home in the New York City region, she and her husband, Drew, are planning their next trip, hiking, or spending time off in his home state of Ohio.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments viii

Introduction 1

The Nature of Long Island 2

Weather 2

Be Prepared 3

Zero Impact 4

Long Island Boundaries 5

Land Management 5

Public Transportation 6

How to Use This Book 7

Hike Selection 7

Difficulty Ratings 7

Trail Finder 9

Map Legend 11

The Hikes

1 Muttontown Trail 12

2 Sagamore Hill 17

3 Caumsett State Park 21

4 Target Rock National Wildlife Refuge 25

5 Stillwell Woods 29

6 Uplands Farm Sanctuary 33

7 Walt Whitman Loop 37

8 Fire Island Lighthouse 42

9 Connetquot River State Park Preserve 46

10 Stump Pond 50

11 Caleb State Park 54

12 Sunken Meadow 58

13 David Weld Sanctuary 62

14 Prosser Pines Preserve 66

15 Robert Cushman Murphy Country State Park 70

16 Long Pond Greenbelt Trail 74

17 Mashomack Preserve-Sanctuary Pond Loop 78

18 Cedar Point Lighthouse 82

19 The Walking Dunes 86

20 Montauk Point State Park 90

About the Author 94