Things to do / Travel Guide
What can you expect from a Long Island vacation? You'll tantalize your tastebuds at trendy Hamptons seafood bistros. You'll take a serendipitous stroll through Fire Island's Sunken Forest. You'll shop in step with celebrities at Amagansett Square. You'll bike to Montauk Point and believe you have reached the eastern end of the earth. You'll ascend the winding stairs of Fire Island Lighthouse and peer out at the distant Manhattan skyline. You'll fish Long Island's inlets and coves, freshwater lakes, and saltwater shores. You'll venture into wildlife reserves and nature preserves to watch white-tailed deer, observe osprey nest, and wander amidst rare dwarfed pines. You'll scuba dive the depths of Long Island's shipwreck mysteries.
Still have energy for more? Paddle the perimeter of Shelter Island, stop on a quiet beach, bury your toes in the sand, and happen upon a clam. Summon strength and go shark hunting in the waters near Montauk. Dizzy yourself dancing ‘til dawn at Hamptons nightclubs. Slip into a supremely Zen zone sipping tea at John P. Humes Japanese Stroll Garden. Savor award-winning and complex Cabernets and Chardonnays at South Fork and North Fork wineries. Lose those city blues while picking your own Long Island fresh produce. Tour historic Gold Coast mansions, flaunting ornate furnishings and wealth.
And you won't be alone. Throughout centuries vacationers have flocked to Long Island for summer sojourns. Long Island's winsome harbor hamlets and cove communities have never disappointed. With the North Shore's glacier-formed buffs, steep cliffs and rocky beaches, and the South Shore's sweeping white sands and picturesque towns, vacationers throughout the centuries have flocked to Long Island for summer sojourns. Wishing to claim a piece of Long Island's promise, famous and elite Long Island residents such as the Vanderbilt, Gould, and Roosevelt families built their sprawling, grandiose Gold Coast estates on Long Island's North Shore. These wealthy industrialists, politicians, and finance barons exploited Long Island's potential for fishing, polo, golf, and yachting, and quite frankly, not much has changed. Today millons of tourists and summer vacationers from spoiled celebrities to Manhattan's most cosmopolitan crowd, to visitors from across the U.S., pour onto Long Island for a long-awaited weekend of fine dining, posh shopping, and outdoor sport and recreation. Long Island has often been featured on hit shows like “Everybody Loves Raymond” and “Seinfeld”, and George Constanza has even claimed to be a native from time to time.
With its breathtaking scenic overlooks, top-notch entertainment, hundreds of miles of coastline, rugged beauty and refined elegance, it is no wonder that Long Island has captured the attention of the rich and famous throughout the ages. Certainly it is time that you, too, allowed Long Island to convince you of its charm.
Time Zone
Long Island is on Eastern Time, three hours ahead of Pacific Time.
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