Location: New York < USA
Nearest Beach:
beach at 0.2
Miles
Here on the easternmost tip of Long Island is a picturesque retreat at land's end, with gentle rolling hills and steep sand bluffs at the point where the sound meets the sea; where fishing fleets, yachts and sailboats ride the tides to the Atlantic Ocean and Block island Sound.
Montauk is also a stepping off point to New England, Block Island and Newport, as passenger ferries leave daily from the harbor in Lake Montauk. Montauk is surrounded by water on three sides and is close to the Gulf stream which has a great and favorable influence on the local climate. Generally, the temperature is 10 degrees cooler in the summer and 10 degrees warmer in the winter than the Metropolitan area, which has the effect of extending the summer season for all who live in and visit this land's end community.
Surfers travel from far and wide to be challenged by the surf at Ditch Plains, while sun worshippers enjoy the white sands of our ocean and bay coastlines.