More on Shelter Island:
'Un-Hampton' Hampton's is what you will experience while staying our Shelter Island. Just 100 miles from Manhattan you can vacation as if you were in the French Riviera. Travel just a mile to the cosmopolitan Sunset Beach and Hotel. Sunset Beach's hipster credentials come courtesy of its owner, André Balazs, of Chateau Marmont and Standard Hotel fame. You can yacht and celebrity gaze here if you so desire or simply enjoy this Hamptons area NY area protected Island peaceful nature, surrounded by dozens of Coves and Bays, The Long Island Sound and preserves. The Hamptons are the Hampton 's, today's playground of wealthy New Yorkers, a more retail oriented version of what the North Fork used to be in the days of Gatsby and before. Shelter Island is located between the forks of Long Island, is a different story, quaint, relatively uncharted territory.
Golf:
Golf: Gardiners Bay Country Club Gardiners Bay Country Club is an 18-hole regulation length golf course in Shelter Island Heights, New York. This short layout has 3 sets of teeboxes for a fun, but challenging golfing experience. Online tee times may be available at Gardiners Bay Country Club or at nearby golf courses, usually offered at a discount from the normal rate. Tees Par Yardage Course Rating Slope Back 70 6359 69.3 121 18 total holes at facility Green fees - $65 (approximate) Designed by Seth Raynor and (R) William F. Mitchell Built in 1896 Driving Range: Yes Private golf course Golf Pro: Robert J. DeStefano Course Superintendent: Mark S. Lester Manager: Kathy Regan
Other Activities: Boating, Swimming, Jet Ski, Fishing, Beaches, Relaxing, Celeb watching, Hampton's