Long Island's
South Shore
merges gently with the wild Atlantic, with shallow, creamy sand beaches and rolling dunes like those at Long Beach and
Jones Beach
, which together run along fifty miles of seashore. These get less crowded the further east you go; once you get as far as
Gilgo
or
Oak Beach
, or cross the water to
Robert Moses State Park
on the western tip of Fire Island, you can find solitude.
Long Beach
has a die-hard surfer contingent that gathers at the
Long Beach Surf Shop
, 651 E Park Ave (tel 631/897-7873); you can purchase a used board here for about $250.
Ocean Parkway
leads along the narrow offshore strand from Jones Beach to
Captree
, a good base for fishing and whale-watching trips organized by the Captree Boatman's Association (tel 631/669-6484,
) before crossing back to
Bay Shore
, a dull town that serves as a
ferry
terminal for Fire Island. This way you bypass the sprawling mess of
Amityville
, famous for its "horror" of twenty years ago. The house on the hill, from which a mysterious supernatural force is said to have driven the occupants, still stands.
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