Hiking Long Island - EAST HAMPTON TRAILS PRESERVATION SOCIETY

The next meeting will be on Monday, May 4^th 2008, at 7:30 P.M.in Ashawagh Hall, 780 Springs-Fireplace Road in Springs between Parsons Place and Old Stone Highway. All are welcome! For general information about hiking in East Hampton, go to www.ehtps.org or write to .

May 2, Saturday 10 A.M. THE WALKING DUNES HIKE - FRONT AND BACK (3.5 miles)

Inspiration for this hike comes from the recent publication of a beautiful book on the Walking Dunes by EHTPS members Mike Bottini and Ruth Formanek. See from both sides how nature has formed and moved these dunes and continues to do so. Meet at the end of Napeague Harbor Rd (not Napeague Meadow Rd) about one mile north of Rt 27 in Napeague. Leader: Richard Lupoletti

May 6, Wednesday 10 A.M. WAINSCOTT VILLAGE (2-3 miles)
Join us for a walk through one of Long Island’s most beautiful historic villages. We will see houses old and new and still existing farmlands. Included are views of Wainscott Pond and an exhilarating walk along the ocean beach. Meet in the beach parking lot at the end of Beach Lane. Leader: Nancy Kane

This is the 5^th and last hike in the East Hampton Paumanok Path series and is an exact reprise of the same hike on the 1998 inaugural walk of this historic trail. It features stunning water views of Oyster Pond, Block Island Sound and the Atlantic Ocean. Meet in Montauk at the municipal parking lot across Rt 27 from Second House and Kirk’s Park and adjacent to the IGA parking lot in downtown Montauk. Bring water and snacks. Leader: Richard Lupoletti

May 9, Saturday 10 A.M. WATERFENCE (5 miles)
This is a vigorous hike through some beautiful landscape. Come join our leader on a walk in Hither Woods. We will follow the Serpent’s Back Trail to the Waterfence shoreline overlooking Napeague Bay. Meet at the Hither Hills West Overlook off Rt. 27, about 1 mile east of the Montauk Highway/Old Montauk Highway split. Leader: Ed Porco

May 13, Wednesday. 9 A.M. EXERCISE HIKE (3-4 miles)
This will be a moderately-paced ‘exercise hike” through a lush beech forest and past a working farm. Meet on Abrahams Path in Western Amagansett about 2/10 mile north of the intersection with Town Lane in East Hampton. Leader: Ethel Pulaski

We will take a leisurely bike ride on the very back roads of Shelter Island and visit with Albertus Clark, Shelter Island’s last bayman. Make sure your bike is in good working order. Helmets are required. Meet at the South Ferry in North Haven at the end of Rt 114. Leaders: Lois Peltz and Jerry Brown

We will stop twice on this shore hike for poetry readings. BYOP (bring your own poem) written by you or someone else. Or just come along to enjoy the scene. Meet at the end of Sammy’s Beach Road (a right turn off Old House Landing Road) via Alewive Brook Rd. Rain date is Sunday, May 17^th. Leaders: Leeanne Domash and Laurie Adler

Ramble through white pine and hard wood forest. Amble along the edge of a tupelo swamp. Trek across an eighty foot bluff and walk a pebbly, bay beach. Amazing panoramas are the order of the day. Meet on Swamp Rd. at the intersection with Edwards Hole Rd., approximately 1/2 mile north of Rt 114. Leader: Richard Poveromo or day of hike

We start with a stroll through the Nature Conservancy’s Merrill Lake Sanctuary. (Wear boots. It may be wet.) We then explore neighborhood trails in the Springs Woodblock area. Meet at the Merrill Lake Sanctuary on the eastern side of Springs Fireplace Rd, just north of Talmage Farm Lane.

May 23, Saturday 10 A.M GHOST TOWN HIKE (4 miles)
Did you know that we have a ghost town in the middle of East Hampton? Join a local historian for a tour of the “town,” now abandoned to dogwoods, pines, and oak trees. Meet at the schoolhouse plaque on Northwest Rd, about 3/10 of a mile from the intersection with Alewive Brook Rd in East Hampton. Leader: Lee Dion

May 24, Sunday 10 A.M. STONY HILL HIKE (8 miles)
On Memorial Day weekend stroll past working farmland and hike through East Hampton’s finest beech forest on this scenic hike. Thank Peconic Land Trust and a few generous benefactors for preserving this splendid area. We will hike a moderate pace on a somewhat hilly terrain. Bring water and snacks. Meet on the east side Abraham’s Path about ¼ mile north of Town Lane intersection in Amagansett. Leader: Rick Whalen

From Napeague Meadow Rd, we will link up with the Paumanok Path heading east. After hiking a fairly flat pine and secondary dune area, we will proceed across an access through salt meadows to the shores of Napeague Harbor for a beautiful beach walk. Our trail then continues through the oak/pine forest of Hither Hills. The final ascent of Nominicks Hill will reward us with sweeping views to the south and west. Meet on Napeague Meadow Rd about ½ mile north of the intersection of Rt 27. Leader: Carol Andrews and day of hike cell

This easy 2 miler which many of us have kayaked, is now available for hiking. The former Duke property, which abuts the Boys Harbor parcel, contains rambling woods and a short beach walk with beautiful water views across Three Mile Harbor. This is a wonderful opportunity to enjoy a new perspective of an old landscape and still have time to enjoy the rest of the day. Meet at the parking area on Springy Banks Rd just south of the intersection with Hands Creek Rd. Leader: Gene Makl

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