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Montauk and Napeague Harbors 71° 56' 13 12 14 15 11 2 10 9 1 8 7 R 3 6 41°04' 5 41°04' 4 ChartKit 16 Region 3, p. 37 71° 56' © MAPTECH / NOAA CHART 13209 / SCALE 1:7,500 / CORRECTED THROUGH NOTICE TO MARINERS 3/1/14 3/1/14 MARINERS TO NOTICE THROUGH / CORRECTED 1:7,500 / SCALE 13209 CHART © MAPTECH / NOAA 301 Maptech eMbassy cruising guides Montauk and Napeague Harbors ocals call it “The End,” and with good reason. Located 110 miles from New LYork City, this is indeed the east- ern terminus of marvelous Long Island. An oceanfront playground sporting more than 5,000 acres of pristine public beaches and breathtakingly diverse parkland, the story here began some 1.8 million years ago when glaciers crept south and pushed mineral-rich mounds of rocks and soil with them. Montauk Point, the southern “fluke” of the whale’s tail of Long Island’s East End, is what geologists call a terminal moraine: a heavy load of sedimentary rock bulldozed and then abandoned by the retreating glaciers. The pebbly beaches on the north side and high, sandy south side dunes are both inspiring. In addition to leaving behind rocky rifts © MAPTECH and sandy ocean beaches, those melting gla- Montauk is a fishing paradise. ciers deposited layers of fertile soil farmed by the native Montauketts. In 1648, European settlers from Old Montauk Highway. Founded in 1658, Deep Hollow Massachusetts also appreciated the point’s richness, and the Ranch remains the birthplace of the American cowboy and vast meadowlands soon overflowed with flocks of sheep and America’s oldest cattle ranch. You can see for yourself and herds of cattle driven here from eastern Long Island along ride the trails of the pre-Revolutionary War pioneers. 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While you’ll find fishing boats of all sorts and sizes fighting the Spanish in Cuba. — it remains the state’s largest commercial fishing port — It’s impossible to visit Montauk and not find some soul- you’ll also see a large fleet of pleasure boaters tucked into restoring pleasure gazing to seaward, and in 1926, developer slips at the Snug Harbor Motel and Marina or alongside shiny Carl Fisher paid $2.5 million for 9,700 acres of land with 9 sportfishing boats at Star Island Yacht Club, all rich with his- miles of choice waterfront property. Fisher envisioned this as tory and brimming with folks who can tell a good sea story. the next Miami Beach, the best-known of his creations. He This is, after all, the port that the late shark hunter Captain planned the golf course, the Montauk Yacht Club, the Manor Frank Mundus called home for decades. Hotel, and his high-rise office building in town. His master Tempered, perhaps, by the opulence of the ritzy Hamptons, plan also included cutting a channel from fresh-water Lake the large-scale investment in resort marinas, and the ever- Montauk to Block Island Sound. He believed this venture increasing length, value, and number of its pleasure fleet, would bring boats into Star Island, where he wanted to put Montauk remains a fun and magical port with an upscale but a casino, marina, yacht club, and surf club. The 1929 stock- hard-working atmosphere. market crash decimated Fisher’s development company as Even touristy Montauk Village, a 3-mile trek from the har- well as his dreams, but his legacy remains, as do the Manor bor and the jumping-off spot for a visit to Montauk’s famed Hotel (now a private residence), the Fisher Building, and a lighthouse, seems more laid-back and industrious than points harbor bursting with marinas and sportfishing boats. west in East Hampton Township. On the beaches surrounding the village, you may still find old bottles of liquor stashed in the dunes, left behind by rum Things to See and Do runners, but don’t bet on finding any of Capt. Kidd’s treasure, It’s a 9-mile stretch from the eastern shore of Napeague which legend insists lies somewhere in Money Pond. Harbor around the point to Montauk Point Lighthouse. Although there is plenty to see and do in this, Long Island’s That’s a lot of area to cover, but don’t fret; all the boating best-known port, Montauk is renowned as the unofficial facilities here are concentrated within relatively quaint Lake sportfishing capital of the Northeast. In season here anglers Montauk. This man-made harbor, once a fresh-water pond catch stripers, fluke, blues, false albacore, codfish, tilefish, and thus not particularly deep if you stray outside the chan- weakfish, blackfish, sea bass, porgy, tuna, shark and marlin, nels, is surrounded by an assortment of marinas, restaurants among other monsters of the deep. Once a traditional fishing and convenience stores. © SHORELINE AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY © SHORELINE The straightforward entrance to Montauk Harbor lies between two stone breakwaters. 303 Maptech eMbassy cruising guides Montauk and Napeague Harbors You’ll need wheels to visit the village of Montauk or gaze Montauk Downs State Park (631-668-1234). If you’re bet- down from the top of the lighthouse. From July 4th to Labor ter at the short game, try miniature golf at Puff & Putt (631- Day, you can hop aboard the Suffolk County Transit (631- 668-4473) in the village. The “Puff” part rents small sailboats 852-5200) bus 10C/S94, which runs a loop around Montauk and Hobie Cats (as well as kayaks and pedal boats) on Fort and into East Hampton. You can also take a ride with Lindy’s Pond. Fort Pond, by the way, is one of the two lakes on Long Taxi (631-668-8888) or rent bicycles at Montauk Bike Island where you can catch walleye, the other being Lake Shop (631-668-8975). It’s about 6 miles from the village to Ronkonkoma, about 50 miles “up island.” Montauk Point Lighthouse. With scores of world-record catches landed in the ocean Speaking of the lighthouse, this is the oldest in New waters around the lighthouse, Montauk regards itself as the York State, its construction authorized by President George sportfishing epicenter of the Northeast. If big game (like tuna, Washington in 1792. From the top, on a clear day, you can marlin, and shark) hooks your interest, consider booking a see more than 40 miles out over the ocean. The Montauk private charter for a run offshore. You’ll find at least 60 char- Point Lighthouse Museum (631-668-2544) is your starting ter boats docked at Star Island Yacht Club (631-668-5052).