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Three Hikes in Montauk This Week

Thu, 12/26/2019 - 11:34

The East Hampton Trails Preservation Society will host three hikes this week in Montauk. On Saturday at 10 a.m. Paul and Lynn Devany will lead a 2.5-mile hike to Amsterdam Beach. The meeting place is the trailhead across from Deep Hollow Ranch, about three miles east of the downtown. The Devanys can be reached at 516-225-4757.     

On Tuesday at 10 a.m. Eva Moore will lead a three-mile hike to the seal haul-out site. Warm clothing, sturdy footwear, and binoculars are recommended. Hikers will meet on Camp Hero Road, a right turn off Route 27 about a mile past Deep Hollow Ranch. Ms. Moore can be reached at 631-238-5134 or 631-681-4774 for more information.     

To help people start the year off right, the society will lead another one on New Year’s Day, a brisk nine-mile hike through Hither Woods out to the Block Island Sound coastline. The meeting place is at the Montauk Recycling Center at 11 a.m. for this moderate-pace hike with some hills. Snacks, liquids, and appropriate clothing have been suggested. Rick Whalen, who will lead, can be called at 631-275-8539 for more details.     

There will also be two hikes to the seal haul-out site from the Montauk Point Lighthouse State Park office, in the lower parking lot on Saturday and Sunday at 2 p.m. A fee of $4 per person is requested for the three-mile excursion. Reservations are required at 631-668-5000.

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