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SHUTTLE BUS

Hopefully, Southampton College's Shuttle Bus will be available to  take you to "town" (Southampton of course) every hour on the hour*. The bus will also drop you off at the beach! The bus leaves from in front of Woodhall (where you will come and register on July 9th).

(*as of June 15th we weren't sure if the Shuttle Bus would be running in the summer. We'll continue to check though - promise!)

 

BEACHES

Cooper's Beach - Dune Road. Oceanfront beach for daily permit holders (283-0402) located in the town of Southampton and has complete facilities (bathrooms, showers, chair and umbrella rentals, and lifeguards). Cost: $20.00 daily to park - no fee if dropped off or coming by bicycle. Directions: Take the Montauk Highway east (which becomes Hill Street as you near the town of Southampton). When you see the movie theatre (on the left) make a right onto First Neck Lane.  Take First Neck Lane to the end, bear right, and Cooper's beach will be on the left.

Ponquoque Beach - Located in Hampton Bays (west of Southampton). The parking fee is $10.00 daily.

POINTS OF INTEREST
Conscience Point. Four miles from Southampton Village, off North Sea Road. A large boulder bears the plaque with the inscription: Near this spot in June, 1640, landed the colonist from Lynn, MA., who founded Southampton, the first English settlement in the State of New York.

First Presbyterian Church of Southampton. South Main Street.
Oldest church in the State of New York started in 1640. (283-1296).

Old Halsey Homestead Museum. South Main Street. Built in 1648 by town founder Thomas Halsey, the oldest English frame house in New York. Displays furniture from the 17th and 18th centuries. Open mid-June thru September. Maintained by The Southampton Historical Society. (283-3527).

The Elias Pelletreau Silversmith Shop. Main Street. Founded in 1750 by Captain Elias Pelletreau, famous Colonial silversmith and Revolutionary War patriot, shortly after he completed his apprenticeship in New York City. Today pieces of Pelletreau silver, made some two hundred years ago in the quaint shop, are sought by collectors of early American silver. Maintained by the Southampton Historical Society. (283-2494)

The Parrish Art Museum. Job's Lane. Founded in 1898, the museum is devoted to American art of the 19th and 20th centuries: major works by William Merril Chase and Fairfield Porter: sculpture garden and arboretum; changing exhibitions, lectures and concerts. Open year round. (283-2118)

The Southampton Historical Museum. Meeting House Lane.
An 1843 sea captain's home with widows walk and rooms finished in the period. Displays Montauk and Shinnecock Indian artifacts. On the grounds are a one-room school house, pre-Revolutionary Barn, carriage house, blacksmith and carpentry shops, apothecary store, country store and saloon.

St. Andrew's Dune Church. Dune Road. Built by the U.S. Government in 1851 as a life saving station, and later bought by Dr. T. Gaillard Thomas and presented to the church in 1879. On many of the windows and walls are beautifully inscribed biblical texts. Relics of off-shore shipwrecks can be seen on the grounds. Services each Sunday, June-September.

Scenic Route-Estate Section. Tour the streets of Southampton's estate section. The former summer colony of New York's wealthiest was first established in the 19890's and is now home to the world's captains of industry. From the roads visitors can see imposing mansion residences and gardens. A landmark house on Pond Lane was built in 1899 for Secretary of War, Elihu Root.

RECREATION

College gym open Monday- Thursday (9am-9pm)

Shinnecock East County Park. (89 Acres) Outer beach camping for self-contained vehicles only. (852-8899)

Shinnecock Canal County Marina. (6.5 Acres) Fuel Dock, sewage pump out station, restrooms, electrical hookups and water. Transient slips available for visitors.

Suffolk Hills County Park. (985 Acres) Off County Road 51. Part of the Pine Barrens acquisition. (854-4949

Mecox Bay. Site for windsurfing, boating and ice boating in the winter. Morton's Wildlife Refuge. Noyac Road. 187 acres of diverse habitats for protection of migratory birds. Overlooks Noyac and Peconic Bays. Open daily year round. (286-0485)

EAST END WEB SITES

Southampton Chamber of Commerce 

The Southampton Press

The Independent

The Hamptons 

The Hamptons Online

The Hamptons Directory

Long Island Information 

RESTAURANTS AND SPECIALS

Southampton Restaurants  

Specials

Restaurants that have two for one specials:

Tuesday:  Public House 40 Bowden Square

Wednesday:  Driver's Seat 62 Job's Lane

Thursday:  Barristers 36 Main Street

Barristers also has Monday night pasta ($11.95)

Calendar of Local Events for the Week of July 9th

Wednesday, July 12th Concert in Agawan park "Time and Time Again" 6:45-8:45

Thursday, July 13th Annual Hamptons Greek Festival at the Greek Orthadox Church