The Peconic Bay is the parent name for two bays between the North Fork and South Fork of Long Island in the U.S. state of New York. It is separated from Gardiners Bay by Shelter Island.

What towns are in Peconic Bay?

The CPF is a public program established in 1998 by voters in the five East End towns (aka townships) of East Hampton, Southampton, Shelter Island, Southold and Riverhead, and it covers purchases made in all the villages and hamlets within those towns.

Can you swim in Peconic Bay?

Water gets waste deep at high tide at only about ten feet out, so you can stay shallow enough to touch bottom, and swim without walking out too far ; some north shore bay beaches...you have to walk so far out to swim... ... this one is the opposite, but very non-swimmer friendly.

What does word Peconic mean?

The community derives its name from Peconic Bay, which in turn derives its name from a Native American word meaning "nut trees". The area was originally called "Hermitage", and the name "Peconic" was adopted later.

What county is Southold NY in?

The Town of Southold is one of ten towns in Suffolk County, New York, United States. It is located in the northeastern tip of the county, on the North Fork of Long Island. The population was 21,968 at the 2010 census. The town also contains a hamlet named Southold, which was settled in 1640.

Peconic Bay and Cold Spring Pond Aerial Photography Long Island New York

What is considered East End Long Island?

The East End of Long Island is constituted by the five townships at the eastern end of New York's Suffolk County, namely Riverhead, Southampton (which includes Westhampton), Southold, Shelter Island, and East Hampton. Long Island's North Fork and South Fork are part of the East End.

Can you swim in Fresh Pond Shelter Island?

Residents should not swim or wade in Fresh Pond on Shelter Island because the water contains a new cyanobacteria bloom, also known as blue-green algae, the Suffolk County Department of Health Services advised Wednesday.

What time does Meschutt beach open?

3, 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m.

What are the primary pollutants that contaminated beaches on Long Island today?

“The primary chemicals of concern in New York City waters and Long Island marine waters are PCBs, dioxin and cadmium,” the New York State Department of Health wrote in its pamphlet on eating locally caught fish.

What kind of fish are in Peconic Bay?

The freshwaters habitats of the Peconic support a number of warm-water fishes, such as the largemouth bass, bluegill, sunfish, yellow perch, and white perch.

Who pays Peconic Bay tax?

Who pays the Two-Percent Real Estate Transfer Tax? The Peconic Bay Region Community Preservation Fund (2% real estate transfer tax) is paid by the grantee. The grantee is the person who is purchasing the real property or an interest therein.

How much is the Peconic Tax?

Loading. What is the CPF tax? The CPF tax or the Peconic Bay Region Community Preservation Fund Tax is a 2% transfer tax on all real property in the Town of Southampton. The first $100,000 of a vacant, unimproved parcel is exempt from the tax and the first $250,000 of an improved parcel is exempt from the tax.

Are Shelter Island beaches open?

Beaches are mostly public, but do require parking permits for resident and non-residents alike. Permits are required Friday before Memorial Day through the Monday of Labor Day and are available through the Town Hall.

Is Shelter Island parking free?

Vehicles registered with a Shelter Island address or to an owner of real property within the Town of Shelter Island may obtain parking permits FREE. Others pay as follows: Day Permits $25.00: (Only 10 per day will be issued. Available only for Wades Beach and Shell Beach.)

How long is the ferry ride from Greenport to Shelter Island?

Take the Long Island Railroad from Penn Station to the final stop at the Greenport, NY North Ferry Station. From here Shelter Island is just a short 8 minute ferry ride.

What towns are Eastern Long Island?

Overview. Suffolk County is the easternmost county in New York State and is divided into 10 towns: Babylon, Brookhaven, East Hampton, Huntington, Islip, Riverhead (county seat), Shelter Island, Smithtown, Southampton and Southold.

Where are the Hamptons?

The Hamptons are located on the South Fork of Long Island and are about two hours away from Midtown, Manhattan by car — if there's no traffic, which there usually is. The area is made up of two proper towns: Southampton and East Hampton.

What is the most eastern town on Long Island?

The Town of East Hampton is located in southeastern Suffolk County, New York, at the eastern end of the South Shore of Long Island. It is the easternmost town in the state of New York.

Is Southold considered the Hamptons?

The South Fork, better known as the Hamptons, basks in conspicuous consumption and multimillion-dollar ocean frontage all the way to Montauk Point. The Great Peconic Bay separates these desirable peninsulas, which are linked, with Shelter Island in the middle, by car ferries.

What towns are in Southold?

• Cutchogue.
• East Marion.
• Fishers Island.
• Greenport.
• Laurel.
• Mattituck.
• New Suffolk.
• Orient.

What towns are in Southold Township?

• Cutchogue.
• East Marion.
• Laurel.
• Mattituck.
• New Suffolk.
• Orient. Peconic.

What animals are in the Peconic Bay?

The Peconic Estuary provides important habitat as well as spawning and nursery grounds to a wide variety of marine organisms--most notably shellfish such as bay scallops, hard clams, and fish such as bay anchovy, Atlantic silverside, summer flounder, winter flounder, windowpane flounder, weakfish, and tautog.

What is the Peconic Bay water temperature?

Water temperature in Peconic Bay today is 61.3°F.

The swimming season in Peconic Bay lasts from July to September.