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Trails of the North Fork
Mill Road Preserve
The Mill Road Preserve is a 25-acre parcel with the trailhead located on Mill Road, Mattituck. The trail winds through 8 acres of
grasslands/shrublands and then into 17 -acres of mature woodlands.
Laurel Lake Preserve
Laurel Lake Preserve encompasses 495-acres of preserved land. The trailhead for the Preserve is located on Route 25, Laurel.
The existing nature trail is 2.1 miles long, is marked with green arrows and wanders through mature woodlands, grasslands, shrub
lands, by vernal ponds, freshwater swamps and overlooks Laurel Lake.
Downs Farm Preserve
Downs Farm Preserve is a 51-acre wooded parcel that is the site of Fort Corchaug, a Native American fort, which is listed on the
National Register of Historic Places. Downs Farm Preserve has a mile of passive recreation trails and adjoins productive
farmlands and the tidal wetlands of Downs Creek.
Goldsmith Inlet Park
Goldsmith Inlet Park is a 35-acre parcel with a Y< mile trail leading to Long Island Sound, from the trailhead, located on Sound
View A venue. The mature woodlands, tidal wetlands, Goldsmith Inlet Pond and 1500 feet on Long Island Sound are great for
bird watching.
Cedar Beach Coun", Park
Cedar Beach County Park is a 68-acre park with over 2,800 feet on Shelter Island Sound. The park provides the visitor with great
vistas of Shelter Island Sound and the mudflats, sandbars and the saltwater marshes of Cedar Beach Harbor.
Arshamomaoue Pond Preserve
Arshamomaque Pond Preserve is a 54-acre wooded preserve with several trails that wind through the mature woodlands, by
vernal ponds and along the saltwater wetlands of Arshamomaque Pond.
Arshamomaoue Preserve
The Arshamomaque Preserve is a 120-acre preserve owned by the Town of South old and Suffolk County Parks. The preserve
has 1.3-miles of nature trails that wander through mature woodlands, freshwater wetlands and open fields.
Inlet Pond Park
Inlet Pond County Park is a 55-acre park with 1.6-miles of trails leading to Inlet Pond and Long Island Sound. The North Fork
Audubon has a visitor's center and offers nature programs during the year (Hours and programs are posted on the kiosk).
Dam Pond Maritime Reserve
Dam Pond Maritime Reserve is a 36-acre parcel owned by the Town of Southold and Suffolk County Parks. The preserve
encompasses a small, protected bay, maritime shrubland, grasslands, tidal flats, saltwater marshes and mature woodlands. The
trail that wanders through the preserve is l.2-miles long.
Orient Beach State Park
Orient Beach State Park has 45,000 feet of frontage on Gardiner's Bay and a rare maritime forest with red cedar, blackjack oak
trees and prickly-pear cactus. Visitors can swim, picnic, play ball, go hiking or biking or walk a nature trail.
Orient Point County Park
This 48-acre park at the tip of Southold Town has a mile-long beach with a Y1-mile hiking trail. Bird watching, surfcasting and
great views of Long Island Sound are available at this County Park. Parking is located on the north side of Route 25.
For more information about this and other open space recreational
opportunities in the Town of South old, please contact thc Southold Preservation Office at (631) 765-5711
Trails
of the
North Fork
Dam Pond Maritime Reserve
(Southoldl Suffolk CoUllt11
11855 Route 25
Ea.t Marion, NY
Inlet Pood Couoty Park
65275 Route 48
Greeoport, NY
Orient Poiot
County Park
41425 Route 25
Oriea.t, NY
Arabamomaque Preserve
1105 Chapel Lane
Greeoport, NY
Orient Beach State Park:
40000 Route 25
Odoot, NY
Gold.mith 1alet
Count,. Park
1585 SoUlldview Ave
Pecooic, NY
Mill Road P~rve
1900 We.t Mill Road
Mattituck, NY
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Laue. Lab Pre.erve
5145 Route 2S
Laurel, NY