Nepeague is a thin strip of land that connects Montauk to the rest of Long Island's south fork. It is actually geologically very young, from sand that washed in and formed the very sandy dunelands in this area.
Most of this is preserved as Nepeague State Park. Due to the sandy soil, the pitch pines here are stunted, somewhat like those in the dwarf pine plains. The Atlantic Ocean is never far, and the beaches here are clean and very beautiful. The only roads that run here are Rt.27 and Nepeague Meadow rd.
I took a trip out there this past Wednsday. The weather was perfect, skies were mostly clear and that nice deep blue, and a cool breeze was blowing. Unfortunately there aren't many trails in the area, so you have to access it by walking along Rt.27. Unfortunately you have alot of traffic that speeds down here, and I saw one roadkilled deer along the way. I also saw a snake that got run over. It's the first time I saw a snake here, too bad I wish I would have seen one alive. I don't know what kind of snake this is, I have a picture posted here (not on this site) http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v88/Btraindash/snakeroadkill.jpg
It's gross so beware. Too bad a vehicle got it because it sure would've been nice to see it slither across the road. Anyway, it was nice in the park. I wish I had more time to explore the north side of the park, but I got to see some nice pine dunelands where the trees are stunted due to the sand based "soil", not unlike the Forked River Mountain area in NJ. Despite the beautiful weather, I didn't encounter one human being. I suppose it will be busier this weekend and in summer, but most people go to the Hamptons and Montauk Point, for some reason they don't go to the piney woods, probably because some other creature likes to vacation here in summer too.
Photos of my trip here:
http://forums.njpinebarrens.com/showthread.php?p=22851#post22851
Most of this is preserved as Nepeague State Park. Due to the sandy soil, the pitch pines here are stunted, somewhat like those in the dwarf pine plains. The Atlantic Ocean is never far, and the beaches here are clean and very beautiful. The only roads that run here are Rt.27 and Nepeague Meadow rd.
I took a trip out there this past Wednsday. The weather was perfect, skies were mostly clear and that nice deep blue, and a cool breeze was blowing. Unfortunately there aren't many trails in the area, so you have to access it by walking along Rt.27. Unfortunately you have alot of traffic that speeds down here, and I saw one roadkilled deer along the way. I also saw a snake that got run over. It's the first time I saw a snake here, too bad I wish I would have seen one alive. I don't know what kind of snake this is, I have a picture posted here (not on this site) http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v88/Btraindash/snakeroadkill.jpg
It's gross so beware. Too bad a vehicle got it because it sure would've been nice to see it slither across the road. Anyway, it was nice in the park. I wish I had more time to explore the north side of the park, but I got to see some nice pine dunelands where the trees are stunted due to the sand based "soil", not unlike the Forked River Mountain area in NJ. Despite the beautiful weather, I didn't encounter one human being. I suppose it will be busier this weekend and in summer, but most people go to the Hamptons and Montauk Point, for some reason they don't go to the piney woods, probably because some other creature likes to vacation here in summer too.
Photos of my trip here:
http://forums.njpinebarrens.com/showthread.php?p=22851#post22851
