Guided hikes

January 2025 Events

Sat, Jan 4, 2025 Narrow Lane Cleanup. 8am-9am. Help STPS clean up letter from our adopted road. Meet on Narrow Lane and east corner of Norris Lane. Bring gloves. Free 2025 Membership to new volunteers. Leader: Dai Dayton, 631-745-0689.

Sat, Jan 4, 2025 Split Rock. 10am-noon. Meet at the kiosk opposite 178 Edge of Woods Road, Southampton, where the power lines cross, between David White’s Lane on the east and Long Springs Road on the west. Hike to Split Rock via Barrel Hill, moderate pace, about 3 ½ miles. Leaders: Eric and Hilary Woodward, 631-903-7895.

Sun, Jan 5, 2025 Northwest Path. 10am-noon. Meet at Old Northwest and Northwest Road. Northwest Woods, East Hampton. To Scoy Pond and back. 2 hours, 4-5 miles, brisk pace.     Leader: Chip Dineen 646-221-8225.

Wed, Jan 8, 2025 – Monthly Zoom Meeting. 6 pm. All are welcome! Join Meeting. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88166724884?pwd=eWJ4Y0hrNUo5YVhyTDA3eTNjVjVTdz09      

Sat, Jan 11, 2025 Anna and Daniel Mulvihill Preserve and the William Mulvihill Preserve. 10am-noon Meet at the parking area at the end of the drive way, 820 Brick Kiln Road, Sag Harbor (entrance is opposite Highview Drive; look for the gray pillars). Moderately-paced 3.8 mile hilly hike through this historically interesting area. Streams, vernal ponds, kettle holes, glacial erratics and the Great Swamp.                        Leader: Jean Mc Dermott, 631-599-2391.

Sun, Jan 12, 2025 Penny Pond. 10am-noon. Meet on Red Creek Road off of Rt. 24, Flanders for a moderately-paced 3 mile hike. Leader: Liz Karpin, 631-819-8183.

Sat, Jan 18, 2025 Tuckahoe Woods. 10am-noon Meet at the kiosk on Sebonac Road 1/3 mile east of Tuckahoe School. Enjoy streams and vernal ponds, an incredible overlook across the bays and we hike to the shore of Big Fresh Pond.  Four miles of moderately hilly terrain. Leashed dogs welcome. Tim Corwin 631-204-7821

Sun, Jan 19, 2025 Long Pond Greenbelt North. 10am. Co-sponsored by East Hampton Trails Preservation and Friends of the Long Pond Greenbelt. Meet at the parking area off Widow Gavits Road, Bridgehampton, just south of the power line. (5+ Miles) We’ll start at the southern end of Long Pond, go west and then head north on the Bay to Ocean Trail, which follows the western shore of Long Pond. At the northern end of Long Pond, we will come back south on the old railroad bed. Once back at the southern end of Long Pond, we will get back on the Bay to Ocean Trail heading south. At the southern end of Crooked Pond, we will head east, going around the edge of Crooked Pond, then back north for a short stretch on Widow Gavits Road back to the cars. Leader: Peter Coy (EHTPS), 201-790-5725, petercoy@verizon.net

Sat, Jan 25, 2025 Long Pond Greenbelt, Grassland to Grassland. 10am-11:30am. Meet at Vineyard Field behind the SOFO Museum, 377 Bridgehampton Turnpike, Bridgehampton. Join Friends of the Long Pond Greenbelt for an easy-paced 1 1/2 mile hike to Poxabogue County Park and back with beautiful pond views.  Dai Dayton (631) 745-0689

Sun, Jan 26, 2025 “The Swamps of North Sea. 10am-noon. Meet at Elliston Park entrance on Millstone Brook Road, Southampton. Loop around the Big Fresh alewife drain, then Paumanok Path eastbound diverting to the Great Atlantic Cedar Swamp. Return to start, 3 miles. Option to drive to one more swamp. Leaders: Eric and Hilary Woodward, 631-903-7895.