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Fire Island National Seashore: Sunken Forest
Author: JoP1124
Date: 11 Mar 2007 2:35:42 PM
Activity: Not Specified
State: New York (NY)
Distance: 3.13 mi  (Change units)
Elevation: Total Gain: 211 ft
Total Loss: 226 ft
Net Change: -15 ft
Difficulty: 5 / 10
Tags: Point o'Woods, New York
Rating: Unrated   Rate it

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Dist: 3.13 mi Points: 336
Time: none Speed: 0.0 mph Pace: 0:00 / mi
Fire Island-Sunken Forest

Points of Interest

FIR001

Location: 40.648041°, -73.136253°
Begin hiking S toward beach, then turn L to hike E on seashell-littered beach

FIR002

Location: 40.653500°, -73.112801°
Turn L @ wooden beach stairs; muted dunes give way to deep greens found in the sunken forest, home to deer and small critters

FIR003

Location: 40.655060°, -73.112053°
Good lookout point; enter swampy forest

FIR004

Location: 40.655739°, -73.112663°
Good picnic spot atop a platform surrounded by gnarled trees; turn R toward Sailors Haven dock

FIR005

Location: 40.655521°, -73.110573°
Corkscrew-shaped trees give way to a popular bird viewing spot; don't miss the pipin plover

FIR006

Location: 40.656979°, -73.104736°
Sailors Haven; turn R to return to beach

FIR007

Location: 40.655479°, -73.103378°
Turn L to linger on the last sandy stretch

FIR008

Location: 40.657810°, -73.092194°
Veer L toward Cherry Grove; turn R onto Lewis

FIR009

Location: 40.659821°, -73.090279°
Cherry Grove dock; retrace steps to entrance, or catch a ferry to the mainland; plan return ferry to coincide with a breathtaking sunset over Great South Bay

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