The Nature Conservancy - Long Island: Pine Neck Nature Sanctuary

Visitors to Pine Neck Nature Sanctuary can often see red-tailed hawks flying overhead.

Visitor Information

Pine Neck Sanctuary is located on the Atlantic shore, and is home to numerous species of shorebirds. Find out more information and directions.

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Jointly owned by the Town of Southampton and The Nature Conservancy, Pine Neck Nature Sanctuary is a 15-acre oasis on the water.

Pine Neck's prime location on the Atlantic Ocean shorefront makes it an ideal spot for bird and wildlife viewing alike. Hiking trails can be found throughout the preserve.

Location: East Quogue, Suffolk County

Size: 15 acres

What to See: Animals
Numerous songbirds and shore birds can be found in the preserve and along the shore. If you're lucky, you might also see great horned owls, red-tailed hawks, osprey, turtles, mink and deer.

Why the Conservancy Selected this Site:
The area, which encompasses forest, wetlands and shoreline, is ecologically significant as a waterfront habitat for many different kinds of wildlife.

What the Conservancy Is Doing:
Since purchasing Pine Neck, Nature Conservancy and Southampton volunteers have been developing new trails, creating an adequate parking lot and maintaining the beach.

Visiting the Preserve
Please contact the Center for Conservation for more information and prepare for your visit by reading our guidelines.

Take Sunrise Highway (Route 27) to Exit 64 (Country Road 104, Lewis Road).
Go south on Lewis Road.
Follow signs to East Quogue.
Continue southeast on Lewis Road by bearing left at intersection with Quogue-Riverhead Road.
Go left (east) on Montauk Highway (27A) at the end of Lewis Road.
Continue east on Montauk Highway and take a right on Josiah Fosters Path.
Where Josiah Fosters Path ends and where Head of Lots Road begins at the curve in the road, continue left on Head of Lots Road about 0.1 miles to the visitor parking area on the right.