Orient Beach State Park

Orient Beach State Park
The entrance to Orient Beach State Park from westbound New York State Route 25.
Orient Beach State Park is located in New York
Orient Beach State Park
Location of Orient Beach State Park within New York State
TypeState park
Location40000 Main Road (Route 25)
Orient, New York[1]
Nearest cityOrient, New York
Coordinates41°07′46″N 72°15′59″W / 41.12937°N 72.2664°W / 41.12937; -72.2664
Area363 acres (1.47 km2)[2]
CreatedOctober 1929 (1929-10)[3]
Operated byNew York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
Visitors452,199 (in 2014)[4]
OpenAll year
WebsiteOrient Beach State Park

Orient Beach State Park is a 363-acre (1.47 km2)[2][5] state park located in Southold, New York.[6] The park is situated at the tip of the North Fork of Long Island.

Long Beach, located within the park, was designated a National Natural Landmark in April 1980[7] for its 2.5-mile (4.0 km) sand spit beach demonstrating plant succession from salt marsh to maritime red cedar forest.[8]

The Orient Long Beach Bar Light, commonly known as Bug Light, is located inside the park.[9]

  1. ^ "Orient Beach State Park - Getting There". NYS Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation. Retrieved February 7, 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Section O: Environmental Conservation and Recreation, Table O-9". 2014 New York State Statistical Yearbook (PDF). The Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government. 2014. p. 673. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 16, 2015. Retrieved February 6, 2016.
  3. ^ Natural Heritage Trust; New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation; New York State Council of Parks & Recreation (1975). Fifty Years: New York State Parks, 1924-1974. Natural Heritage Trust. p. 21.[permanent dead link‍]
  4. ^ "State Park Annual Attendance Figures by Facility: Beginning 2003". Data.ny.gov. Retrieved February 7, 2016.
  5. ^ "Hiking Orient Beach State Park". NY-NJ-CT Botany Online. Archived from the original on March 31, 2017. Retrieved February 7, 2016.
  6. ^ "Orient Beach State Park". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved February 7, 2016.
  7. ^ "National Natural Landmarks - National Natural Landmarks (U.S. National Park Service)". www.nps.gov. Retrieved April 15, 2019. Year designated: 1980
  8. ^ Rather, John (October 8, 2000). "At Orient, Day in Park Winds Up in Arrests". The New York Times. Retrieved February 6, 2016.
  9. ^ Müller, Robert G. "Long Beach Bar Lighthouse, NY". Long Island Lighthouses. Retrieved February 7, 2016.