Distance: 1-3 miles
Level: Moderate pace

Weather permitting, EHTPS conducts weekly Tuesday morning maintenance hikes, preparing for other hikes on our schedule and keeping as much trail as possible clear and blazed. No experience necessary, and new volunteers are always welcome. Bring a lopper, trimmer, or handsaw if available. Duration: App. 2 hours.

For information, ehtps@outlook.com to sign up for the weekly email.

Distance: 3 miles
Level: Moderate pace

We will explore the highlights and hidden gems of the northern end of Central Park. Starting from Central Park West at 103rd Street, we will visit The Pool, follow the Loch through the Glen Span Arch, visit the marvelous Huddlestone Arch, and then walk north through the thickly forested Ravine, stopping by the Blockhouse, the oldest structure in the park. From there we will walk around the recently restored Harlem Meer, then south to the Conservatory Garden on Fifth Avenue, before returning to our starting point. Magnolias, tulips, daffodils and azaleas should be in bloom.

Meet at 10 AM at the corner of Central Park West and 103rd Street, park side. Duration: App. 2.5 hours, moderate pace. Bring snacks & liquids. 

Leader: Peter Coy: 201-790-5725, petercoy@verizon.net

Distance: 2.5+ miles
Level: Relaxed pace

Join us for a relaxed-pace hilly hike that is mostly on the Paumanok Path and takes us to places typically only seen on much longer hikes. You will see Fort Pond Bay, and hike Riah's Ridge and the Lost Boulder Trail. You'll be asked whether you can locate the boulder!  Meet at 10 AM at the Rod's Valley Park parking area at the west end of Navy Road in Montauk. Time: Duration: App. 2 hours.

Leader: Amy Ruhle, 631-521-3602; amyruhle@optonline.net

Distance: 1-3 miles
Level: Moderate pace

Weather permitting, EHTPS conducts weekly Tuesday morning maintenance hikes, preparing for other hikes on our schedule and keeping as much trail as possible clear and blazed. No experience necessary, and new volunteers are always welcome. Bring a lopper, trimmer, or handsaw if available. Duration: App. 2 hours.

For information, ehtps@outlook.com to sign up for the weekly email.

Distance: 3 miles
Level: Moderate pace

Join us for an out & back hike on the North Neck Trail, one of Montauk’s newest trails.  We’ll go past Tupelo Stone and the enormous North Neck Oak on this lovely route.  Meet at the Culloden Point historic marker, west side of Flamingo Avenue, Montauk, about 400 feet north of Wills Point Road.  (Look for a red fire hydrant.)  For those who are up for it, at the end of the main hike we may continue into the Culloden Point Preserve on the west side of Flamingo Avenue for an additional (and optional) 2-1/2 miles or so leading to the bay.  Bring snacks, liquids, & tick protection.  Duration: App. 90 minutes. 

Info only: Rick, call or text (631) 275-8539, richardwhalen@optonline.net. 

Distance: 1-3 miles
Level: Moderate pace

Weather permitting, EHTPS conducts weekly Tuesday morning maintenance hikes, preparing for other hikes on our schedule and keeping as much trail as possible clear and blazed. No experience necessary, and new volunteers are always welcome. Bring a lopper, trimmer, or handsaw if available. Duration: App. 2 hours.

For information, ehtps@outlook.com to sign up for the weekly email.

Distance: 5.5 miles
Level: Moderate pace

Starting on Amagansett's historic Main Street, our hike will leave charming Amagansett village and traverse upcountry woodlands and farm fields in the early springtime. This route follows local roads to the access point for Stony Hill’s Forest, then tracks parts of the Paumanok Path, Archery Trail and Springs to Amagansett Trail. Skirting the impressive Baker Kettlehole, we will pass through Amagansett's farmlands before returning to the starting point. All are welcome to relish Amagansett's beautiful beechwood forest and broad fields and appreciate a variety of avian and terrestrial fauna.  Duration: App. 2.5 hours.  Meet 10 AM in the parking lot behind the Amagansett Free Library.

Leader:  Dan Mongan 917-453-5514 or email dan.mongan@gmail.com.

Distance: 3 miles
Level: Moderate pace

The as good as it gets series returns!  We’ll visit the Fulling Mill Farm Preserve at Briar Patch, the historic Apaquogue, the shore of Georgica Cove, the actual Lily Pond on Lily Pond Lane, and yes, the Atlantic Ocean.  Meet at 10 AM at Georgica Beach, East Hampton. Duration: App. 90 minutes.

Leader: Irwin Levy, call/text 516-456- 1337, irwintlevy@gmail.com

Distance: 1-3 miles
Level: Moderate pace

Weather permitting, EHTPS conducts weekly Tuesday morning maintenance hikes, preparing for other hikes on our schedule and keeping as much trail as possible clear and blazed. No experience necessary, and new volunteers are always welcome. Bring a lopper, trimmer, or handsaw if available. Duration: App. 2 hours.

For information, ehtps@outlook.com to sign up for the weekly email.

Distance: 1-3 miles
Level: Moderate pace

Weather permitting, EHTPS conducts weekly Tuesday morning maintenance hikes, preparing for other hikes on our schedule and keeping as much trail as possible clear and blazed. No experience is necessary, and new volunteers are always welcome. Bring a lopper, trimmer, or handsaw if available.

For information, ehtps@outlook.com to sign up for the weekly email.

Distance: 1 mile
Level: slow pace

Join us for a short hike through Montauk Mountain Preserve, one of the few remaining maritime grasslands in New York and a site of significance for the East End during the American Revolutionary War. During the American Revolutionary War, British ships moored off Fort Pond Bay threatened raids on colonists’ cattle grazing Montauk’s grasslands. Hear the story of how Captain John Dayton prevented the raid, take in the first signs of spring, listen to bird song, and learn about the rare plants in this unique maritime grassland.

This will be a slow-paced .5-mile loop hike with the option to turn coats inside out and hike a second time in the style of Dayton’s Ruse for a total of 1 mile, duration of one hour.

Meet at 10:45 AM at the Montauk Library, 871 Montauk Highway, for a carpool to the trailhead.

RSVP to alusty@montauklibrary.org or 631-668-3377 x104

Distance: 1-3 miles
Level: Moderate pace

Weather permitting, EHTPS conducts weekly Tuesday morning maintenance hikes, preparing for other hikes on our schedule and keeping as much trail as possible clear and blazed. No experience is necessary, and new volunteers are always welcome. Bring a lopper, trimmer, or handsaw if available.

For information, ehtps@outlook.com to sign up for the weekly email.

Distance: 4+ miles
Level: Moderate pace

An EHTPS Members Only Event

East Hampton’s iconic Maidstone Club is one of the most beautiful golf courses in the world. Timeless vistas along the Gardiner’s Peninsula over Hook Pond, the Atlantic Ocean and beyond. Maidstone Club GM Ken Koch leads the hike, including seeing the gardens, apiary and chickens. Maidstone Club members will join us and share stories and provide historical content. Duration 2.5 hours. A not to be missed EHTPS Members Only Event.

Meet at 10 AM at the Maidstone Clubhouse, 50 Old Beach Lane, East Hampton.

Advance Registration Required. RSVP to irwintlevy@gmail.com, or text 516-456-1337.

Distance: 1-3 miles
Level: Moderate pace

Weather permitting, EHTPS conducts weekly Tuesday morning maintenance hikes, preparing for other hikes on our schedule and keeping as much trail as possible clear and blazed. No experience is necessary, and new volunteers are always welcome. Bring a lopper, trimmer, or handsaw if available.

For information, ehtps@outlook.com to sign up for the weekly email.

Distance: 3.5 miles
Level: Moderate pace

Join us for our scenic hike along the Blue Trail next to Northwest Creek, past the Connor home site and out on a spur to Cuffee Landing. We will hike along the Trustee Road out to Channel Landing and view the entrance to Northwest Harbor. Then it’s off to stunning views of Cedar Point Lighthouse, Shelter Island and Northwest Woods from the Barcelona Bluffs. We will return via a trail past a salt pond and the golf course.

Meet at 10 AM at the parking area next to the Sag Harbor Golf Course (off 114). Duration 2 hours.

Leaders: Laurie Devito and Victoria von Frank. laurie_devito@yahoo.com 631-813-6988

Distance: 1-3 miles
Level: Moderate pace

Weather permitting, EHTPS conducts weekly Tuesday morning maintenance hikes, preparing for other hikes on our schedule and keeping as much trail as possible clear and blazed. No experience is necessary, and new volunteers are always welcome. Bring a lopper, trimmer, or handsaw if available.

For information, ehtps@outlook.com to sign up for the weekly email.

Distance: 5 miles
Level: Moderate pace

We will make a counterclockwise loop around the eastern tip of the South Fork. Starting from the parking lot of the Montauk Point Lighthouse, we will walk west along the Oyster Pond Trail, taking a side trip on the Seal Haulout Trail to look for harbor seals below. (Early March is a good time to spot them.) After skirting the brackish Oyster Pond we will head south, cross Route 27, enter Camp Hero, and walk east back to the lighthouse along the spectacular bluffs. If the weather is OK, we'll finish by walking on the bed of giant rocks below the lighthouse.

Meet at 10 AM in the lower Lighthouse parking lot near the entrance on the left. Duration 2.5 hours, moderate pace. Bring snacks & liquids.

Info only, call or text Peter Coy: (201) 790-5725. Email: petercoy@verizon.net

Distance: 1-3 miles
Level: Moderate pace

Weather permitting, EHTPS conducts weekly Tuesday morning maintenance hikes, preparing for other hikes on our schedule and keeping as much trail as possible clear and blazed. No experience is necessary, and new volunteers are always welcome. Bring a lopper, trimmer, or handsaw if available.

For information, ehtps@outlook.com to sign up for the weekly email.

Distance: 5 miles
Level: Moderate pace

We will explore the entire Jessup’s Neck peninsula of the Elizabeth A. Morton National Wildlife Refuge with its exceptionally diverse habitats (including bay beaches, brackish and freshwater ponds, kettle holes, salt marshes and maritime oak/ red cedar forests). Bring water and a snack, and wear warm, wind-proof clothing.

Location: refuge parking area at 2595 Noyac Road, Sag Harbor. A small parking fee is charged.

Leader: Dave Luce: call/text 917.885.5749 or Email david.luce2013@gmail.com

Distance: 1-3 miles
Level: Moderate pace

Weather permitting, EHTPS conducts weekly Tuesday morning maintenance hikes, preparing for other hikes on our schedule and keeping as much trail as possible clear and blazed. No experience is necessary, and new volunteers are always welcome. Bring a lopper, trimmer, or handsaw if available.

For information, ehtps@outlook.com to sign up for the weekly email.

Distance: 5 miles
Level: Moderate pace

Come along on a circuit hike through the interior of Montauk’s Hither Woods.  This is winter in the woods, in the center of the 3,000-acre Hither Woods wilderness.  

Meet 10:00 a.m. at Hither Hills Overlook (West Overlook), on the north side of Route 27, Montauk.  Distance: ~5 miles, moderate pace with some hills.  Bring snacks & liquids.  

Info only, call or text Rick: (631) 275-8539. Email: richardwhalen@optonline.net

Distance: 1-3 miles
Level: Moderate pace

Weather permitting, EHTPS conducts weekly Tuesday morning maintenance hikes, preparing for other hikes on our schedule and keeping as much trail as possible clear and blazed. No experience is necessary, and new volunteers are always welcome. Bring a lopper, trimmer, or handsaw if available.

For information, ehtps@outlook.com to sign up for the weekly email.

Distance: 4 miles
Level: Moderate pace

This is among the most beautiful oceanside hikes in all East Hampton.   We will follow the Point Woods Trail to gain a spectacular cliffside view, then track the coastline to enjoy additional viewpoints at varying elevations.  After culminating at a near-360-degree panorama, we will follow the Battery 113 trail through more forest and return to our starting point. All are welcome to relish Camp Hero's beautiful woodlands, crumbling cliffs, shining sea, and mysterious military artifacts. Bring binoculars if you are interested in birds and sea life.  

Meet at 1 PM on Camp Hero Road, across from Madison Hill Drive; muddy and/or icy patches possible.  

Leader: Dan Mongan, 917-453-5514 or dan.mongan@gmail.com

Distance: 2.6 miles
Level: Moderate rugged pace

Join us on Valentine’s Day for a lovely, diverse, short but rugged hike at Amsterdam State Park in Montauk. This popular hike is a scenic loop that takes us through a blend of coastal woodlands and bluffs, leading to a picturesque beach on the Atlantic Ocean. The trail itself meanders through American holly, oak trees, scrub oak and shad, among others. It also features vistas of “the moorlands.” Directions: Take Montauk Point State Boulevard (Route 27) and turn right (south) at the Amsterdam sign, across the road from the Deep Hollow Ranch sign. Distance: 2.6 miles plus any rocky beach walking we might do depending on participants’ interest. Time: 10:00-12:00. Leader: Amy Ruhle, 631-521-3602; amyruhle@optonline.net.

Distance: 2+ miles
Level: Moderate pace

An EHTPS Members Only Event in Amagansett.

East Hampton Town benefits from two active affordable housing providers. Join us for a walk to the grounds of two of their communities in Amagansett. We hope to be joined by the leader of each organization for a brief overview of their respective mission, activities and communities. Meet at 10 AM at Atlantic Avenue beach parking lot, Amagansett, for the one-mile walk; an EH Town Parking Permit is required.

Expected duration 1 1/2- 2 hours. Pre-registration required; walk will be limited to 15 EHTPS members.

RSVP to jackiemumsiewilson@gmail.com or marianzucker@gmail.com.

Distance: 1-3 miles
Level: Moderate pace

Weather permitting, EHTPS conducts weekly Tuesday morning maintenance hikes, preparing for other hikes on our schedule and keeping as much trail as possible clear and blazed. No experience is necessary, and new volunteers are always welcome. Bring a lopper, trimmer, or handsaw if available.

For information, ehtps@outlook.com to sign up for the weekly email.

Distance: 5 miles
Level: Moderate pace

This hike has been cancelled.

Explore the Miller’s Ground woods, including Toyland, on this rambling hike through the high forested hills at Miller’s Ground, west of Route 114 and north of East Hampton Airport. See if you can identify the Sleeping Lion. Meet at 10:00 a.m. at the Northwest Path trailhead, East Hampton-Sag Harbor Turnpike (Route 114) just south of Edwards Hole Road. Distance: ~5 Miles; moderate pace; hilly in places. Bring snacks & liquids.

Info only, call or text Rick: (631) 275-8539. Email: richardwhalen@optonline.net

Distance: 1-3 miles
Level: Moderate pace

Weather permitting, EHTPS conducts weekly Tuesday morning maintenance hikes, preparing for other hikes on our schedule and keeping as much trail as possible clear and blazed. No experience is necessary, and new volunteers are always welcome. Bring a lopper, trimmer, or handsaw if available.

For information, ehtps@outlook.com to sign up for the weekly email.

Distance: 2.5 miles
Level: Moderate pace

CANCELED DUE TO WEATHER

Join us for an unusual Monday hike. It's a counterclockwise circuit of Cedar Point County Park. We will head north on the Northwest Path (yellow triangle blazes), walk west along the tall bluffs overlooking Gardiner's Bay, and then return south on the park road to our cars. The view from the bluffs is amazing.

Meet 10 AM at the parking lot just inside the entrance to Cedar Point County Park. Bring water and dress for the weather.

Leader: Peter Coy, 201-790-5725, petercoy@verizon.net

Distance: 3 miles
Level: Moderate pace

Out & back hike on the North Neck Trail, one of Montauk’s newest trails.  We’ll pass Tupelo Stone and the enormous North Neck Oak on this lovely route.  

Meet 10:00 a.m. at the Culloden Point historic marker, west side of Flamingo Avenue, about 400 feet north of Wills Point Road.  (Look for a red fire hydrant.)  

Bring liquids.  Info only, call or text Rick: (631) 275-8539. Email: richardwhalen@optonline.net