Discover Montauk

You can consider Montauk for a trip by focusing on specific interests: its coastal landscape, nature activities, and historic sites give the destination several distinctive facets. If you’re looking for a hotel in Montauk, you can first think about which of these aspects you want to shape your stay. The themes range from hiking and canoeing to environmental education and a variety of historical connections.

Landscape and activities

Oyster Pond is the finest example of a coastal salt pond community in New York State. For travelers interested in landscape and ecology, this distinction is a special point of interest in Montauk. It offers a different focus from the specific activities available at Montauk County Park.

Activities at Montauk County Park include hiking, horseback riding trails, and canoeing. These three activities appeal to different interests: you can focus on hiking, horseback riding, or canoeing. This is useful when planning your trip if you first want to decide which kind of activity you’d like to shape your stay.

Deep Hollow Ranch is located in Montauk amid thousands of acres of protected coastal landscape. It welcomes visitors from experienced riders to beginners. This distinguishes the information about the park from that about the ranch: the park offers a selection of different activities, while the ranch caters to visitors with varying levels of riding experience. The park information can help you decide which activity interests you; the ranch information relates to visitors with different levels of riding experience.

History from different perspectives

Third House Nature Center is a nonprofit environmental education organization located in the historic Third House in Montauk. For guests interested in environmental education as well as the landscape, the organization offers a distinct focus.

Third House in Montauk County Park was built in the 18th century as a home for herders who brought cattle to Montauk to graze in the summer. The house’s history is therefore also connected to the seasonal cattle raising of that time.

In 1898, Third House in Montauk County Park served as the headquarters of Camp Wikoff. Theodore Roosevelt and his Rough Riders were quarantined there after the Spanish-American War. Along with its construction in the 18th century, this gives the house two clearly dated periods in its history: its use as a home for herders and its later role in connection with Camp Wikoff.

Big Reed Pond was once the last ancestral home of the Montaukett tribe. This connection adds a different kind of local history to the story of the house: here, the focus is on the tribe’s historical connection to Big Reed Pond, not on the use of a building. If you’re choosing Montauk for its history too, you can consider this connection alongside the history of Third House.

What matters when searching for hotels

Outdoor activities, environmental education, and ecological landscape themes offer different areas of focus; those interested in history can consider the story of the house and Big Reed Pond’s historical connection separately. This gives you a starting point for your hotel search based on the purpose of your trip.

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