Start from 49 curated places around The Hamptons, NY, then choose the recommendations that fit your guests.
Restaurants & cafés
Duryea's Lobster Deck & Seafood Market
An 85-plus-year Montauk fixture on Fort Pond Bay, transformed from a no-frills lobster deck into the East End's most photographed waterfront table. Lobster rolls, Peconic oysters, and big shareable salads at sunset prices.
Clam Bar at Napeague
A 45-year roadside shack on the Napeague stretch between Amagansett and Montauk, all umbrella-shaded picnic tables and plastic ware. Fried clam strips, chowder, and both a cold and a butter-poached hot lobster roll.
Trails & outdoors
Mashomack Preserve
A 2,300-acre Nature Conservancy preserve covering a third of Shelter Island, reached by a short ferry from the South Fork. Color-coded loops from a 1.5-mile walk to an 11-mile circuit through oak woods, salt marsh, and bay shore.
Walking Dunes Trail
An easy 2.8-mile loop in Hither Hills off Napeague Harbor, winding through migrating sand dunes, a phantom forest, and cranberry bog. The dunes literally move with the wind here.
Things to do
Guild Hall
East Hampton's cultural anchor on Main Street, combining an art museum with the John Drew Theater for plays, music, talks, and the SummerDocs film series. Local and internationally known artists in one building.
Sag Harbor Cinema
A rebuilt nonprofit arthouse on Sag Harbor's Main Street, three small screens, a rooftop bar, and a lobby cafe. First-run independents, special screenings with visiting filmmakers, and Sunday kids' matinees.
Landmarks & sights
Montauk Point Lighthouse
New York's oldest lighthouse, commissioned under George Washington in 1796, standing at the easternmost tip of Long Island. Climb the 137 iron steps for an Atlantic-and-Block-Island view, then walk the rocky shoreline below.
Parrish Art Museum
Herzog and de Meuron designed a single long barn-form building in Water Mill for the East End's art legacy. Permanent rooms hold Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, and Roy Lichtenstein alongside rotating regional shows.