Sand Island
Sand Island is an island in Suffolk County, New York. Sand Island is situated nearby to the hamlet Captree, as well as near Kismet.Places of Interest
Highlights include Fire Island Lighthouse and Lighthouse Beach.
Fire Island Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: SibeliusHicks, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Fire Island Lighthouse is a visible landmark on the Great South Bay, in southern Suffolk County, New York, on the western end of Fire Island, a barrier island off the southern coast of Long Island.
Lighthouse Beach
Beach
Photo: ThreeOneFive, Public domain.
Lighthouse Beach is a small section of the Fire Island National Seashore that is adjacent to Robert Moses State Park on New York's Long Island. It was notable for having sections that were officially designated as clothing optional prior to 2013.
Fire Island Inlet Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Harvey Barrison, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Fire Island Inlet Bridge, an integral part of the Robert Moses Causeway, is a two-lane, steel tied arch span with a concrete deck that carries the parkway over Fire Island Inlet.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Saltaire and Captree.
Saltaire
Village
Photo: Mrshllmx, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Saltaire is a village on Fire Island in the Town of Islip, in Suffolk County, New York, United States. The year-round population was 113 at the time of the 2020 census, which, as a summer beach community, increases many times over in the summer.
Captree
Hamlet
Captree is a census-designated place in the towns of Islip and Babylon in Suffolk County, New York, United States. It occupies Captree Island in Great South Bay, as well as the east end of Jones Beach Island to the south, comprising Captree State Park.
Oak Beach
Hamlet
Oak Beach is a small community and census-designated place located near the eastern end of Jones Beach Island, a barrier island between the Atlantic Ocean and the Great South Bay of Long Island.
Sand Island
- Type: Island
- Categories: locality and landform
- Location: Suffolk County, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.6586° or 40° 39′ 31″ northLongitude
-73.2398° or 73° 14′ 23″ westOpen location code
87G8MQ56+C3OpenStreetMap ID
node 10055147724OpenStreetMap feature
place=island
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