Fire Island Vacation Homes for Sale
Fire Island Basics
Fire Island is a popular place to live and a popular place to visit - especially from Memorial Day until Labor Day. Located in New York's Suffolk County on the southern side of Long Island, Fire Island has a gross land area of 19,579 acres and 80% of the area is public park. The other 20% of Fire Island is developed, and includes 4,000 usable lots in 17 communities including Atlantique, Dunewood, Kismet and tow of the areas most popular and predominantly gay communities Fire Island Pines and Cherry Grove, to name a few. Timeshares and vacation home are popular here as well as inns and campgrounds. Visitors will find plenty of nightlife, bars, and restaurants (in most areas) here as well as forest areas for hiking and bird watching (more then 300 species of birds), and wilderness areas for animal watching. Surfing is a favorite Fire Island pastime in addition to wagoning, shelling (Fire Island has 30 miles of shell-covered beaches), biking, kayaking, clamming, fishing, camping, and boating. Specific points of interest include Ocean Beach, Watch Hill Campground, Otis Pike Fire Island Wilderness, Sunken Forest, and Fire Island Lighthouse.