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Robert Moses State Park - Long Island is a 875-acre (3.54 km 2) state park in southern Suffolk County, New York. [3] The park lies on the western end of Fire Island, one of the central barrier islands off the southern coast of Long Island, and is known for its five-mile (8.0 km) stretch of beaches on the Atlantic Ocean.
Halibut Point Reservation was created when the Trustees of Reservations acquired a parcel on the east side of the quarry in 1934. In the last years of World War II , the remaining quarry area saw new usage with the construction of a 60-foot (18 m) fire control tower that was intended to assist in aiming the coastal weapons defending the harbors ...
Map of the Fire Island National Seashore. The Fire Island Light is located near the western end of the seashore near Robert Moses State Park. Lighthouse Beach is a beach at the extreme west end of the seashore, just east of Robert Moses State Park. Since 2013, a nudity ban has been enforced at this former clothing optional beach. [3]
In 2013, the Seneca launched a public transit bus service to serve both the Cattaraugus and the western portion of the Allegany reservations; it operates one route, running along NY 438, NY 353, Old Route 17, I-86 and West Perimeter Road between Irving and Highbanks. The service is open to non-Seneca along the route.
Davis Park has approximately 350 homes (130 in Ocean Ridge and 220 in Davis Park), one general store and grill, one restaurant and one bar. The restaurant and bar are the only ones on Fire Island with a clear view of the bay and the ocean. There is one unpaved road, commonly called the Burma Road, and wooden boardwalks.
Jul. 26—Calmer winds and cooler weather brought relief Friday to crews fighting a wildfire burning toward the town of Keller, Washington, on the Colville Indian Reservation. The Swawilla Fire is ...
A fire that started Thursday in eastern Oregon had burned more than 115 square miles (298 square kilometers) as of Friday and was threatening a few dozen homes in the Brogan area, officials said.
Jul. 21—Federal authorities suspect a man and his girlfriend intentionally set the Salt Fire — which torched 7,000 acres around Ruidoso — and more than a dozen smaller forest fires in the ...