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East Hampton Scenic Areas Incorporated into New York's Coastal Management Program

January 5, 2011

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management approved a request from the Department of State for designation of nine Scenic Areas of Statewide Significance within the Town of East Hampton. These scenic resources comprise over 25,000 acres at the east end of Long Island along East Hampton's Atlantic Ocean and Block Island Sound shorelines. 

The designation of Scenic Areas of Statewide Significance is provided for through the State's Coastal Management Program, administered by the Department of State. Similar scenic areas were previously designated throughout the Hudson River valley.

The designation of these nine scenic areas assures that state, federal, and local governments will work in partnership to assure their protection. The new Scenic Areas of Statewide Significance include the following:

  • Montauk Point
  • Lake Montauk
  • Hither Hills
  • Napeague
  • Accabonac
  • Gardiners Island
  • Three Mile Harbor
  • Northwest
  • East Hampton Village
The designation of these areas was based on the East Hampton Scenic Resources Protection Plan, a collaborative effort between the Town and Village of East Hampton and the Department of State, financed through a grant from the Department=s Environmental Protection Fund - Local Waterfront Revitalization Program.

  More than 250 separate visual landscapes were analyzed using evaluation criteria based on the results of a scenic landscapes survey of more than 200 East Hampton residents. The visual assessment process emphasized natural and cultural features in the landscape. In historic coastal landscapes, such as East Hampton's, human activities over the centuries have modified and often enhanced the scenic character of the land.

  The complete East Hampton SASS report is available here.


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