Long Island

Some people don’t realize how many seasonal activities there are to do on Long Island. If you are not from here, most people don’t even realize that Long Island is a separate part of New York. With 118 miles of land stretching from New York Harbor to Montauk Point, and 23 miles between the Long Island Sound and the Atlantic coastline, there is so much to do.

One of the biggest attractions on the east end of Long Island is the Wine Country containing many vineyards on both the north and south shores. They are open for private tastings, wine tours and even large reservations can be made for parties. The most popular time of year for visiting the vineyards is between August and November. This also goes hand in hand with the apple orchards and pumpkin patches. To make it worth your trip out east for the fall you can go apple picking, pumpkin picking, visit a corn maze and drink at a vineyard all in one day. While you’re on your way back home, stopping at Briermere’s Farm for a pie is always on the agenda.

In the summer months of June to late September, the beaches are filled with families soaking up the sun. The north shore beaches are all accessible by car, which are on the Long Island Sound and the south shore has beaches on the Great South Bay, which can be driven too. From there, you can also take a ferry or boat across the bay to get to Fire Island and experience the Atlantic Ocean.

Although winter isn’t exactly everyone’s favorite time of year, there are still activities to be had. Most kids spend their snow days sledding on the exit hills of Sunrise Highway, ice skating on the Great South Bay neighborhood ponds and building snowmen in their backyards. Springtime tends to be a little more enjoyable with the blooming of flower fields, such as the Lavender by the Bay in East Marion, skydiving with Sky Dive Long Island, fishing in the Moriches Inlet and golfing at numerous golf courses.

Grammar Point:

Proper nouns- a word (other than a pronoun) used to identify any of a class of people, places, or things common noun, or to name a particular one of these proper noun.

Grammar Exercise:

Which proper nouns do you see in my paragraph? Write three sentences using proper nouns?