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Where to see Bottlenose Dolphin

3 public access observation sites.

• Montauk Point State Park

  coastal · year-round · best at dawn

  State park day-use fee in season. Lighthouse cliffs and rocky shoreline.

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• Hither Hills State Park

  forest · year-round · best at dawn

  State park. Walking dunes trail and oceanfront.

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• Shinnecock Inlet

  marine · summer · best at day

  Federal inlet between Shinnecock Bay and the Atlantic. Productive fluke grounds in summer per NYS DEC marine fishing reports.

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