Montauk Point State Park
coastal · year-round · best at dawn
State park day-use fee in season. Lighthouse cliffs and rocky shoreline.
16 species observed here
- Leatherback Sea Turtle Dermochelys coriacea · peak month 8
- North Atlantic Right Whale Eubalaena glacialis · peak month 3
- Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus · peak month 8
- Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae · peak month 8
- Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus · peak month 7
- Minke Whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata · peak month 6
- Harbor Seal Phoca vitulina · peak month 2
- Gray Seal Halichoerus grypus · peak month 2
- Shortfin Mako Shark Isurus oxyrinchus · peak month 7
- Blue Shark Prionace glauca · peak month 8
- Common Thresher Shark Alopias vulpinus · peak month 7
- Striped Bass Morone saxatilis · peak month 10
- False Albacore Euthynnus alletteratus · peak month 10
- Bluefish Pomatomus saltatrix · peak month 6
- Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus · peak month 1
- Fluke (Summer Flounder) Paralichthys dentatus · peak month 7