By lirunning.com - Ponquogue Bridge Run. From the Elementary School which is on Ponquogue Avenue to the beach and return is about five miles. The best way is to check the Hagstrom map and chose your own route, but is basically South down Ponquogue Avenue, left on Bay Avenue East, right on Foster Avenue, a quick left on Shinnecock Road, a right back to Foster Avenue, a left on Lighthouse Road. This will again merge with Foster Avenue, you will pass the Coast Guard station and go over the bridge. The public beach which has a pavilion is just south of the bridge. There is no potable water at the pavilion, unless it is summer and you have a buck in your pocket, if you do they have a snack bar, and I am assuming they have bottled water. The run described is nothing out of the ordinary until you get to the bridge. The view here is incredible, and you can see something different all the time. If you run to the east over the bridge you will get to the Shinnecock Inlet after about a mile, again the views are great. If one is so inclined they can also run the beach. If you live in the hamlet of Hampton Bays this is a convenient and scenic run. The bridge gives a incline and decline to an otherwise fairly flat terrain. The wind in the winter months is sometimes painful, but in the summer it is like turning on the air conditioning. I usually run from my home to Ponquogue beach which is just over the bridge from the mainland, or if your looking for greater distance you can go to the east or west when you hit Dune Road. Have a great run. Submitted by Bill Hughes.

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