Fire Island Wilderness Visitor Center — Attraction in Town of Brookhaven

Friendly visitor center where ranger showed me how to get to the boardwalk trail and make an overall loop from the center to bay and return back via shore path. Scenery from boardwalk is very picturesque and I have thoroughly enjoyed this part of the hike. As I have moved from boardwalk to marsh part of the trail, things started to move quickly downhill with mosquitoes appearing out of nowhere in blazing sun with vengeance for incursion into their territory. I have immediately recalled Watch Hill campground walk attack by salt marsh mosquitoes in Fire Island and quickly got away to ocean side to finish off the loop. That’s the reason for one less star in my rating. Seriously, this kind of mosquitoes is worst I’ve ever seen, attacking as a swarm with kamikaze style in broad daylight… I’ve seen almost all maritime forests around Long Island and nothing comes close with Fire Island marshes in...

The visitors center was finally open again and had a sign posted offering various classes upcoming. There is also a little Museum above the visitor center, though im.not sure its opened. The path adjacent to the visitor center offers a beautiful and Scenic walk, partially boardwalk then in the sand. Views of Ocean,...

The boardwalks through the dunes have been gone since Sandy in 2012, but the visitor center still stands and runs super cool classes for kids! Very cool, rangers do have to put up with some uneducated people on the beaches (littering, pipping plover hating 4x4s) but they know their stuff! Lucky to have...