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25 Things To Do In Long Island, NY In The Summer

From drive-in theaters to sunset boat rides, Nassau and Suffolk are full of summer activities.

James Cotumaccio

Jun 07, 2017

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25 Things To Do In Long Island, NY In The Summer

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There are a lot of great ways to spend summer days here in New York. Long Island specifically has countless activities to do for those seemingly endless summer days and nights.

Here are 25 things that you should do on Long Island this summer:

1. Take a drive out to Montauk

2. Tour a winery and go wine-tasting on the North Fork

3. Go ziplining at the Adventure Park at Long Island

4. See a movie at Crab Meadow Beach’s drive-in theater

5. Shuck your own oysters in Greenport

6. Spend the day at an amusement park, like Adventureland or Splish Splash

7. Pick your own berries in Mattituck

8. Go house hunting in the Hamptons

9. Spend the day at a beach that isn’t your typical go-to

10. See a concert at Jones Beach, like a summer jam, Florida Georgia Line or Nickelback

11. Take a tour of Oheka Castle

12. Bet on some horses at Belmont Park’s racetrack

13. Check out a museum, including Old Bethpage Village

14. Find the Big Duck in Flanders

15. Spend a rainy day at Roosevelt Field or a nice day at Tanger Outlets

16. Visit and snorkel at the Long Island Aquarium in Riverhead

17. Get transported back in time at All-American Burger in Massapequa

18. Take a walk through a nature preserve, like Avalon Park

19. Try different foods at the Long Beach “Shoregasboard” food truck court

20. Take a sunset boat ride aboard the Christeen in Oyster Bay Harbor

21. Take surfing lessons through Bunger Sayville

22. Go whale watching in Jones Beach State Park or seal watching in Freeport

23. Try as many flavors of Ralph’s as you can

24. Mini golf at one of Long Island’s best courses, like Tiki Action Park, Bayville or Glowgolf

25. Take a drive along Ocean Parkway

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1. Take a drive out to Montauk

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