Fire Island

Fire Island: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this river spot: Water flowing well · Low flow / trickle · Dry, no water · Entry closed.

Best time to visit Fire Island

Season: September to February; boat services pause in floods.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Fire Island — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 38.82610, -75.83671. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Fire Island

• Martinak State Park · park · Caroline · ~5 km · Must-see
• Tuckahoe Neck Meeting House · church · Caroline · ~9 km · Must-see
• Fairview Church · church · Talbot · ~16 km · Must-see
• Idylwild Wildlife Management Area · sanctuary · Sussex · ~16 km · Must-see
• Idylwild Wildlife Management Area · sanctuary · Caroline · ~17 km · Must-see
• Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge · sanctuary · Talbot · ~17 km · Must-see
• Todd's Chapel · church · Kent · ~18 km · Must-see
• Adkins Arboretum · sanctuary · Caroline · ~21 km · Must-see
• Tuckahoe State Park · sanctuary · Caroline · ~22 km · Must-see
• Seth Demonstration Forest · sanctuary · Talbot · ~24 km · Must-see
• Third Haven Friends Meeting House · church · Talbot · ~27 km · Must-see
• Wye Mill · church · Talbot · ~31 km · Must-see
• St. John's Chapel of St. Michael's Parish · church · Talbot · ~32 km · Must-see
• East New Market Historic District · fort · Dorchester · ~33 km · Must-see
• Wye Island · river spot · Queen Anne's · ~35 km · Must-see
• Wye House · fort · Talbot · ~36 km · Must-see
• Griffith's Chapel · church · Sussex · ~37 km · Must-see
• Saint Peters Church · church · Queen Anne's · ~38 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Fire Island

Other rivers, islands & mangroves near Fire Island

• Wye Island · river spot · Queen Anne's · ~35 km · Must-see
• Reedy Island · river spot · New Castle · ~100 km · Must-see
• Mills Island · river spot · Worcester · ~121 km · Must-see
• Cobb Island · river spot · Charles · ~135 km · Must-see
• Miles River · river spot · Talbot · ~35 km
• Marshyhope Creek · river spot · Dorchester · ~37 km
• Nanticoke River · river spot · Sussex · ~37 km
• Island Creek · river spot · Talbot · ~38 km
• Town Creek · river spot · Talbot · ~40 km
• Broad Creek · river spot · Sussex · ~43 km

All rivers, islands & mangroves in Maryland

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