Directions to Southold Yacht Club, Southold, NY
Site of the World's Longest Sunfish Race Around Shelter Island

(Thanks to Joe Sullivan)

From NYC and western Connecticut:
Take any bridge to Long Island and get on the Long Island Expressway going east. Continue to the last exit and follow signs to Orient Point.  About one half mile past the circle where the hospital is - three or four lights - turn left on Northville Turnpike. Go approximately two miles to the end of the road and turn right on Sound Ave, a winding two way country road, which will become Rte 48, a four lane highway. 

Continue several miles until the four lane road narrows to two lanes again. Turn right at the traffic light onto Horton's Lane. Go to end, approx. 1/2 mile, and turn right onto (25) the Main Road. Make an immediate left onto Oaklawn Ave.

Continue past school and over bridge. Make first left onto Pine Neck Road. Go approx. 1/4 mile and turn right on North Bayview Rd. Go approx. 1/2 mile over bridge. SYC will be on your left.

Another version of how to go when the LIE ends:

Take County Road 58 to Route 25 through Aqueboque, Jamesport, Laurel, Mattituck, Cutchogue, and Peconic. At the Gulf Station before you enter Southold, turn right onto Main Bayview Road and make an immediate left onto Pine Neck Road.  Go to the end and turn right onto Main Bayview Road.  Take Main Bayview around until you see the Southold Yacht Club, which is the first building on the left.

From New England:
Drive to New London and take the ferry to Orient Point. (Call for reservations: 203-443-5281 or 631-323-2525. Ferry ride is approx. 90 minutes.) As you leave the Orient Point Ferry Terminal, you will be on Route 25. Keep going straight onto County Road 48. When you pass small shopping centers on your right and on your left, and a Tidy Car auto detailing business at the next corner on your left, go to the next light and turn left onto Horton's Lane.

Continue on Horton's Lane to Route 25. Cross Route 25 and continue on Oaklawn Ave. 

* Go 50 yards and turn left onto Pine Neck Road. Go to the end and turn right onto North Bayview Road. Go over bridge. The yacht club is the first building on the left.

Another version:

 

                     From New England:  Take the New London/Orient Point Ferry

                    (Approximately 90 minutes) to Orient Point.  The phone number for

                    reservations is (860) 443-7394 or (631) 323-2525.  From Orient, follow

                    Route #25 through Greenport to the Gulf Station and turn left.  Then

                    follow directions above.  SYC is approximately 20 minutes from Orient.

 

 

Contacts:  

Lodging nearby: (all phone numbers are area code 631)