Lighthouse Parking at RMSP Field 5
Parking for the Fire Island Lighthouse is available at Robert Moses State Park's Field 5. It's a 3/4-mile walk by boardwalk, but a free shuttle bus is available during the 150th Anniversary Celebration on Satur... More
Barrier Island Cross Section - Public Domain image, National Parks Gal...
View of Fire Island from bay to ocean, as seen from the platform along the Watch Hill Nature Trail. Salt marsh, shrub thicket, freshwater marsh, and primary dunes are the habitats you can see from this location.
Picnic Area at Talisman - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery
Picnic tables and grills, festooned with towels and family beach gear, along a calm bay beach. Many small boats anchored in the bay.
Golden gate national recreation area - Fire Pit
One of the many fire pits on Ocean Beach can be seen while volunteers comb through the beach looking for trash.
Beachcombing at Barrett Beach - Public Domain image, National Parks Ga...
Solitary beachcombers stroll along wide, quiet beach. Shells, pebbles massed along portions of the shoreline.
Volunteers at Ocean Beach - Public Domain image, National Parks Galler...
More volunteers comb through the beach looking for trash. Volunteers in the distant can be seen holding orange buckets that they brought on their own to reduce the number of plastic bags used that day.
Boats at anchor off Talisman/Barrett Beach
At Fire Island National Seashore's Talisman/Barrett Beach site, small boats lie quietly anchored in a calm bay, under a clear blue sky embellished with puffy white clouds.
View of Watch Hill Salt Marsh from Trail
View of the boardwalk trail meandering through a lush salt marsh in early fall.
The Ocean Beach walkway. - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery
This Pathway that runs the leangth of Ocean Beach is accessible, there is also a view of the Cliffhouse and Camera Obscura up the hill on this bright shiny day.
Watch Hill Nature Trail - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery
From the campground entrance, the Watch Hill Nature Trail winds through dense overstory of secondary dune tree canopy.
Golden gate national recreation area - Morning Registration
Rangers from the park help in the registration of volunteers as well as provide safety guidelines about what not to pick up.
ecretary of the Navy the Honorable Ray Mabus, center,
ecretary of the Navy the Honorable Ray Mabus, center, Orange Beach Mayor Tony Kennon, left, and U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions speak with the press in Orange Beach, Ala. Mabus is continuing his to tour of the region t... More
Ocean Beach on South Core Banks
Ocean Beach on South Core Banks
Beach Parts, National Parks gallery
The anatomy of a beach. Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Longshore Transport, National Parks gallery
A look at longshore transport Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Protective Measures, National Parks gallery
Protective measures like symbolic fencing and signage help protect Piping Plover habitat on Fire Island.
Sunken Forest Canopy - National Parks Gallery
Trunks and branches of tall sassafras and holly trees tower overhead blocking the early summer sunlight.
Descending into Sunken Forest - Public Domain image, National Parks Ga...
Group of hikers on the Sunken Forest nature trail walk into the dappled shade of tall holly trees.
Camera Obscura, located near the Cliff House restaurants just north of...
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. The Camera Obscura a device which projects an image of the surroundings onto a surface using only existing exterior light sources. This camera obscura was... More
Spit Growth, National Parks gallery
Spits are extensions of a barrier island formed by longshore transport.
Sunken Forest Entrance - National Parks Gallery
A shrubby American holly tree pruned by salt spray forms an arch over the boardwalk trail into the Sunken Forest.
Sunken Forest - western entrance
Rustic sign on the dunes beside boardwalk leading into the Sunken Forest Preserve.
Sunken Forest Tour - National Parks Gallery
Ranger-guided talk at the platform in the center of the Sunken Forest
Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) 24 comes ashore at Ocean Beach in San...
SAN FRANCISCO (Oct. 03, 2012) Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) 24 comes ashore at Ocean Beach in San Francisco during a humanitarian assistance and disaster response exhibition to start San Francisco Fleet Week... More
Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) 24 comes ashore at Ocean Beach in San...
SAN FRANCISCO (Oct. 03, 2012) Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) 24 comes ashore at Ocean Beach in San Francisco during a humanitarian assistance and disaster response exhibition to start San Francisco Fleet Week... More
Petty Officer 3rd Class Ernesto Reyes and Petty Officer
Petty Officer 3rd Class Ernesto Reyes and Petty Officer 2nd Class Ernest Harris, corpsmen serving with 1st Medical Battalion, instruct how to properly treat casualties of a natural disaster during San Francisco... More
David Riddell, GIP intern - Public Domain image, National Parks Galler...
David Riddell, GIP intern surveying dunes at Fire Island National Seashore, New York.
Coast Guard, National Park Service conducts oil pollution recovery eff...
The fishing Vessel Paloma is anchored near Ocean Beach, Calif., Tuesday, August 5, 2014. Coast Guard pollution responders worked closely with the National Parks Service on pollution recovery efforts after the a... More
Story seas crash onto the beach, Fire Island National Seashore, 2015.
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Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus), Fire Island National Seashore, 2015.
The grey seal goes by many names, including Atlantic seal, gray seal and horsehead seal. Today, it isn't unusual to see a healthy seal like this pup resting on the beach for hours at a time. In the past, howeve... More
White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus), Fire Island National Seash...
In the Americas, the white-tailed deer is the most-widely distributed wild ungulate. Fawns are born around May or June and usually lose their spots during the first summer. For the few month, fawns mostly lie s... More
Fire Island Lighthouse, Fire Island National Seashore, 2015.
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Horseshoe crabs (Limulidae) returning to breed, Fire Island National S...
Horseshoe crabs originated around 450 million years ago and are considered 'living fossils', meaning they are similar to related species only known from fossils. In recent years, they have experienced a populat... More
Windswept beach, Fire Island National Seashore, 2015.
The wind creates a pattern in the garnet (red), magnetite (black) and quartz (white) sand along the upper beach.
American eel (Anguilla rostrata), Fire Island National Seashore, 2015.
The American eel is the only freshwater eel species found in North America. Eels have an interesting life cycle and will change habitats and undergo several metamorphoses over a lifetime. As a catadromous fish,... More
Shallows at low tide, Fire Island National Seashore, 2015.
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Downy woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens), Fire Island National Seashore,...
The downy woodpecker is the smallest woodpecker in North America. Distinguish the nearly-identical downy and hairy woodpeckers: the hairy woodpecker's bill is about equal length to its head while the downy wood... More
Fire Island Lighthouse, Fire Island National Seashore, 2015.
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Horseshoe crabs (Limulidae), Fire Island National Seashore, 2015.
Horseshoe crabs originated around 450 million years ago and are considered 'living fossils', meaning they are similar to related species only known from fossils. In recent years, they have experienced a populat... More
Fire Island Lighthouse, Fire Island National Seashore, 2015.
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Reina Galvan - geologic resources division
2015 Mosaics in Science Program participant using a refractometer to measure salinity levels of water in pools and tidal ditches at Fire Island National Seashore, New York.
Fire Island National Seashore - Public Domain image, National Parks Ga...
Junior Ranger Activities took center stage at the Fire Island Lighthouse during National Park Week. Over 300 kids and their families participated in group art mosaic projects, Find Your Park Jeopardy games, map... More
A person walking on a beach next to the ocean. Ocean beach california ...
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The sun is setting on the horizon of the ocean. Sunset ocean beach pac...
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A group of people walking on a beach next to the ocean. Ocean beach oc...
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Fire Island National Seashore - Public Domain image, National Parks Ga...
Every Kid in a Park (EKIP) funds provided transportation for the 4th graders at William Floyd Elementary School to visit the Fire Island Lighthouse, Sailors Haven, and the William Floyd Estate.
A body of water surrounded by rocks near the ocean. San francisco cali...
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A woman standing in the water at the beach. Girl woman attractive, peo...
A woman standing on the beach / A woman standing in the water in a sweater / Public domain stock photo.
A view of the ocean from the top of a cliff. Seaside ocean beach ocean
A beach with a cliff and a body of water / A beach with a cliff and a body of water / Public domain stock photo.
Coast Guard Station Golden Gate lifeboat crews conduct
Coast Guard Station Golden Gate lifeboat crews conduct surf training near Ocean Beach in California, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2016. The crews train in high surf to ensure they are prepared to respond to any maritime ... More
Northeast Coastal and Barrier Network, Inventory and Monitoring Progra...
Every summer, the Northeast Coastal and Barrier Network (NCBN) hire Geoscientist-in-the-Parks interns to assist with collecting long-term monitoring data in the NER coastal parks. In 2017 NCBN selected three in... More
Latino Conservation Day at Watch Hill
Fire Island National Seashore: A visit to Watch Hill isn't complete without posing for a photo in the #FindYourPark photo frame.
Crowd celebrates three centuries at William Floyd Estate
Fire Island National Seashore: Visitors gather near the historic home of William Floyd, one of the four New York signers of the Declaration of Independence. (OR) People came from near and far in 2018 to celebra... More
Fish prints at Fire Island - Public domain print
Fire Island National Seashore: A park ranger holds up a fish print made by young visitors during a summer art program. Children enjoy learning the Gyotaku, the Japanese art of making fish prints, during summer... More
Coast Guard Station Golden Gate 47-foot Motor Lifeboat
Coast Guard Station Golden Gate 47-foot Motor Lifeboat crews conduct surf training near Ocean Beach in San Francisco, California, Dec. 13, 2018. The crews train in high surf to ensure they are prepared to respo... More
Fire Island National Seashore - Public Domain image, National Parks Ga...
Latino Conservation Week Celebration Day Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Fire Island National Seashore - Public Domain image, National Parks Ga...
Latino Conservation Week Celebration Day Public domain photograph - law enforcement, police, troopers, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Fire Island National Seashore - Public Domain image, National Parks Ga...
Latino Conservation Week Celebration Day Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Fire Island National Seashore - Public Domain image, National Parks Ga...
Latino Conservation Week Celebration Day Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Fire Island National Seashore - Public Domain image, National Parks Ga...
Latino Conservation Week Celebration Day Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Fire Island National Seashore - Public Domain image, National Parks Ga...
Latino Conservation Week Celebration Day Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Fire Island National Seashore - Public Domain image, National Parks Ga...
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Beach Sediments—Fire Island - Public Domain image, National Parks Gall...
Fire Island National Seashore, New York. Fire Island has deposits from the continental ice sheet (terminal moraines) that were reworked by wave action.
Fire Island National Seashore - Public Domain image, National Parks Ga...
Latino Conservation Week Celebration Day Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Fire Island National Seashore - Public Domain image, National Parks Ga...
Latino Conservation Week Celebration Day Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Fire Island National Seashore - Public Domain image, National Parks Ga...
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Fire Island National Seashore - Public Domain image, National Parks Ga...
Latino Conservation Week Celebration Day Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
First time at Fire Island? - Public Domain image, National Parks Galle...
Fire Island National Seashore: On Latino Conservation Day, Superintendent Alexcy Romero asks the crowd to raise their hands if this was their first visit to the park.
Fire Island National Seashore - Public Domain image, National Parks Ga...
Latino Conservation Week Celebration Day Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Fire Island National Seashore - Public Domain image, National Parks Ga...
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Fire Island National Seashore - Public Domain image, National Parks Ga...
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Fire Island National Seashore - Public Domain image, National Parks Ga...
Latino Conservation Week Celebration Day Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Fire Island National Seashore - Public Domain image, National Parks Ga...
Latino Conservation Week Celebration Day Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Fire Island National Seashore - Public Domain image, National Parks Ga...
Latino Conservation Week Celebration Day Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Fire Island National Seashore - Public Domain image, National Parks Ga...
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Seal Rock House - Ocean Beach. Sterescope Cards NYPL Collection.
California Stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker who a... More
Ocean Beach; Ocean Bay Park; The Breakers
Public domain image of the vintage map from NYPL Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division is one of the wo... More
Greetings from Ocean Beach, N.J.
Beach front cottages. Surf and beach. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Secretary of the Navy, the Honorable Ray Mabus meets
Secretary of the Navy, the Honorable Ray Mabus meets with U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions at Orange Beach city hall to discuss a long-term plan for the restoration of the Gulf Coast. He will meet with state and local o... More
Petty Officer 2nd Class Anthony Chow and Petty Officer
Petty Officer 2nd Class Anthony Chow and Petty Officer 2nd Class Tara Mallari, corpsmen serving with 1st Medical Battalion, instruct how to properly treat casualties of a natural disaster during San Francisco F... More
Coast Guard Station Golden Gate lifeboat crews conduct
Coast Guard Station Golden Gate lifeboat crews conduct surf training near Ocean Beach in California, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2016. The crews train in high surf to ensure they are prepared to respond to any maritime ... More
Coast Guard Station Golden Gate 47-foot Motor Lifeboat
Coast Guard Station Golden Gate 47-foot Motor Lifeboat crews conduct surf training near Ocean Beach in San Francisco, California, Dec. 13, 2018. The crews train in high surf to ensure they are prepared to respo... More
Seal Rock House - Ocean Beach. Sterescope Cards NYPL Collection.
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A Landing Craft Air Cushion hovers out to sea after
A Landing Craft Air Cushion hovers out to sea after a beach landing demonstration during Fleet Week Oct. 3, 2012. Fleet Week is dedicated to showing civilians the United States military's capability of humanita... More
Coast Guard Station Golden Gate lifeboat crews conduct
Coast Guard Station Golden Gate lifeboat crews conduct surf training near Ocean Beach in California, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2016. The crews train in high surf to ensure they are prepared to respond to any maritime ... More
Petty Officer 2nd Class Pendleton Johnson, an information
Petty Officer 2nd Class Pendleton Johnson, an information technician serving with Beach Master Unit 1, monitors Ocean Beach before a Landing Craft Air Cushion lands ashore for a disaster relief demonstration du... More
Coast Guard Station Golden Gate lifeboat crews conduct
Coast Guard Station Golden Gate lifeboat crews conduct surf training near Ocean Beach in California, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2016. The crews train in high surf to ensure they are prepared to respond to any maritime ... More
A Landing Craft Air Cushion lands on Ocean Beach as
A Landing Craft Air Cushion lands on Ocean Beach as part of a demonstration during San Francisco Fleet Week Oct. 3, 2012. Fleet Week is dedicated to showing civilians the United States military's capability of ... More
Coast Guard Station Golden Gate lifeboat crews conduct
Coast Guard Station Golden Gate lifeboat crews conduct surf training near Ocean Beach in California, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2016. The crews train in high surf to ensure they are prepared to respond to any maritime ... More
Sailors serving with Beach Master Unit 1 direct San
Sailors serving with Beach Master Unit 1 direct San Francisco's emergency responders while they board a Landing Craft Air Cushion with Assault Craft Unit 5 during a beach landing demonstration at Ocean Beach Oc... More
Coast Guard Station Golden Gate lifeboat crews conduct
Coast Guard Station Golden Gate lifeboat crews conduct surf training near Ocean Beach in California, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2016. The crews train in high surf to ensure they are prepared to respond to any maritime ... More
Coast Guard Station Golden Gate lifeboat crews conduct
Coast Guard Station Golden Gate lifeboat crews conduct surf training near Ocean Beach in California, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2016. The crews train in high surf to ensure they are prepared to respond to any maritime ... More
S.S. Konini Ashore. Ocean Beach. Bluff.
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The Stranded Whale, Ocean Beach, Dunedin - Muir & Moodie
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Ocean Beach, Dunedin - Muir & Moodie, New Zealand
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Onslow House, Ocean Beach, New Zealand - Muir & Moodie
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Caversham and the Flat, looking to Ocean Beach, Dunedin - Muir & Moodi...
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Dunedin. Showing Ocean Beach and St. Clair
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Ocean Beach, Dunedin, New Zealand - Muir & Moodie, New Zealand
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