Here black, white and scarlet oaks prevail. Through the heaths, pass the ranger house. Continue under the metal barrier and follow the main trail. Penny Pond is an unspoiled representative of a kettle pond left on Long Island by small chunks of glacial ice melting in depressions. The pond is shallow and sandy and is populated by large-mouth bass, pumpkinseed and pickerel.
Deer are abundant here as well.
Continue on the trail down to the marsh. Cruising through the pines, you suddenly are out onto the salt marsh surrounded by sea lavender and salt-meadow cordgrass. Look for the osprey stands erected by the county to the left. Continue to the water and take in the view. Aqueboque across the bay, Flanders to your west and Red Cedar Point just east.