Part of the Fire Island National Seashore, Sailors Haven is home to one of the best known areas of the National Seashore — the Sunken Forest. It is located near the center of the island, across the Great South Bay from Sayville, New York, and is accessible by Sayville Ferry, private boat, and foot only. In addition to a 1.5 mile long boardwalk trail through the Sunken Forest, Sailors Haven offers a visitor center; snack bar; gift shop; picnic tables and grills; lifeguarded beach in summer; a 45-slip public marina with electricity, water and a free boat pump-out station; and restrooms and showers. Pets are not permitted on the ocean beach from March 15 through Labor Day. Dogs on a leash no longer than 6 feet are allowed on the ocean beach from the day after Labor Day to March 15. Dogs on a leash no longer than 6 feet are allowed on the bayside beach year-round.
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