Wolfe Pond Bay

Wolfe Pond Bay is far from the ferry, but it is an interesting bus ride (bus S78 from the ferry) — once you get past the shopping malls and those stretch all the way to Great Kills. You will think that you’re in the country, but it is still New York. Ask the bus driver to drop you at the corner of Hyland and Cornelia. You can either walk down Cornelia Avenue or go 100 m in the direction of Tottenville and then take the path through the woods. Wolfe Pond Bay is a mixture of things: it is a wood, a sweet water lake next to the shore, a beautiful shore with the best quality water for swimming in New York, perfect views of Raritan Bay — but also a large car park and a park where the Russian communities come to barbecue. Go for the pebbled beach (very nice small pebbles). After swimming, walk down south along the beach until you come to Lemon Creek, a sleepy village on the shore. On your way, you may meet lots of seabirds like egrets or herons and the ugly horsecrabs. Yes, this is New York. Turn back right and follow to Hylan again.