Where Is Point Lookout?

Point Lookout is about 20 miles southeast of Manhattan.

To be more specific, it's located on the eastern tip of Long Island's first barrier island - best known by it's largest town: Long Beach.

Point Lookout is separated from its closest neighbor, Lido - to the west, by several miles of public beach parks, marinas, and wetland.

Point Lookout is separated from the rest of the world by water on 3 sides. To the North, we have Reynolds Channel and a system of other bays.

To the East, Jones Inlet separates Point Lookout from its famous neighbor - Jones Beach. To the South we have that little body of water the British refer to as the pond - a.k.a. the Atlantic Ocean.

The separation - by parks and water - gives the town a true "small town" atmosphere. But the place is actually plop/square located in "suburbia USA".

A fair number of residents work in Manhattan - 47 scheduled minutes on the Long Island Railroad from the nearby (10 minutes) stations in Long Beach, Freeport & Merrick.

In fact, Point Lookout started out as a summer town. It was one of the few places where you could have a summer home and be able to get to it every night - not just weekends - while still going to work.

Since the Loop/Meadowbrook Parkway ends at the entrance to the town, Point Lookout residents get to all the major areas of Long Island in a very short time.

The major areas of commerce are usually within a 20 minute drive.

Yet, upon returning, you get a certain feeling of a "remote" small town.