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East End Mermaid 🌸 Your Insider Guide to the Hamptons
🌿 100 Hidden Gems & Must-Visit Spots
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At East End Mermaid™, we believe life {especially summer life in the Hamptons!} is meant to be celebrated! Our classes are packed with playful yoga poses, laughter, and a carefree attitude. They are perfect for mermaid yogis of all ages.

09/22/2026

Verdict is in: fall has arrived at Grindstone. 🍂☕️🍩

There’s a chill in the air in the morning, but by noon the sun still has that summer warmth to it.

Coffee, donuts, and the first taste of the season out east.

Adding this to your fall Hamptons list! ✔️🍂☕️🍩

09/16/2026

Fall on the East End might be the best kept secret of the whole year… and our Fall Guide ensures you don’t miss a thing!🍂

The light shifts, the air cools, and just when you think summer’s done, you get one more perfect beach afternoon anyway. Then the farms, orchards, and vineyards take over, bursting with everything this season has been building toward.

Our 2026 Fall Guide is here, and it’s the most complete one yet:

🎉 Events & Festivals - the top fall happenings out east 🍎 Apple Picking - the best orchards & pumpkin patches 🌽 Fall Bounty - must-visit farms, markets, restaurants & wineries
🍁 Slower Side of Fall - how to actually settle into the season
🦃 Thanksgiving Out East - hosting tips & rituals
📝 Essential Autumn Tips - the basics for fall out here

Comment “FALL GUIDE” and I’ll send it straight to you.

09/15/2026

Everyone knows the Milk Pail for the apple cider donuts. 🍎🍩✨

Milk Pail Farm in Water Mill has become a true Hamptons fall staple, the apple cider donuts alone are worth the drive, but between the pumpkin picking, apple picking, and tractor rides out to the orchard, it’s easy to see why this is one of the most-visited farms on the East End every autumn.

Here’s what most people don’t get to: most apple orchards out here hand you a corn maze. Milk Pail hands you a sunflower maze, tucked right past the pumpkins.

People are usually so locked into the donuts and the apple picking that the visit ends before they ever get lost in it.

What to know before you go:
🌻Start with the tractor ride, it takes you out to the orchard for apple picking
🌻Pumpkin picking is right there too, easy to knock out both in one stop
🌻Keep walking past the stand, the sunflower maze is right there
🌻Best light for photos is late afternoon
🌻Grab your cider donuts on the way out, they go fast
🌻Weekdays are your best bet if you want less crowds.. just be aware most locals schools visit during the week

This is peak Hamptons fall in one stop: apple picking, pumpkin picking, a sunflower maze, and the best cider donuts on the East End.

Save this for your next Hamptons fall weekend.
🍎✨🌻

📍 Milk Pail Farm, Water Mill

09/13/2026

You can spot the pumpkins from Route 27 before you even pull in— Hank’s PumpkinTown is open for the season ! 🍻🍁🧡

What to know before you go:
- Open now through November 1st
- Weekends & holidays: 9:30am–5:30pm | Weekdays: 10am–5:30pm
- Maze Park wristband: $24 weekends/holidays, $17 weekdays (unlimited entry to 3 corn mazes + attractions; wagon rides, corn train, and jump pad are weekend/holiday only)
-Candy cannon, tractor pull, wooden windmill play structure, and a few other additions to the play areas
- Pumpkin picking is separate from the wristband: $0.79/lb, no admission needed for the patch itself
- Apple picking (
- Hard cider and market treats (cider donuts, kettle corn, caramel apples)

A great Hamptons fall weekend plan, whether you’re bringing kids or just want the cider donut.

Save this for your next Hamptons weekend 🧡🍻🍁

📍 240 Montauk Hwy, Water Mill

09/01/2026

Cedar Point Pizza & Spirits might be the best-kept secret on the East End. 🍕✨🌅

Tucked into Cedar Point County Park in East Hampton, this place sits on an elevated bluff overlooking Northwest Harbor, with Shelter Island and Sag Harbor across the water and the Cedar Island Lighthouse just offshore.

You’d never guess a wood-fired pizza and full bar setup was hiding back here, but that’s exactly the point.

What to know before you go:
Wood-fired Neapolitan pizza, plus grilled items and a full bar.

Go for golden hour, the bluff-top sunset views are unmatched String lights add to the mood after dark.

It’s inside the park, so allow a few extra minutes to drive in Fall hours are shifting as the season winds down, worth checking their Google listing same-day before you head over.

Bring bug spray and a layer, it gets breezy up on the bluff once the sun drops.

📍 Cedar Point County Park, East Hampton

Grab a pie, grab a drink, and let the sky do the rest. 🍕✨🌅

August ✨🐚⛱️💛somehow this magical month just flew right by!! Filled it with lots of beach days, farm stand dinners, late...
09/01/2026

August ✨🐚⛱️💛

somehow this magical month just flew right by!!

Filled it with lots of beach days, farm stand dinners, late nights & sunsets… honestly the best of everything here 💛

08/26/2026

Summer’s winding down, so if you’re looking for one more Hamptons weekend that feels like an event, this is it.

We did the Viking Fleet whale watching tour out of Montauk to celebrate a friend’s birthday, and it’s officially one I’d send anyone to before the season closes.

Huge shout out to Melissa (MJ) Merlino for planning the most fun birthday outing, this was such a great pick.

What to know before you go:

🐋 The route: You head about 12 miles offshore, almost all the way to Block Island. It’s open ocean, so come ready for real weather and real distance.

🧺 Pack like it’s a full day: This is a long trip, plan for it. We brought a cooler with sandwiches and drinks, and the birthday girl came extra prepared with a full picnic basket. Bring layers no matter the forecast, and don’t skip rain gear just in case.

🐬 What we saw: Dozens of dolphins, minke whales, humpback whales, and a mom/baby humpback pair that came up close enough to the boat that no one could speak.

🔬 Who’s on board: A marine biologist and a team of volunteers narrate the whole trip and answer every question. We learned so much.

👶 Kids: You can absolutely bring them, it’s a great trip for curious kids, but be honest with yourself about whether they can handle a long day on the water. Mine would’ve been done well before we turned back.

If you’re planning a Hamptons or Montauk weekend and want a day that feels different from the usual beach/ drinks rotation , this is it.

08/21/2026

Rain in the Hamptons forecast this weekend? Good, that just means a different kind of perfect day.

Here are three Hamptons rainy day activities that are just as beautiful (if not more) without the sun:

💆‍♀️ Spa Day — The Spa at Gurney’s Montauk, Naturopathica in East Hampton, or The Baker House 1650 Spa in East Hampton are all perfect for a gray day escape. Think oceanview treatment rooms, steam rooms, saunas, and that full reset feeling. Pro tip: book the moment you see rain in the forecast. Appointments at all three go fast once everyone else has the same idea, so don’t wait until Friday night to try to grab a Saturday slot.

🎨 Parrish Art Museum — Located in Water Mill, this is one of the best Hamptons museums for a rainy day and one of my favorite East End art museums period. The sky-lit galleries make the whole place glow no matter what’s happening outside, and there’s always a rotating exhibit worth seeing. Give yourself at least an hour, the café is a nice bonus if you want to make it a full outing.

🌿 LongHouse Reserve — A sixteen acre sculpture garden in East Hampton that might be the most underrated rainy day spot in the Hamptons. I’ve visited in full sun, pouring rain, and twenty degree December cold, and it has never once disappointed. Open seasonally, so check hours before you go, but if it’s open, it’s worth the trip in any weather.

Save this for the next Hamptons rainy day forecast.

Between the spa, the art, and the gardens, you’ve got a full weekend covered with zero sunshine required.

Where are you headed if it rains this weekend?

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