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The North Fork is a 30-mile-long peninsula in the northeast part of Suffolk County, New York, roughly parallel with an even longer peninsula known as the South Fork. Although the peninsula begins east of Riverhead hamlet, the term ''North Fork'' can also refer collectively to all the hamlets and villages within the townships of Town of Riverhead and Town of Southold on the east end of Long Island.〔(See the North Fork Promotional Council: http://www.northfork.org/ )〕 Beginning about 75 miles east of Manhattan, the North Fork is the easterly part of the North Shore of Long Island. Along with The Hamptons, the area is also part of Long Island's "East End".〔()〕 == Geography == At Riverhead proper, Long Island splits into two tines, hence the designations of The South Fork and The North Fork. The dividing line between the two forks in the west is the Peconic River. The North Fork is composed of all of the Town of Southold in the east and part of the Town of Riverhead in the west. The body of water north of this region is Long Island Sound. The southern water boundary comprises several connected bodies of water, including the Great Peconic Bay, Little Peconic Bay, and Gardiners Bay. Lying between the North Fork and the South Fork, are several islands, including Robins Island and the two large islands of Shelter Island and Gardiners Island. Shelter Island lies between the North and South Forks, and ferries provide shuttle service between Greenport Village and Shelter Island Heights, as well as between Shelter Island and North Haven along The South Fork. The easternmost tip of the North Fork is Orient Point. Beyond that point are three additional significant parts of the Town of Southold, Plum Island, Great Gull Island, and Fisher's Island. These islands and the North Fork itself originated as the Harbor Hill Moraine.〔(THE TRANSIENT ATLANTIC SHORELINE ) by Phil Stoffer and Paula Messina, Hunter College, Department of Geography, Brooklyn College, Department of Geology〕 The North Fork offers beautiful views of Long Island Sound and Peconic/Gardiners Bay. Wineries, vineyards, apple orchards, potato farms and sod farms characterize the North Fork. At the tip of the fork are Orient Point County Park and Orient Beach State Park as well as an often busy ferry terminal connecting Long Island and eastern Connecticut. Areas like Mattituck, Cutchogue, Peconic, Southold, Greenport, East Marion, Orient, and Orient Point are the hamlets on the North Fork. The North Fork also offers fishing, crabbing, and clamming on the bay, sound and adjacent creeks and beaches. Local seafood is often sold and served. Like the South Fork which is home to the famed Hamptons region, the North Fork is also a region popular with second home owners, and summer vacationers, but it has a much more rural feel and character than The Hamptons. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「North Fork, Suffolk County, New York」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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