The Hamptons · South Fork East End

Montauk

The end of the island, surf culture, the lighthouse at Montauk Point, and a cannabis rhythm that matches the fishing-village energy.

Montauk is the South Fork's end-of-the-line village, 120 miles from Manhattan and a world away from East Hampton's manicured green. Surfers at Ditch Plains, fishing boats in the harbor, the Montauk Point Lighthouse, and Gurney's anchoring the upscale-resort version of the town. The crowd runs younger and scruffier than the villages to the west, which shapes the cannabis conversation for adults 21+ toward pre-surf THC seltzers, sunset hour at a rental, and low-key evening rhythms. Licensed retailers across the East End are a 30-minute drive west.