The Hamptons · South Fork West End

Water Mill

Between Southampton and Bridgehampton, the Water Mill windmill, and the quieter hamlet the rental market has discovered.

Water Mill sits between Southampton and Bridgehampton and has long been the South Fork's best-kept secret. The Parrish Art Museum, the historic windmill on the village green, and a stretch of Route 27 with some of the East End's better farm stands. The hamlet is mostly residential, which keeps the summer-peak crowd at a lower temperature than the adjacent villages. The cannabis rhythm for adults 21+ here follows the rental-weekend pattern, private-deck consumption, pre-dinner edibles, and a short drive to one of the licensed dispensaries east or west on 27.