First Landing State Park

First Landing State Park has the highest concentration of Osprey in the area and 2 or 3 pair of resident Bald Eagles. Seeing Eagles is only occasional but there are 6 to 8 Osprey nests along the 3-mile route we take, some are easily visible. You will not get a closer look at a wild raptor without binoculars. We launch from deep in the Park at a location that is not easy to find, so please follow the directions in our confirmation. We paddle above the sand flats of Broad Bay which are the Southeast border of the Park. We are well protected here from any of the strong winds that we occasionally get out of the Northeast.

We almost always see Osprey, we often see Egrets, Heron’s, Red Winged Black Birds or a Belted Kingfisher and sometimes one of the resident Bald Eagles or their young. Dolphins and Rays can sometimes be seen here. The shoreline is alternating salt marsh and small sand beaches with a maritime forest in the background. At one point the remains of a once primary ocean front dune still reach 40 feet tall. If the tides are right we can paddle into White Hill Lake where we can see an ancient dead forest around the Lake. We often stop along one of the many beaches to swim, watch fiddler crabs if the tides are low and usually see minnow before returning to our original launch site.