Boating, Fishing, and Travel Information for Babylon, NY

Babylon is one of ten towns in Suffolk County, New York, United States. Located on Long Island, the town population was 214,191 as of the 2014 census. Parts of Jones Beach Island, Captree Island and Fire Island are in the southernmost part of the town. It borders Nassau County to the West, and the Atlantic Ocean to the South. At its westernmost point, its location is approximately 20 miles from New York City at the Queens border, and approximately 30 miles from Manhattan. There is also a village of Babylon located within the town.

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The public landing, about 0.3 mile northward of Sampawams Point and at the mouth of Sampawams Creek, had a reported depth of 6 feet at the end in 1993. The creek is used as an anchorage by small craft and has a depth of about 5 feet through the entrance and greater depths inside. Boats also anchor between the public landing and Sampawams Point. This anchorage becomes choppy during easterly or southeasterly winds. There are several small-craft facilities on the creek.

Oak Island Channel, locally known as Babylon Cut, extends northwestward from the State Boat Channel from a point opposite the northeastern end of Oak Island to Great South Bay and Babylon Cove. In 1981, the channel, marked by seasonal buoys, had a reported controlling depth of 6 feet except for shoaling to an unknown extent in the channel opposite Grass Island.

Approaching around Sampawams Point, give the point a berth of 0.3 mile when southeastward of it and head northwestward to the wharf. Sampawams Creek, just northward of the wharf, has been dredged to reclaim adjacent lands and is bulkheaded on the west side. The entrance is marked by private seasonal buoys and a private light.