Editing Westchester County, New York (section)

===Long Island Sound shore===
Westchester's Long Island Sound shore is generally rocky, interspersed with [[tidal mud flats]], [[marsh]]es and [[wetland]]s, as well as several natural and artificially-maintained sand beaches. Municipal and county owned parks provide access to beaches, nature preserves and passive and active waterfront recreational facilities. Several large harbors lie along the shore including [[Milton Harbor (Long Island Sound)|Milton Harbor]] in [[Rye, New York|Rye]], [[Mamaroneck|Mamaroneck Harbor]], [[Larchmont|Larchmont Harbor]], and [[Echo Bay (Long Island Sound)|Echo Bay]], and the [[New Rochelle Harbor (Long Island Sound)|upper]] and [[New Rochelle Harbor (Long Island Sound)|lower]] harbors in southern [[New Rochelle, New York|New Rochelle]].

A number of islands can be found off the Long Island Sound shore, most of which are located in New Rochelle. [[Davids Island (New York)|Davids Island]], the former location of the U.S. Army's [[Fort Slocum]], is currently unoccupied but is slated for use as passive parkland; [[Glen Island Park (New Rochelle, New York)|Glen Island]], currently a Westchester Parks Department run beach and park, was one of the first amusement parks in the country serving as a summer resort at the turn of the twentieth century; [[Huckleberry Island]] is largely undeveloped, and has one of the largest [[rookery|rookeries]] in western Long Island Sound; Echo Island is owned and used by a private [[yacht club]]; [[Execution Rocks Light|Execution Rocks]] is the site of a 19th-century lighthouse listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]]; [[Columbia Island (New York)|Columbia]], [[Pea Island (New Rochelle, New York)|Pea]], and [[Goose Island (Long Island Sound)|Goose Islands]] are undeveloped; Clifford, Harrison and Tank Islands are part of the "Five Islands Park" and nature preserve; while Oak and Pine Islands are used as private residences.