The Astrodome scoreboard lit up in 1965 to welcome President Lyndon Baines Johnson to the world's first indoor baseball game. The Astrodome scoreboard lit up in 1965 to welcome President Lyndon Baines Johnson to the world's first indoor baseball game.
Bridgehampton NY Hotels, Motels â approximately 29 minutes south of Shelter Island. This includes 10 miles of drive time and a 10-minute ferry ride from Orcas Island Terminal to Anacortes Terminal. East Hampton NY Hotels, Motels â approximately 34 minutes southeast of Shelter Island.
Hamptonsâ Prices Arrive on Shelter Island. A quick ferry ride from either the see-and-be-seen Hamptons on the South Fork of Long Island or the bucolic wine country of the North Fork, Shelter Island has long been the quiet, laid-back vacation haven in the middle, surrounded by Shelter Island Sound and Gardiners Bay.