[1][2] It travels through four towns in Suffolk County: Brookhaven, Riverhead, Southampton and East Hampton.

[citation needed] Talkhouse is buried off the trail in Theodore Roosevelt County Park near Montauk.

[citation needed] The trail is almost completely off-road, but there are a few short sections which are paved.

There are gaps that total 20-odd miles that due to private ownership presented a challenge to overall completion until 2016.

[1] In October 2000, Byron Lane, an ultramarathon runner from Stony Brook, New York, who has Montaukett Indians in his family tree, ran the entire Paumanok Path as a fundraiser and awareness raiser for the trail.