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Wildwood State Park Campground accommodates pets throughout its 69 sites with electricity and water hookups. Tent campers, RV travelers, and those seeking cabin options can bring their four-legged companions when camping near Centereach. Cathedral Pines County Park offers wooded sites for tent campers and a separate area with open field RV sites where dogs are permitted. Most Suffolk County parks implement standard pet policies including leash requirements, waste cleanup responsibilities, and limits on the number of pets per site. Bathrooms and shower facilities are accessible at both locations, though campers should note pets are not allowed inside these buildings. Blydenburgh County Park provides a dog run where furry friends can exercise off-leash, particularly valuable for campers staying multiple nights.
Suffolk County's pet-friendly campgrounds feature hiking trails where leashed dogs can join their owners. Cathedral Pines maintains wooded paths suitable for morning walks with pets, while Blydenburgh offers a 7-mile loop trail around the lake popular with both dog owners and equestrians. Water access varies by location - Southaven County Park permits dogs near the water but not in swimming areas. Campers report occasional wildlife encounters, primarily deer and raccoons, so securing food properly prevents unwanted visits. The parks enforce quiet hours which apply to barking dogs, and rangers regularly patrol to ensure compliance with pet policies. Several parks remain open year-round, allowing for off-season camping when temperatures are more comfortable for many dog breeds and fewer insects are present. Local veterinary clinics operate within 15-20 minutes of most campgrounds.
"The beach is in a walking distance. You can swim or fish there. This camp site has a relatively new and clean facility. There are many farms near by where you can get fresh veggies and fruits."
"However there are too many loud families and the sites are too close in proximity for me."
from $20 - $225 / night
Check Availability"Great park with a nice 7 mile loop around the lake with decent fishing. Lots of horses and dogs on the trail. 30 or so sites around a central public restroom."
"Hiking trails are beautiful. Dog friendly. Clean bathrooms"
"* cottages far enough away from each other
- fire ring with Adirondack chairs
- dumpster and recycling within walking distance
- lots of bone dry firewood around for campfire
- walkable beach"
"Overall my experience was positive. Camping Sites
Each camping site has a picnic table and barbeque grill."
from $20 - $285 / night
Check Availability"Recently went camping in our pull behind, met some old friends and had a great time. Rangers have a hardon for people screwing up tho. Think they're all that and then some..."
"Great Location Clean Park."
from $33 / night
Check Availability"Literally steps to the beach."
"A short walk from the ocean to the bay, both accessible by walking from your campsite. No shade so be prepared to wake early if you’re in a sweltering tent. Staff has been great, no complaints."
"Beautiful location steps away from the beach. Listen to the waves crashing as you sleep and stargaze over the clear ocean. Not ready for full on camp-life? No problem!"
"Camping gets you away from the bustle. It is a little less than a half mile walk from the ferry dock and located behind the dunes which offer some protection. Take a quick walk down to the beach."
from $35 - $197 / night
Check Availability"Campsites are located close enough to the beach/marsh. Multiple playgrounds for the kids although they were closed due to Covid."
"There are dog friendly which was very nice. It is a lil tight from each site but you have the beach and a little hiking trails that makes it worth it."
"The showers were outside the bathroom- there was a bench & hooks OUTSIDE! We found out all the other loops had modern bathhouses."
"Beautiful Connecticut beach sits just steps away from your campsite. Well kept showers and bathrooms are abundant and the camp store has the majority of what you need."
from $20 - $70 / night
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GuideI grew up in Long Beach. If you’re looking for a spot to camp so you can surf, this is perfect! It’s basically a parking lot, but it’s steps away from some of the greatest waves on the east coast. Showers are clean, there’s a dog park nearby, and the island is very bikable to get around.
benefits: allows dogs childrens playground beach programs like movie nights throughout the summer
GuideCamp Gateway in Brooklyn New York is one of my favorite places to visit. I went to college in New York, and loved to get out of the busy city and go camping and be outdoors. Camp Gateway was always a place that I loved to go. It is pretty close to town-which is crazy because you feel like you are miles away. Camp Gateway does offer a lot of different activities for everyone. One thing I love to do is go kayaking and stand up paddle boarding. My girlfriends and I tried to do this once a month to get away from the city and school. Because you are so close to the city, you can plan outdoor activities as well as some activities in the city. My friends and I stayed 1 night in the campground, and the next day went to a recital show that took us 10 minutes to get to. You can also walk, hike or ride your bike along multiple paths- I have done the Fort Tilden trail (I just walked, but there were multiple people that passed us on their bikes). Within the campground they do have some fire pits- which my friends and I always use because we love cooking smores and hot dogs for dinner. A little further away from the campground, about 10-15 miles there is a place where you can do horseback riding, see the Statue of Liberty (which is gorgeous!), and there is a little beach area. This beach area is where I do my kayaking and stand up paddle boarding. Again, its not very far away...you can either drive there, walk or ride your bike. The road is paved, which is nice. I stayed here also with my parents, and I know my dad went golfing one day (I didn't go, but he said it was awesome)- and again that was only a 10 minute drive from our camping spot. This campground like I said, does offer quite a bit. Sometimes it doesn't really feel like you are "camping" because things are pretty close by, but it definitely is worth going to and trying.
ScoutVery nice family oriented, places the beach, which is great except for the birds watch out they come at you. They have a dog park basketball courts playground swimming just about everything.
LegendWe tried this campground without knowing what was safe and where to stay for visit New York City. It is located in Brooklyn and is little removed from everything. The sites are at Floyd Bennett Field which is an old airfield. The atmosphere here is eerily cool at the same time. You basically park and camp on the asphalt by the old hangars. No hookups at all but they do have a camp store and bath house. If you are tent camping, there are some grassy sites.
The campground is located right on Jamaica Bay so there were people fishing all the time from the seawall. At night, you could hear cars doing burnouts right next to us. To get to all the action in the city, we had to take a bus and then the subway. The travel was a headache but better than trying to drive in to New York City in our RV. One way to improve here would be to have some security at night as well as access to clean water and dump station. They remained locked most of the time for some reason.
The best part of this place was the free tour of Hangar B by some guys doing restoration of old planes (HARP). They had some great stories and gave us history of the planes on display.
GuideThis place is kind of a toss up for me. On one hand, I enjoy it because it's a little slice of heaven in the hell of one of the busy areas of New York. I hate this place for the same reason. It's not really camping if you're going to see a play and then go tour the Statue of Liberty. It just doesn't seem right to me. If I HAVE to be in New York, maybe I'd consider staying here again just to get myself out of the city for a bit. But this definitely isn't your "great outdoors/rest and relaxation" kind of place.
GuideSmall campground with good electrical, clean water, sewer and a friendly owner. Each site has grass and a picnic table. There is a wonderful little frozen custard shop down the road called roses farm stand. It’s a perfect campground for seeing the local area or even catching the train to New York City.
RangerThe park itself is lovely and close to some other green areas. The nice thing about this campsite is that it’s so close to NYC. The bad thing about this campsite is that it’s so close to NYC. If you live in NYC this is a good, cheap, super quick escape accessible by public transport. If you’re visiting the area I’d recommend staying in Manhattan/Queens in an AirBNB for the full NYC experience or heading to Long Island, Pennsylvania, “Upstate” New York, or New Jersey for a better nature camping experience. For what it is, this site is a nice green little oasis. It’s National Park Service land and they try really hard to keep things clean and working well with so much traffic. Bring earplus for the airport traffic and the noisy neighbors. Tent sites are pretty and wooded, but there is also a TON of concrete from an old WW2 airfield.
GuideSears Bellows in New York is a lot of fun. It really does offer a lot of outdoor activities for you and your family. I have stayed at this campsite 1 time, and stayed 2 nights. This campground does offer tent sites as well as RV/trailer sites. When I went with my friends in college, we just stayed in the tent sites and really enjoyed it. The campground is very well kept and clean which I really liked. They do have quite a bit of garbage's to dump your trash in. One thing I really liked about this campground is that there was a river/pond close by (Bellows Pond). The first night I stayed here my friends and I rented some rowboats and went on the water. It was a lot of fun, and the price of the rowboat was pretty cheap. The next morning we got up and did some hiking. The trails were beautiful, and the flowers were in bloom. There were people who were also biking on these trails, which looked like so much fun! We also saw some people fishing in the pond- and it seemed like most people were catching. The people who stayed in the campsite next to us were cooking up some type of fish for their dinner that they caught that day. One thing to note is that there are not any electrical hook-ups, so if that is something you need you might now want to come stay here. I would love to come back here someday, but stay maybe a day or two longer to do more things- I would also bring my bike and fishing pole to do more outdoor activities. I would also advise to rent the rowboats because that was a lot of fun!
ScoutCroton Point Campground is a modest little campground, located along the Hudson River within Croton Point Park in NY. In addition to camping, the park itself offers many of its own attractions, including swimming, hiking, kayaking, cabin rentals, and a host of other family-oriented activities just along the Hudson.
The park, which is honestly probably the largest attraction here, is located just an hour and a half outside of the city. This proximity is both its perk and its downfall, as the park itself, but particularly the campground, has become laden with all sorts of inexplicable and burdensome rules, endless guidelines, and restrictions only a New York State-run bureaucracy could ever make sense of, let alone hope to justify.
This includes all manner of restrictions on how you can camp, where you can camp, what equipment can be used, and use in relation to what particular site you may have been lucky enough to reserve. Much of this you can understand while imagining what may have taken place here to bring them to such measures, but it doesn't make it any easier to contend with.
In terms of the actual camping conditions Both the tenting section and RV sites are each very clustered together, and quite crowded, with regular patrols🚓(actual patrols) being made day and night, by both the Park Rangers and what appears to be general park staff members, all looking to see if you or your family might be doing something that they might consider outside of the guidelines or not in compliance with the many restrictions.
This is not to say you can't possibly have a good time here. It just might mean being a bit more diligent toward reviewing the potential legitimacy of your normal camping routine to ensure it meets with many restrictions and guidelines imposed, while also making yourself comfortable with some fairly regular surveillance during your stay here. These all being things we hoped to get away from while camping ourselves It just turned out to be a bit much for our particular liking.
Campsites surrounding Centereach typically feature glacial woodland terrain with sandy soil conditions common to Long Island's central pine barrens region. Winter camping options remain available at several Suffolk County facilities where temperatures range from 25-40°F December through February. Most campgrounds operate in a 25-mile radius of Centereach, with several offering year-round availability for both tent and RV camping.
Hiking trails near Blydenburgh Park: The 7-mile loop trail circling the lake provides excellent opportunities for wildlife viewing. "Great park with a nice 7 mile loop around the lake with decent fishing. Lots of horses and dogs on the trail," notes Erik R. about Blydenburgh County Park.
Beach activities at Heckscher: Located approximately 20 miles from Centereach, this state park offers multiple beach options within walking distance of campsites. "You can ride your bike from your site to the playground, store, beach, local ice cream shop, coffee shop, or our family favorite, meig's point nature center," shares Tiffany T. about Heckscher State Park Campground.
Visit nearby attractions: Long Island's north shore offers numerous day trip options from local campgrounds. "Close to the Hampton's and Fire Island National Seashore. A great family campsite right on the Long Island Sound," writes Megan B. about Wildwood State Park.
Stargazing permits: Some waterfront camping areas require special permits for nighttime beach access. "You have to buy a stargazing permit to be out on the beach after sunset, which is kind of strange but really helps prevent hooligans from taking over the beach and destroying the serenity," explains Amber A.
Wooded seclusion close to home: Several campgrounds provide forest-like settings despite their proximity to suburban areas. "I felt like I was suddenly transported upstate when in fact I had only driven 2 towns over, (about 20 minutes from home). I have lived on Long Island for my entire life never knew great camping was minutes away," explains Linda A. about Cathedral Pines County Park.
Oceanfront and bay views: Smith Point County Park offers sites with direct views of both ocean and bay. "Our 36ft motorhome backed up to a raised balcony overlooking the bay. Less than 100 feet from the front of our site was the beach and the Atlantic Ocean view," writes Patrick C. about Smith Point County Park.
Off-season accessibility: Many local campgrounds offer reduced crowds and better conditions during shoulder seasons. "We went during heavy rain and had so much fun driving up a long muddy way. The hiking trails were quiet natural and clean," Linda A. notes about Cathedral Pines.
Wildlife encounters: Deer sightings are common at most Suffolk County campgrounds. "I watched a momma deer nursing two of her babies. This is paradise," shares Patrick C. about his Smith Point County Park experience.
Fire ring policies vary: Many Suffolk County campgrounds do not provide permanent fire rings at sites. "There are no fire pits on any of the sites, although I learned afterwards that they do allow you to bring your own metal fire pit as long as it is elevated off the ground," reports Ellen C. about Heckscher State Park.
Vehicle restrictions: Some campgrounds limit the number of vehicles per site. "Recently they became very stringent about parking to vehicles at the site making it very difficult to visit with a family and 2 vehicles. I usually host group camping trips and the single vehicle rule makes that very difficult," notes Giselle P. about Wildwood State Park Campground.
Mosquito preparation: Insect control is essential, particularly at coastal campgrounds. "We were getting attacked by mosquitoes and horseflies the entire weekend. Even with the bug spray, the relief didn't last long. We couldn't even enjoy our meals at camp because it was that bad. Def bring a shelter or a canopy with a mosquito net," advises Rosie R.
Shower facilities: Quality varies significantly between campgrounds. "Bathrooms and showers were a good size. Rangers were driving around often but hand no issues with drink in red cups," notes Carolyn W. about Indian Island County Park.
Playground access: Several pet-friendly campgrounds near Centereach include dedicated play areas. "This place is the best around for group and family camping. There is a playground just for the campground," explains Giselle P. about Indian Island County Park.
Educational opportunities: Some parks offer organized activities for children. "Park staff and rangers regularly patrol the campground and are diligent about cleaning up. On one visit there was a magician performing for the camp goers," shares Giselle P. about Heckscher State Park.
Bicycle-friendly facilities: Paved pathways at several parks accommodate family cycling. "Bring a bicycle or scooper and you can ride the loop around to the beach; you can also drive to the beach," recommends Giselle P.
Group camping options: Designated areas exist for larger family gatherings. "Group camping has a limit of 2 cars per site. This helped support a feeling of secluded tranquility campers only from forest camping rather than field camping," notes Linda A. about Blydenburgh.
Site specifics: Many campgrounds distinguish between tent and RV camping areas. "There is a separate area for RVs vs tents. There is also a store where you can get a cup of coffee in the morning and lots of goodies throughout the day," shares Giselle P. about Wildwood State Park.
Hookup variations: Electric and water services differ between pet-friendly campgrounds near Centereach. "RV pull through sites were fantastic. It was a great campground for maiden voyage in new rig. Plenty of amenities," notes Lori R. about Southaven County Park.
Seasonal considerations: Winter camping requires preparation for water access. "Shore power was without any problems and park has clean heated bathroom and bike station near dump site," explains Frank P. about Indian Island County Park, which remains open year-round.
Site privacy levels: RV site spacing varies significantly between facilities. "You may be in the field with everyone else. There is plenty of things at the camp store and you can't beat the couple minute walk to the beach," advises Jackie G.
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