Established Camping
Watch Hill Family Campground — Fire Island National Seashore
About
National Park Service
Fire Island National Seashore
The family campground at Watch Hill provides a camping experience like no other.
Access
- Walk-InPark in a lot, walk to your site.
- Hike-InBackcountry sites.
- Boat-InSites accessible by watercraft.
Stay Connected
- WiFiUnknown
- VerizonUnknown
- AT&TUnknown
- T-MobileUnknown
Site Types
- Tent Sites
- Group
- Cabins
- Tent Cabin
Features
For Campers
- Market
- Trash
- Phone Service
- Drinking Water
- Toilets
- Alcohol
For Vehicles
- Sanitary Dump
Alone with nature.
Favorite place ever. You can get there by ferry. Very quiet and comfortable. Birdsong in the morning and the sound of the waves. There are showers, toilets and a café. For those who want to be at one with nature. Lots of mosquitoes, be prepared.
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Backcountry Beach Camping
You can get a permit to backcountry camp instead of reserving a designated campground spot. Just walk down to the beach after check-in and walk east until you see a pole with a tent symbol on it. After that you can choose where you want to set up camp. There are many spots along the dunes and allows to really space out from other campers. It felt like we had the entire beach to ourselves because there was no one else even close to around us, we went the weekend after labor day.
Beach getaway
Only about 20 min drive and 30 min ferry trip for us we got to watch hill. Awesome place close to home easy check in and very friendly ppl. It’s a bit of a walk to camp site but all on board walk (we took to carts full of stuff) some sites are not private meaning some site will have your neighbor right behind you. We had site 2 which was a nice private site. Short walk to the beach. Only thing no hot showers as it was a beach bathroom shower. It was a little cooler so showering was not that great also showers are not covered no curtains. Also come with deet repellent as mosquitos are vicious. Over all great weekend
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Location
Watch Hill Family Campground — Fire Island National Seashore is located in New York
Directions
The family campsites at Watch Hill are accessible on foot from the marina and main pavilion at Watch Hill. Campers should plan to take a passenger ferry from Patchogue, New York, or a private boat to Watch Hill.
Address
120 Laurel St
Patchogue, NY 11772
Coordinates
40.690916 N
72.9866 W