Blue Point, New York · Suffolk County · Facility
The Watch Hill area offers a visitor center, family campground, ranger-led interpretive programs, a 175-slip transient marina with water, electric, and pump-out station; a small convenience store, restaurant, self-guiding nature trail, restrooms, and lifeguarded beach (summer only).
The Watch Hill area offers a visitor center, family campground, ranger-led interpretive programs, a 175-slip transient marina with water, electric, and pump-out station; a small convenience store, restaurant, self-guiding nature trail, restrooms, and lifeguarded beach (summer only).
Watch Hill is accessible seasonally by ferry from the Watch Hill Ferry Terminal in Patchogue, New York, by private boat, or by foot from Davis Park and other Fire Island communities. There is no direct car access to Watch Hill.
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