Camp Gateway - Sandy Hook

Love the low key nature of Sandy Hook camping. The natural surroundings, bike paths and super helpful ranger staff make the experience memorable. Purchasing tickets that do not return on the same day if you're camping is nearly impossible or at best confusing. Sea Streak needs to figure out how to better manage the ferry ticket purchase process - it's super inconsistent an depends on who you talk to at Sea Streak. The website tells you to purchase a "flex" ticket if you're camping at Sandy Hook but immediately tells you on the next page tells you flex tickets cannot be used at Sandy Hook. When calling Sea Streak, we got two different people telling us the opposite thing (one saying you cannot buy a ticket that returns on a different day and another saying it's "probably okay"). Sandy Hook is fantastic - the ferry ticketing needs lots of fixing.

The park rangers made this trip awesome. We had perfect weather, pristine site and clean facilities. Our families totally enjoyed the trip. Thanks again Sandy Hook Rangers!

Ranger Gage makes me proud to be a human.

100% recommended !

Love this campground and I try to use it several times a year. Great staff, really very helpful. Really appreciate having the little wheelbarrows, thank you for providing it. Also, they provide big metal boxes to lock your things up, so bring a combination lock and you'll be good to go. I wish other places provided this, excellent idea.
If you're new to this campsite keep in mind you park away from your site and have to tote your things from your vehicle to your site. Water is available but again you may have to carry it from the spigots to your site, I bring an extra container for washing hands, etc. The whole park has a lot of deer and therefore ticks, so take precautions and check your kids prior to bedding down! I come from Long Island and love it here, well worth the trip. Camping, biking, birding, fishing and lots for the military history nerds. One of the best beaches in the Northeast.

Friendly campers and rangers plenty of wild life.

Love this place! Plenty to do between the beaches, bike paths, camping and hiking. Rangers at campsite were exceptional.

Rangers were very welcoming and helpful. The campground was nice and centrally located. Recommend bringing bikes.

I love this park so much and had a great time with friends. The rangers are so friendly and helpful and I felt very safe and in good hands. Gage and Patrick offered to move my site to somewhere more shady and private. Overall a great experience<3

Lots to do and explore. Bike riding and walking was easy and safe