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Feb 20, 2024 · Sandy Hook - Gateway National Recreation Area (U.S. National Park Service) On This Page. The 250-year-old Sandy Hook Lighthouse. The Lighthouse Keepers Quarters next door, built in 1883, is currently serving as the Sandy Hook Visitor Center. NPS Photo. Operating Hours. The park is open 6 am through 9 pm daily, except by permit.
Mar 9, 2024 · Gateway National Recreation Area: Many Places, One Park. Spanning 27,000 acres from Sandy Hook in New Jersey to Breezy Point in New York City, the park is both the gateway from the ocean into New York Harbor, and the gateway to the National Park Service for millions of visitors every year.
Dec 7, 2022 · Gateway's Sandy Hook Unit covers most of the Sandy Hook peninsula off the coast of central New Jersey. There you will find miles of amazing beaches, overnight camping, the oldest continuously operating lighthouse in the county, the Fort Hancock and Sandy Hook Proving Ground National Historic Landmark and a former life-saving station.
Start your visit to Sandy Hook at the Visitor Center, located inside the Lighthouse Keepers’ Quarters. Ask rangers about the park, and learn which activities are currently available. Stop here for maps and brochures, restrooms, and the gift shop.
Nov 22, 2021 · Sandy Hook is one of 3 units of the Gateway National Recreation Area and is made up of the Sandy Hook Peninsula and Historic Fort Hancock. There are over 7 miles of beaches to visit at Sandy Hook. Sandy Hook is popular all year round. In the summer, it is packed with beach-goers and families.
Located on a thin peninsula that juts between the waters of Sandy Hook Bay and the New York/New Jersey Bight, the Sandy Hook Unit of Gateway National Recreation Area is a park that draws more than two million visitors annually to enjoy its historic landmarks, natural areas and recreational facilities.
Sandy Hook as seen from the top of Navesink Twin Lights, Highlands, New Jersey. Geologically, Sandy Hook is a large sand spit or barrier spit, the extension of a barrier peninsula along the coast of New Jersey, separated from the mainland by the estuary of the Shrewsbury River.
