Discover Fire Island’s most extensive salt marsh, the beauty of the barrier island’s beaches and dunes, and the solitude of a seaside wilderness at this National Park Service site. Watch Hill is located on the western edge of the Otis Pike Fire Island High Dune Wilderness, directly across the Great South Bay from Patchogue, Long Island. It is accessible by Watch Hill Ferry, private boat, and foot only.

From May to mid-October, the Watch Hill area offers a visitor center, family campground, ranger-led interpretive programs (including guided kayak trips), a 175-slip transient marina with water, electric, and pump-out station; a small convenience store, food truck with outdoor seating, self-guided nature trail, picnic area, lifeguarded beach (summer only), restrooms, and bathhouse.

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