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Camping at Watch Hill
Patchogue (Fire Island), NY
A National Park Service campground tucked behind the primary dunes on car-free Fire Island: 26 tent sites, a group site, and four furnished glamping tents, with deer wandering through and the ocean a boardwalk away. You take a ferry to go camping, which never stops feeling like cheating.
LOCAL TIP
Book tent sites on ReserveAmerica and expect a 3-night minimum on peak summer weekends; the ferry drops you a 0.3 mile haul from the sites, so bring a wagon and a camp stove since ground fires are banned.
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