Camp Gateway - Sandy Hook

Reviews about Camp Gateway - Sandy Hook

• Patrick O'Flaherty

  Nov, 20 2018
  ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆
  Great location but the amount of garbage in the bushes is disgusting.
• James Wade

  Jan, 30 2018
  ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
  This is a unique, well-maintained campsite. The rangers were nice and the bathroom was clean.
  
  It has some inherent difficulties that make it difficult for a family with small children. The paucity of shade is tough for little ones as they need to go to sleep before the tent has had time to cool off. The shaded picnic tables help a lot, but I'm not sure if every campsite has one. The biggest problem with this campsite is the parking, both in availability and location. Toting a family-worth of equipment was pretty draining at arrival and departure. It's a big problem having a small parking lot that non-campers can park in. We were lucky that someone happened to be leaving about 10 minutes after we got there. That was not the case later in the day, when I had to leave the kids with my wife while I walked back from some other parking lot a few minutes down the road. I then had to walk back to the car in the dark in order to bring it back to the campsite parking lot after all the daytrippers were gone.
  
  Also, expect some airplane noise. One of the regional airports was using an approach that went right over Sandy Hook while we were there. That's not going to happen all the time, but it's pretty loud when it does and obviously outside the control of the campground.
  
  This is a good campsite that would be great for some people. I don't think we'll be back to camp until our youngest is a bit older.

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