Watch Hill

3. http://wikitravel.org/en/Fire_Island_National_Seashore - Water taxis are available if you miss the ferry BUT not for Watch Hill - not available. Fire Island Water Taxi is authorized to provide ferry service destination points on Fire Island. Rates [Water Taxi (during ferry hours) $125.00]

Patchogue Ferries, Phone: 631-475-1665, [5]. Mid March to November from two ferry terminals in Patchogue. Leaves from County Road 83 to Davis Park; and from County Road 19 to Watch Hill in the Fire Island National Seashore park.

Take the train to Patchogue Station.
Watch Hill Ferry terminal is a short walk -
west on Division Street, then south on West Ave.

Part of the Fire Island National Seashore and accessible by ferry, Watch Hill offers a peaceful ocean beach and nature trails. The Watch Hill Package includes one-day round-trip rail fare to Patchogue Station and connecting ferry service to and from Watch Hill.

*For schedule of ferry departure times call Davis Park Ferry Co., which also runs the Watch Hill Ferry Service - (631) 475-1665 or visit the Davis Park Ferry website.

Packages are subject to same day ferry use - no exceptions. Not valid Fridays after 5:30 PM.

Take the ferry to Watch Hill from the Watch Hill Terminal Site, West Avenue, Patchogue, free parking for all.

You will find a restaurant, snack bar, store, ocean swimming, public restrooms & showers, picnic tables, nature walk, tent camping and marina.

Davis Park Ferry Co., Inc. is an authorized concessionaire of Fire Island National Seashore, National Park Service, Dept. of Interior

Wednesday - Friday, September 9 - 11, 2009
Wilderness Visitor Center to Fire Island Lighthouse
Reservations Required
Call 631-687-4765 for information

Open July 1 - Labor Day: 9:30 am - 6 pm
last tower tour at 5:30 pm
Location: Southern most end of Robert Moses Causeway, then east to Field 5
40° 37' 53" North, 73° 12' 51" West
Be prepared for a shortage of parking at Robert Moses State Park Field 5 this summer.
Call 631-661-4876 for information or reservations.

National Lighthouse Day
August 7
(free children's programs; reduced tower tour fees)
Storyteller/Author Vivian Farrell will perform the dramatic presentation of her book, Robert's Tall Friend, on the Terrace at 11 am & 3 pm
23rd Annual "Barefoot Black Tie Dinner Dance"
August 8
Fee; reservations required (631-321-7028)
Sunrise Tower Tour
Saturday, August 15, 5:30 am
A World of Birds: Migration to Central America
Saturday, August 15, 7 pm
Amateur Radio Lighthouse Weekend
August 15 & 16
- And More!

Watch Hill, Fire Island