Browsing:

Tag: Camp Hero State Park

The Days at Hither Hills
Montauk, Long Island

When a camping spot in the coveted J-section at Hither Hills State Park opened up, I booked it for two nights knowing there wouldn’t be a better way to spend the evening on my visit back to the metro area of New York. And it would be a perfect location Read more…


Seeing Stars, Seeing TrailsπŸ’«
Camp Hero State Park

After some discussion of star trails in my astrophotography Zoom class, I decided I’d include a star trails mission in my long holiday weekend.. . at the best place for star gazing in my vicinity, Montauk Point. Having gone to Camp Hero State Park just last week but forgetting my Read more…


Return to Downtown Camp Hero
Montauk, Long Island {Pictorial}


Into the Camp Hero Radar πŸ“‘

The most intriguing place on Long Island, Camp Hero’s remains keep drawing me back in. Every time is just as exciting and adrenaline-surging as the very first. But this time, in we went, knowing that access points fluctuate and an unfortunate accident on the frighteningly dilapidated stairwell, and the structure’s Read more…


Downtown Camp Hero, Part 2: The Bowling Alley
Montauk, New York

βš™οΈ 🎳 🏚️


Downtown Camp Hero, Part 1
Montauk, New York

If you have been reading my blog for years you may recall a lengthy post on one of the most fascinating locations for exploration in the country: Camp Hero on the tip of Long Island. I recently discovered that the images from that lengthy post were all inexplicably gone–broken–when I Read more…


Pictures of the Hoodoos at Montauk Point

The glorious beauty of the Montauk shore, which looks upon a sparkling unending blue, is that it contains hoodoos,–rock formations etched into the bluffs. Here they are stretching from the grounds of Camp Hero State Park to Montauk Point State Park, a location I filed away in my brain for Read more…


Camp Hero State Park
Abandoned Radar Star Shoot

Camp Hero State Park. This might just be my favorite place for a star shoot. Abandoned / Dark sky / Conspiracy theory / By the Ocean. I mean, c’mon. Though the horizon is always filled with light, the site makes for some gorgeous shots. And because I wasn’t alone and, Read more…


Camp Hero State Park
Abandoned Radar Shoot

Ah, going through a fence is always the sign of a worthy adventure. Though this abandoned site in Camp Hero State Park is a hazardous place, indicative by the big pieces of the radar that now lay on the grass. And the structure seems to breathe and drip like a Read more…


One 🌎, Under Stars

With the New Moon and the remnants of the Lyrids Meteor Shower playing out, I knew my ceiling was not going to cut it tonight. I headed to the darkest place that is sorta nearby, Montauk Point: The End of Long Island. A great destination of Earth Day. It was Read more…


The Magic in Montauk–Youth, Gentrification, Bad Tofu Scramble Wraps and Conspiracy Theory

Twenty years ago, after our closing shifts at Tower Records in Carle Place, my coworkers and I used to drive to the tip of Long Island, arriving at Montauk Point between 1 or 2 in the morning. We did this repeatedly, ceremoniously, as we inducted new recruits. Together, we’d clutch each other while walking the Read more…