SHBO is located within the Gateway National Recreation Area, Sandy Hook Unit, in the Historic Fort Hancock District.  With its beaches, fishing, natural history, and historical sights -- such as America's oldest working lighthouse-- Gateway NRA now draws over two million visitors each year. 

Habitats you can see at Sandy Hook include beach and dunes, mudflats, holly forest, deciduous woods, fresh- and saltwater ponds, salt marshes, coastal scrub/shrub, and successional fields.  In addition to areas for swimming, fishing, and kayaking, Gateway's facilities include a visitor center, an observation deck overlooking New York Harbor (download the 125K PDF file; then Zoom to view the panorama), a bird blind, and walking and biking trails.  For more information about Gateway, see the National Park Service website.

There are no lodgings or public camping facilities at Sandy Hook, but there are a number of hotels, motels, and B&B's in the area.  (List)