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National Park Service · Gateway National Recreation Area · NJ

Ajax · Site A02.

at Camp Gateway - Sandy Hook

This site, in 2 agency photographs
Photos · NPS
Photos: Recreation.gov RIDB media records filed against this campsite · Oct 19, 2026
Filed by the agency against this site and no other here
Overhead map of the campsites in the Ajax loop, Ajax · Site A02 at Camp Gateway - Sandy Hook
Overhead map of the campsites in the Ajax loop · NPS
Filed: Recreation.gov RIDB media records filed against this campsite, the agency’s own titles · Oct 19, 2026
Tent Only NonelectricType
Reservablerecreation.gov lists it
60 ftRoom
10 ftElevation
51%Tree cover
715 ftWater · to an unnamed streamEstuary · 472 ft · to Raritan Bay
Elevation: USGS 3DEP elevation point query at this site’s coordinate · Sep 7, 2026
Tree cover: NLCD Tree Canopy Cover 2024 (USDA Forest Service / MRLC), one 30 m cell at this coordinate · Sep 9, 2026
Water: USGS National Hydrography Dataset, nearest perennial lake, reservoir, river or stream to this site’s coordinate · Sep 8, 2026
Coast: USGS National Hydrography Dataset, nearest ocean, bay, sound, estuary or tidal flat to this site’s coordinate · Sep 9, 2026

Room

60 ftto the nearest other site, against 60 ft typical here
#8 of 17roomiest site in the campground
1other site within 100 ft
No RV or electric sites within 100 ftso, probably no generators
Nearest sitesA03 60 ftA04 104 ftA01 132 ftB05 273 ftC11 277 ftB10 292 ft
Source: Derived by CAMPANAC from recreation.gov per-site coordinates (nearest-neighbor spheroid distance) · Oct 19, 2026

The site

TypeTent Only Nonelectric
LoopAjax
HookupsNone
Site AccessHike-In
Max Num of People6
Max Num of Vehicles1
Campfire AllowedYes
BbqYes
Checkin Time12:00 PM
Checkout Time10:00 AM
Condition RatingPrime
Fire PitYes
GrillsYes
Location RatingPrime
Min Num of People1
Min Num of Vehicles0
Picnic TableYes
Site RatingPrime
AccessibleNot listed
The record, complete · 16
Pets AllowedNo
Source: Recreation.gov RIDB full extract, per-site record · Oct 19, 2026

What fits here

Tentno length limit listed

Recreation.gov lists these as the equipment permitted on this site. A length is the ceiling for that equipment; where none is published we say so rather than guess.

Source: Recreation.gov RIDB full extract, per-site record · Oct 19, 2026

Book this exact site

Opens this site’s own calendar on recreation.gov.

Site A02 on recreation.gov
Source: Recreation.gov

The campground

Every site, the season, fees, weather, and what’s happening on this land right now: Camp Gateway - Sandy Hook →

Most private sites hereE20 116 ftA01 97 ftE17 76 ftE19 76 ftA04 74 ft
Source: CAMPANAC campground index