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Southwick Beach State Park

Southwick Beach State Park (OPRHP)

Watertown, NY   (1000 Islands / Lake Ontario)

Status: CLOSED but opens in 168 days on Fri May 9

Season 2025 Dates: Fri May 9 to Sun Oct 12, 2025

9 Month Booking Window: Thu Aug 21, 2025

Campground Overview
Southwick Beach is a popular beach destination and is known for its endless beach and swimming. Its a great spot for sunning, picnicking, hiking, and games on the playing fields. The park offers a variety of campsites, a beach, restrooms with showers, a dumping station, food concession, nature trails, hiking trails, picnic areas, reservable picnic areas with canopy tents, playgrounds, and playing fields. Most facilities are handicapped-accessible. 29 campsites are located along one of the roads directly along the beach, with panoramic views of the beach and Lake Ontario. The beach is access from various designated paths thru the short dunes that separate these campsites from the beach.

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Status: CLOSED but opens in 168 days on Fri May 9

Season 2025 Dates: Fri May 9 to Sun Oct 12, 2025

9 Month Booking Window: Thu Aug 21, 2025

Campground Phone: (315) 846-5338

Region: 1000 Islands / Lake Ontario  

Weekend Occupancy: Very High

Minimum Nights Reservation: 2 nights

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Fees
Base Fee$15
Waterfront Surcharge$6
Lake View Surcharge$5
Out of State Surcharge$5
Weekend/Holiday Surcharge$4
Facilities
Showers
Washrooms
Dump Station
Recycling Station
Cell Coverage

Verizon: Good service. 3G or LTE.

Campground Summary
Lakeside Rating
3 out of 5 lakeside stars. Offers a fine lakeside camping experience with sites close, or directly by the water. 14 campsites are by the water. Located on a large sized lake for enjoying water activities including swimming, paddling, boating and fishing. No motorboat launch in park.
Total Campsites141
Reservable Sites140
Non Reservable Sites1
Lakeside Sites14
Lakeside 20ft1
Lakeside 30ft5
Lakeside 40ft8
Site Details
20ft Trailer Sites15
30ft Trailer Sites34
40ft Trailer Sites60
50ft Trailer Sites32
Tent Sites1
Pull thru sites 3
Hookups 30 sites with full hookups
61 sites with 30A
13 sites with 50A
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