Camp Hero State Park, State park in Montauk, US

Camp Hero State Park covers 754 acres on Montauk Point, the eastern tip of Long Island, on the site of the former Montauk Air Force Station. Three concrete gun batteries, built in 1942 and covered with earth, remain: Batteries 112 and 113 with 16-inch guns and Battery 216 with 6-inch guns. A radar tower stands among the trees, and a white wall at one bunker reads "CLOSED TO PUBLIC" and "DO NOT ENTER BUILDING".

The site opened in 1942 as an Army coastal defense post and remained in military use through the 1980s. After that, the area was abandoned and later released to the public as a park.

Camp Hero is named after Major General Andrew Hero Jr., the Army's coastal artillery commander who died in 1942, the year the site was commissioned. The Montauk Project books by Preston Nichols and Peter Moon, published in 1992, spread claims of secret time experiments here, and the concrete bunkers and gun batteries still draw readers of that story.

Trails run through forests and along bluffs, with some sections that may be sandy or uneven. Visitors in summer should bring water, as shade is limited and the sun near the ocean can feel intense.

The large radar antenna from the Cold War era still rises above the trees, and its shape reminds many visitors of science fiction films from the 1950s. Few know that this system was once part of a nationwide early warning network and remains visible to the public today.