How does the new Highlands bridge construction impact parties at Sea Gulls Nest?
The Highlands bridge is still not completed, and won’t be completed until summer season 2011. For daytime parties on weekends in 2010, as long as guests arrive before 10am, they will have no problem finding parking in parking lots D or E. (Sea Gulls’ Nest is parking lot D, and next door, a 5 minute walk, is parking lot E). The National Park Service has been limiting access into Sandy Hook after the parking lots are full. However, if Sea Gulls’ Nest is having an evening party that begins before 6pm, the rangers stationed at the entrance to Sandy Hook will grant access to guests of the party. We had no problems with this at all in summer 2009. Please advise all your guests that it may take them longer to get into Sandy Hook and to plan an extra 30 minutes travel time. PLEASE NOTE: leaving Sandy Hook at the end of an evening party will NOT be a problem. By the time a party ends, there is no longer any back up from daytime beach goers trying to leave the park.
