Kids
Story hours for wet Tuesdays, lifeguarded beaches, farm animals and ice cream for children under twelve.
- Over twelve? Teens is the other page
- Safety: ticks, rip currents, lifeguard hours
- What is on this week
- Bringing the dog too? Beach rules by town
- Playgrounds
- Summer camps
- Story hour
- Indoor sport and swim
- Beaches
- Meet the animals
- Pick your own
- Ice cream
- Movies
- Mini golf and arcade
- Toy and kids' shops
11 places
Hampton Bays · 11
Playgrounds
Good Ground Park
Hampton Bays
restrooms. A public Town of Southampton park bought with Community Preservation Funds, walkable from the Hampton Bays business district.
A playground inside a 36-acre woodland park.
Playgrounds
Red Creek Park
Hampton Bays
restrooms and one playground for 5 years and under, one for all ages. A 45-acre Town of Southampton regional park, open to all. The heated activity centre with the restrooms can be reserved by town residents for a fee.
Two playgrounds - one for five years and under, one for all ages.
Summer camps
Southampton Town Surfing Camp
Hampton Bays
Ages: 7 to 16 · Four three-day sessions in 2026: 30 June - 2 July, 7 - 9 July, 21 - 23 July and 4 - 6 August. Each carried a Friday make-up day. · $565 for Southampton Town residents, $590 for non-residents · The 2026 sessions have finished.
There is a prerequisite, and it is the thing to read before booking: a camper "must be able to swim 100 yards using the crawl stroke and tread water for 5 minutes without stopping". The published day runs wave analysis and a safety review, a land lesson, two water sessions either side of a snack, and yoga recovery before a 1pm dismissal.
Summer camps
Summer Fun Playground Camp — Red Creek Park
Hampton Bays
Ages: 5 to 12, kindergarten completed and 5 years old by 26 June 2026 · Two two-week sessions at this park in 2026: 27 July - 7 August and 10 - 21 August. · $100 per session for Southampton Town residents, $150 for non-residents · The 2026 sessions have finished.
The western half of the town's morning camp, and the half that runs the back end of the summer. Red Creek Park is 80 acres behind Hampton Bays with the playground the camp uses; the same brochure runs its beach volleyball and flag football camps a few miles south on the ocean.
Summer camps
Tiana Bayside Marine Camps — Bayside Adventures and ArtSea
Hampton Bays
Ages: Bayside Adventures takes 7-9 year olds in July and 10-14 year olds in August. ArtSea takes 7-9 year olds in July and 10-13 year olds in August. · Four five-day weeks in 2026. Bayside Adventures 13 - 17 July and 24 - 28 August; ArtSea 20 - 24 July and 17 - 21 August. · Not published on the extension's own pages. Registration and fees moved to the Town of Southampton Parks and Recreation system for 2026. · The 2026 sessions have finished.
A county marine-science station on Dune Road that runs two quite different weeks out of the same building: Bayside Adventures has children formulating and testing scientific questions and measuring environmental parameters, while ArtSea works the same salt marsh with a sketchbook. Both take an older band in August than in July, so a child who ages out of one week fits the next.
Beaches
Ponquogue Beach
Hampton Bays
Has lifeguards 10am-5pm summer, restrooms and a Mobi-Mat a stroller can cross the sand on.
Yes — the best value beach on the South Fork, with easier parking and a real snack bar. Worth the extra drive.