Camping at Croton Point, 1905

An 1905 article in Country Life in America magazine featured Croton Point as an ideal camping destination. Located "about thirty miles from the city" on the Hudson's New York side, the area offered a retreat that felt remote while remaining accessible to urban centers.

The article described "Horseshoe Beach of fine sand" as an excellent bathing location and praised the river and bay for sailing. Fishermen could find decent sport off the northwestern point. Campers could obtain supplies from Croton Landing station and reach the city within half an hour by boat or train.

A particularly notable feature was the marsh's intricate waterway system with a "network of creeks" entering the southern side. At half tide, paddlers could traverse through portages to reach the Croton River's mouth without venturing into the Hudson proper.

The Westchester County dump tragically filled in the marsh, fundamentally altering the landscape.