Baker Shoal
Baker Shoal is a bar in Salem County, Delaware River Region, New Jersey. Baker Shoal is situated nearby to the hamlet Port Penn, as well as near The Island.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Hope Creek Nuclear Generating Station and Reedy Island.
Hope Creek Nuclear Generating Station
Power station
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Hope Creek Nuclear Generating Station is a nuclear power plant located in Lower Alloways Creek Township, Salem County, New Jersey, United States. It sits on an artificial island alongside the Salem Nuclear Power Plant.
Reedy Island
Islet
Reedy Island is a small island in the middle of the channel of the Delaware River near its mouth on the Delaware Bay in the U.S. state of Delaware. It is about one mile east of Port Penn, Delaware and five miles southwest of Salem, New Jersey. Reedy Island is situated 2½ miles northwest of Baker Shoal.
Hope Creek Nuclear Generating Station
Electrical generator
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The Salem Nuclear Power Plant is a two-unit pressurized water reactor nuclear power plant located in Lower Alloways Creek Township, in Salem County, New Jersey, United States. Hope Creek Nuclear Generating Station is situated 1½ miles south of Baker Shoal.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Port Penn and Hancocks Bridge.
Port Penn
Hamlet
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Port Penn is a census-designated place located in St. Georges Hundred, southern New Castle County, Delaware, United States, below the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal on the west bank of the Delaware River. Port Penn is situated 3 miles northwest of Baker Shoal.
Hancocks Bridge
Hamlet
Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.
Hancock's Bridge is an unincorporated community and census-designated place located within Lower Alloways Creek Township, in Salem County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Hancocks Bridge is situated 5 miles east of Baker Shoal.
Oakwood Beach
Hamlet
Elsinboro Township is a township in Salem County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 1,001, a decrease of 35 from the 2010 census count of 1,036, which in turn reflected a decline of 56 from the 1,092 counted in the 2000 census. Oakwood Beach is situated 5 miles north of Baker Shoal.
Baker Shoal
- Type: Bar
- Also known as: “Joe Bakers Shoal”
- Category: landform
- Location: Salem County, Delaware River Region, New Jersey, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.48345° or 39° 29′ 0″ northLongitude
-75.54631° or 75° 32′ 47″ westOpen location code
87F6FFM3+9FGeoNames ID
4500605
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