False Hook

False Hook is a bar in Monmouth County, Jersey Shore, New Jersey. False Hook is situated nearby to the hamlet Fort Hancock.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sandy Hook and Sandy Hook Light.

Sandy Hook

Photo: NHRHS2010, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Sandy Hook is a narrow land spit on the Atlantic coast of New Jersey. It is owned by the Federal Government and most is managed by the National Park Service as one of three units comprising Gateway National Recreation Area.

Sandy Hook Light

Lighthouse

Photo: MichaelMottl, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Sandy Hook Lighthouse, located about one and a half statute miles inland from the tip of Sandy Hook, New Jersey, is the oldest working lighthouse in the United States.

Marine Academy of Science and Technology

School

Photo: Ghostmix, CC0.

The Marine Academy of Science and Technology is a coeducational four-year magnet public high school located in the Sandy Hook section of Middletown Township, in Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, serving students in ninth through twelfth grade.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fort Hancock and Waterwitch.

Fort Hancock

Hamlet

Photo: Wikijazz, Public domain.

Fort Hancock is a former United States Army fort at Sandy Hook in Middletown Township, New Jersey. The coastal artillery base defended the Atlantic coast and the entrance to New York Harbor, with its first gun batteries operational in 1896.

Waterwitch

Hamlet

Highlands is a borough in northern Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. A historic waterfront community located on the Raritan Bay within the Raritan Valley region, this scenic borough is a commuter town of New York City in the New York metropolitan area. Waterwitch is situated 4½ miles south of False Hook.

Hilton

Hamlet

Atlantic Highlands is a borough in Monmouth County in the U.S. state of New Jersey, in the Bayshore Region. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 4,414, an increase of 29 from the 2010 census count of 4,385, which in turn reflected a decline of 320 from the 4,705 in the 2000 census. Hilton is situated 4½ miles southwest of False Hook.

False Hook

Type: Bar
Categories: char and landform
Location: Monmouth County, Jersey Shore, New Jersey, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
View on OpenStreetMap

Latitude

40.47233° or 40° 28′ 20″ north

Longitude

-73.98014° or 73° 58′ 49″ west

Open location code

87G8F2C9+WW

GeoNames ID

5097827

Wikidata ID

Q49616260

This page is based on GeoNames, Wikidata, and Wikimedia Commons.

We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.

Satellite Map

Discover False Hook from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

“False Hook” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “False Hook”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Highlands and Monmouth Hills.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include False Hook Channel and Main Ship Channel.

Monmouth County: Must-Visit Destinations

Delve into Long Branch, Asbury Park, Red Bank, and Belmar.

Curious Places to Discover

Uncover intriguing places from every corner of the globe.