Borough of Point Pleasant Beach

Point Pleasant Beach is a small borough in the New Jersey Shore region. This seaside community is often called Point Pleasant by tourists. In fact Point Pleasant Beach, a coastal town that sees a large influx of summer visitors, is a separate political entity from its western neighbor - Point Pleasant.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Point Pleasant Beach station and Bay Head station.

Point Pleasant Beach station

Railway station

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Point Pleasant Beach station is an active commuter railroad station in the borough of Point Pleasant Beach, Ocean County, New Jersey. Located at the junction of State Route 35 northbound and Arnold Avenue, the station serves trains of NJ Transit's North Jersey Coast Line between New York Penn Station and Bay Head station, the next station south.

Bay Head station

Railway station

Bay Head is a railway station in Bay Head, in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States. The station is served by trains on NJ Transit's North Jersey Coast Line, and it is the southern terminus for the line.

National Guard Militia Museum of New Jersey

Museum

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The National Guard Militia Museum of New Jersey is headquartered in Sea Girt, with a second museum located in Lawrenceville, New Jersey, and operates under the auspices of the New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Point Pleasant and Bay Head.

Point Pleasant

Photo: Jim Lukach, CC BY 2.0.

Point Pleasant is a small borough in the New Jersey Shore region. This close-to-the-coast community is often confused with its coastal neighbor, Point Pleasant Beach.

Bay Head

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Bay Head is a village of fewer than 1,000 people in Ocean County, New Jersey It lies 80 km east of Philadelphia, 110 km south of New York City and 40 km north of Atlantic City, along the Jersey coast.

Borough of Point Pleasant Beach

Type: Locality with 4,670 residents
Location: Ocean County, Jersey Shore, New Jersey, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

40.0928° or 40° 5′ 34″ north

Longitude

-74.0457° or 74° 2′ 45″ west

Population

4,670

Elevation

7 feet (2 metres)

Open location code

87G73XV3+4P

GeoNames ID

5102801

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Little Silver Lake and Point Pleasant Beach High School.

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