Borough of Point Pleasant
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.Places of Interest
Highlights include Point Pleasant Beach station and Bay Head station.
Point Pleasant Beach station
Railway station
Photo: Adam Moss, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
Metedeconk River
River
The Metedeconk River is a tributary of Barnegat Bay in Ocean County, New Jersey in the United States. The Metedeconk River flows from its 22.3-mile-long North and 22.6-mile-long South Branches to their confluence at Forge Pond, where the river widens and flows southeast for 6 miles into Barnegat Bay.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Point Pleasant Beach and Bay Head.
Point Pleasant Beach
Photo: Nightscream, CC BY 3.0.
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.
Bay Head
Photo: KLOTZ, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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
- Type: Locality with 18,400 residents
- Location: Ocean County, Jersey Shore, New Jersey, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.0772° or 40° 4′ 38″ northLongitude
-74.0702° or 74° 4′ 13″ westPopulation
18,400Elevation
13 feet (4 metres)Open location code
87G73WGH+VWGeoNames ID
5102810
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