Rock Breakwater
Rock Breakwater is a dam in City of Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey. Rock Breakwater is situated nearby to the hamlet Greenville, as well as near the neighborhood St. George.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Statue of Liberty and To the Struggle Against World Terrorism.
Statue of Liberty
To the Struggle Against World Terrorism
Memorial
To the Struggle Against World Terrorism is a 10–story sculpture by Zurab Tsereteli that was given to the United States as an official gift from the Russian government as a memorial to the victims of the September 11 attacks in 2001, and the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. To the Struggle Against World Terrorism is situated 1 mile southeast of Rock Breakwater.
Robbins Reef Light
Lighthouse
The Robbins Reef Light Station is a sparkplug lighthouse located off Constable Hook in Bayonne, Hudson County, New Jersey, United States, along the west side of Main Channel, Upper New York Bay. Robbins Reef Light is situated 1¼ miles southeast of Rock Breakwater.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bayonne and Greenville.
Bayonne
Photo: Craig Walenta, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bayonne is a city of 72,000 people in New Jersey. It is home to Cape Liberty Cruise Port. The city is not a usual tourist destination for daytrippers from New York City, but it does have the authenticity of a suburban town with a relatively low-density, often tree-lined urban feel that harkens back to the times before gentrification.
Greenville
Hamlet
Photo: Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Greenville is the southernmost section of Jersey City in Hudson County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Greenville is situated 2 miles northwest of Rock Breakwater.
St. George
Neighborhood
St. George is a neighborhood on the northeastern tip of Staten Island in New York City, along the waterfront where the Kill Van Kull enters Upper New York Bay. St. George is situated 2 miles south of Rock Breakwater.
Rock Breakwater
- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States of America
- Location: City of Jersey City, Hudson County, Gateway, New Jersey, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.67399° or 40° 40′ 26″ northLongitude
-74.07875° or 74° 4′ 44″ westElevation
3 feet (1 metre)Open location code
87G7MWFC+HFOpenStreetMap ID
node 357727966OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=dam
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“Rock Breakwater” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Rock Breakwater”
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