Sandy Hook Bay
Sandy Hook Bay is a bay in Monmouth County, Jersey Shore, New Jersey. Sandy Hook Bay is situated nearby to the hamlet Fort Hancock, as well as near Hilton.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Bay
- Description: bay in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States of America
- Also known as: “Bay of Sandy Hook”
- Address: NJ
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.
Naval Weapons Station Earle
Military installation
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Naval Weapons Station Earle, originally known as the Naval Ammunition Depot Earle, is a United States Navy base in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fort Hancock and Hilton.
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.
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.
Atlantic Highlands
Village
Photo: KLOTZ, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
Sandy Hook Bay
- Category: body of water
- Location: Monmouth County, Jersey Shore, New Jersey, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.44224° or 40° 26′ 32″ northLongitude
-74.02977° or 74° 1′ 47″ westOpen location code
87G7CXRC+V3OpenStreetMap ID
way 860250869OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bayGeoNames ID
5104366Wikidata ID
Q49391033
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“Sandy Hook Bay” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Sandy Hook Bay”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Leonardo and Leonardville.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Battery Arrowsmith and Leonardo Pier.
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