Main Ship Channel
Main Ship Channel is a channel in Union County, Gateway, New Jersey. Main Ship Channel is situated nearby to the hamlet Fort Hancock.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sandy Hook Light and Romer Shoal Light.
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. Sandy Hook Light is situated 1½ miles south of Main Ship Channel.
Romer Shoal Light
Lighthouse
Photo: Berentis, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Romer Shoal Light is a sparkplug lighthouse in Lower New York Bay, on the north edge of the Swash Channel, about 3⁄4 nautical mile south of Ambrose Channel and 2+1⁄2 nautical miles north of Sandy Hook, New Jersey, in the entrance to New York Harbor. Romer Shoal Light is situated 2 miles north of Main Ship Channel.
Marine Academy of Science and Technology
School
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. Marine Academy of Science and Technology is situated 1½ miles south of Main Ship Channel.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fort Hancock and Hilton.
Fort Hancock
Hamlet
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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. Hilton is situated 5 miles south of Main Ship Channel.
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 5 miles south of Main Ship Channel.
Main Ship Channel
- Type: Channel
- Also known as: “Bayside Channel”, “Main Channel”, and “Sandy Hook Channel”
- Category: body of water
- Location: Union County, Gateway, New Jersey, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.48481° or 40° 29′ 5″ northLongitude
-74.00446° or 74° 0′ 16″ westOpen location code
87G7FXMW+W6GeoNames ID
5104367
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