Raritan Bay

Raritan Bay is a bay located at the southern portion of between the U.S. states of and and is part of the New York Bight.
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Photo: John Margolies, Public domain.
  • Type: Bay
  • Description: southern portion of Lower New York Bay between the U.S. states of New York and New Jersey
  • Address: NJ

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mount Loretto Unique Area and Seguine Mansion.

Nature reserve
Photo: Jim.henderson, Public domain.
is an open space reserve and nature preserve administered by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation on the South Shore of , .

Museum
The , also known as the Seguine-Burke Mansion, is located on Lemon Creek near the southern shore of , New York City. The Greek Revival house is one of the few surviving examples of 19th-century life on Staten Island.

Lighthouse
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Prince's Bay Light is an active lighthouse on the highest point of the southern shoreline of , , in the neighborhood.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Union Beach and Van Marters Corner.

Village
is a borough on Raritan Bay and the northern in , in the U.S. state of . The borough is a small coastal bedroom suburb of New York City in the , with views of visible in the distance from the bayfront beach.

Hamlet
Union Beach is a borough on Raritan Bay and the northern in , in the U.S. state of . The borough is a small coastal bedroom suburb of New York City in the , with views of visible in the distance from the bayfront beach.

Hamlet
Union Beach is a borough on Raritan Bay and the northern in , in the U.S. state of . The borough is a small coastal bedroom suburb of New York City in the , with views of visible in the distance from the bayfront beach.

Raritan Bay

Latitude
40.48344° or 40° 29′ 0″ north
Longitude
-74.18292° or 74° 10′ 59″ west
Open location code
87G7FRM8+9R
Open­Street­Map ID
node 368396365
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­bay
Geo­Names ID
5133433
Wiki­data ID
Q2907148
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Slovenian—“Raritan Bay” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: Raritan Bay
  • Chinese: 拉里坦湾
  • Dutch: Raritan Bay
  • Estonian: Raritani laht
  • French: baie de Raritan
  • French: Baie de Raritan
  • German: Raritan Bay
  • Hebrew: מפרץ רריטאן
  • Japanese: ラリタン湾
  • Slovenian: Raritan Bay
  • Slovenian: Raritanski zaliv

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Localities in the Area

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Highlights include Wolfes Pond and Shrine of the Immaculate Virgin.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Raritan Bay”. Photo: John Margolies, Public domain.