Plumsted Pit
Plumsted Pit is a mine in Township of Plumsted, Ocean County, New Jersey. Plumsted Pit is situated nearby to the village Plumsted Township, as well as near the hamlet Archertown.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include New Egypt Speedway and BOMARC missile accident site.
New Egypt Speedway
Photo: James Loesch, CC BY 2.0.
New Egypt Speedway is a 7/16 mile clay race track in New Egypt, New Jersey. The track hosted the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour on a quarter mile asphalt track in the 1980s. New Egypt Speedway is situated 1¼ miles north of Plumsted Pit.
BOMARC missile accident site
Military installation
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
BOMARC Site RW-01 is a 75-acre fenced-off site contaminated primarily with "weapons-grade plutonium, highly-enriched and depleted uranium." On 7 June 1960 an explosion in a CIM-10 Bomarc missile fuel tank caused the accident and subsequent contamination. BOMARC missile accident site is situated 2 miles southeast of Plumsted Pit.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Plumsted Township and Archertown.
Plumsted Township
Village
Plumsted Township is a township in Ocean County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 8,072, a decrease of 349 from the 2010 census count of 8,421, which in turn reflected an increase of 1,146 from the 7,275 counted in the 2000 census. Plumsted Township is situated 1½ miles west of Plumsted Pit.
Archertown
Hamlet
Plumsted Township is a township in Ocean County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 8,072, a decrease of 349 from the 2010 census count of 8,421, which in turn reflected an increase of 1,146 from the 7,275 counted in the 2000 census. Archertown is situated 2 miles west of Plumsted Pit.
Brindletown
Hamlet
Brindletown is an unincorporated community located within Plumsted Township, in Ocean County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Brindletown was once a village home to a hotel, a mill, and large estates overlooking Brindle Lake. Brindletown is situated 2½ miles west of Plumsted Pit.
Plumsted Pit
- Type: Mine
- Description: mine in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States of America
- Categories: quarry and industry
- Location: Township of Plumsted, Ocean County, Jersey Shore, New Jersey, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.055° or 40° 3′ 18″ northLongitude
-74.4605° or 74° 27′ 38″ westElevation
128 feet (39 metres)Open location code
87G73G4Q+2ROpenStreetMap ID
node 585384537OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarryOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=mineGeoNames ID
8499212Wikidata ID
Q49441034
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In Other Languages
“Plumsted Pit” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Plumsted Pit”
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