Poricy Park
Poricy Park is a 250 acres nature preserve and park in Middletown Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey. It is known for its Cretaceous period fossil shell beds along the Poricy Brook streambed, open to the public for limited collecting.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mount Olivet Cemetery and Shadow Lake Dam.
Mount Olivet Cemetery
Cemetery
Mount Olivet Cemetery is a cemetery in Middletown, New Jersey. Mount Olivet Cemetery is situated 1 mile northeast of Poricy Park.
Shadow Lake Dam
Dam
Shadow Lake Dam is a dam on Nut Swamp Brook in Monmouth County, New Jersey. Built in 1931, it has a length of 600 feet and is 16 feet high. The dam impounds Shadow Lake. Shadow Lake Dam is situated 1 mile southeast of Poricy Park.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Middletown and Oak Hill.
Middletown
Middletown is a bedroom community of New York City in Monmouth County, New Jersey. Middletown sits on the Raritan Bay within the Raritan Valley region.
Oak Hill
Hamlet
Middletown Township is a township in northern Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township was the state's 20th-most-populous municipality and the largest in the county, with a population of 67,106…
Red Bank
Photo: JTFeldmus, Public domain.
Red Bank is a hip city in Monmouth County, New Jersey, in the United States. It is the Garden State's answer to Greenwich Village. Red Bank is famous for being the home of legendary big band leader Count Basie and the stomping grounds of celebrities Bruce Springsteen, Jon Bon Jovi, and raunchy filmmaker Kevin Smith.
Poricy Park
- Type: Park
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Monmouth County, Jersey Shore, New Jersey, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.36428° or 40° 21′ 51″ northLongitude
-74.09209° or 74° 5′ 32″ westElevation
39 feet (12 metres)Open location code
87G79W75+P5OpenStreetMap ID
node 357739201OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=park
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