Holmdel Horn Antenna
The Holmdel Horn Antenna is a large microwave horn antenna that was used as a satellite communication antenna and radio telescope during the 1960s at the Bell Telephone Laboratories facility located on Crawford Hill in Holmdel Township, New Jersey, United States.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Crawford Hill and PNC Bank Arts Center.
Crawford Hill
Peak
Crawford Hill, sometimes known in the past as Crawford's Hill, is located in Holmdel Township, New Jersey, United States. It is Monmouth County's highest point, as well as the highest point in New Jersey's coastal plain, standing 391 feet above sea level.
PNC Bank Arts Center
Theater building
The PNC Bank Arts Center is an amphitheatre in Holmdel, New Jersey. About 17,500 people can occupy the venue; there are 7,000 seats and the grass area can hold about 10,500 people. PNC Bank Arts Center is situated 2,800 feet east of Holmdel Horn Antenna.
Holmdel Park
Park
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Crawford Corners and Morrell Corners.
Crawford Corners
Hamlet
Holmdel is a township in Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Located near Raritan Bay in the Raritan Valley Region, the township is a regional commercial hub of Central Jersey, home to Bell Labs and PNC Bank Arts Center, and a bedroom community of New York City in the New York area.
Morrell Corners
Hamlet
Holmdel is a township in Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Located near Raritan Bay in the Raritan Valley Region, the township is a regional commercial hub of Central Jersey, home to Bell Labs and PNC Bank Arts Center, and a bedroom community of New York City in the New York area.
Strathmore
Hamlet
Strathmore is an unincorporated community and census-designated place within Aberdeen Township, in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. At the 2020 census, the CDP's population was 7,225. Strathmore is situated 1½ miles west of Holmdel Horn Antenna.
Holmdel Horn Antenna
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: microwave horn antenna in New Jersey, US
- Categories: radio telescope, horn antenna, cosmic microwave background experiment, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Holmdel Township, Monmouth County, Jersey Shore, New Jersey, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.39072° or 40° 23′ 27″ north
Longitude
-74.18484° or 74° 11′ 5″ west
Inception
1959
Open location code
87G79RR8+73
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OpenStreetMap feature
historic=yes
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man_made=telescope
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tourism=attraction
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Italian to Ukrainian—“Holmdel Horn Antenna” goes by many names.
- Italian: “antenna a tromba di Holmdel”
- Italian: “Antenna a tromba di Holmdel”
- Italian: “antenna di Holmdel”
- Japanese: “ホルムデル・ホーンアンテナ”
- Russian: “Рупорно-параболическая антенна в Холмдейле”
- Ukrainian: “Голмдельська рупорна антена”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Holmdel Township Town Hall and State Police Homdel.
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