Nike Missile

Nike Missile is in Monmouth County, Jersey Shore, New Jersey. Nike Missile is situated near the ruins Nike Boiler House, as well as near Nike Pond.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Sandy Hook and Sandy Hook Light.

Sandy Hook

Photo: NHRHS2010, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Sandy Hook is a narrow land spit on the Atlantic coast of New Jersey. It is owned by the Federal Government and most is managed by the National Park Service as one of three units comprising Gateway National Recreation Area.

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 2 miles north of Nike Missile.

Huddy Park

Park

Huddy Park is a location in Highlands, New Jersey. Dedicated to the patriot hero Joshua Huddy of the American Revolutionary War, who was hanged there in 1782, Huddy Park is the site of the local "Clamfest" since 1994. Huddy Park is situated 2 miles south of Nike Missile.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Waterwitch and Monmouth Hills.

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 2 miles south of Nike Missile.

Monmouth Hills

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… Monmouth Hills is situated 2 miles south of Nike Missile.

Fort Hancock

Hamlet

Photo: Wikijazz, Public domain.

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. Fort Hancock is situated 2½ miles north of Nike Missile.

Nike Missile

Type: Tourist attraction
Category: tourism
Location: Monmouth County, Jersey Shore, New Jersey, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

40.43314° or 40° 25′ 59″ north

Longitude

-73.98754° or 73° 59′ 15″ west

Open location code

87G8C2M6+7X

OpenStreetMap ID

node 7828332602

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=attraction

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Nike Boiler House and Nike Missile.

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Places to explore: South Maintenance Tent Storage and Ft Hancock Launch Site Latrine.

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