Sandy Hook
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.
- Type: Spit
- Description: peninsula in Monmouth County, New Jersey
- Also known as: “Baía de sandy hook”, “Cabo de Arenas”, “Coleman’s Point”, “Godyn’s Point”, “Godyns Punt”, “Goodwins Point”, “Gradyns Point”, “Naosh”, “Racko Rumwaham”, “Sandy Point”, “Sandy Pointe”, “Sant Punt”, “Сэнди-Хук”, “샌디 후크”, “샌디 훅”, “샌디후크”, “サンディフック”, and “桑迪胡克”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Sandy Hook Light and Marine Academy of Science and Technology.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fort Hancock and Waterwitch.
Fort Hancock
Hamlet
Photo: Wikijazz, Public domain.Waterwitch
Hamlet
Highlands is a borough in northern Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.
Sandy Hook
- Categories: landform and peninsula
- Location: Middletown, Monmouth County, Jersey Shore, New Jersey, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.4435° or 40° 26′ 37″ north
Longitude
-73.9879° or 73° 59′ 16″ west
Elevation
10 feet (3 metres)
Open location code
87G8C2V6+9R
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Russian—“Sandy Hook” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Sandy Hook”
- Cebuano: “Sandy Hook”
- Chinese: “桑迪胡克 (新泽西州)”
- Chinese: “桑迪胡克 (新澤西州)”
- Chinese: “沙勾”
- Czech: “Sandy Hook”
- Danish: “Sandy Hook”
- Dutch: “Sandy Hook”
- Estonian: “Sandy Hook”
- Finnish: “Sandy Hook”
- French: “Sandy Hook”
- German: “Sandy Hook”
- Italian: “Sandy Hook”
- Japanese: “サンディ・フック”
- Korean: “샌디훅”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Sandy Hook”
- Norwegian: “Sandy Hook”
- Polish: “Sandy Hook”
- Portuguese: “Sandy Hook”
- Russian: “Санди-Хук”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Highlands and Hilton.
Monmouth County: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Long Branch and Asbury Park.
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