Range 47A
Range 47A is a shooting range in Ocean County, Jersey Shore, New Jersey. Range 47A is situated nearby to the shooting range Range 47B, as well as near Range 53.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include BOMARC missile accident site.
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 2½ miles north of Range 47A.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lakehurst–Manchester and Township of Plumsted.
Lakehurst–Manchester
Photo: Farragutful, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Manchester Township is a township in Ocean County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The township is noted for containing the Lakehurst Naval Air Station, the site of the infamous Hindenburg disaster of May 6, 1937.
Township of Plumsted
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. Township of Plumsted is situated 4½ miles northwest of Range 47A.
Whiting
Hamlet
Whiting is an unincorporated community located on the west side of Manchester Township in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States. It is in the Eastern Standard time zone with an elevation of 180 ft. Whiting is situated 4½ miles southeast of Range 47A.
Range 47A
- Type: Shooting range
- Categories: military installation and sports location
- Location: Ocean County, Jersey Shore, New Jersey, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.99914° or 39° 59′ 57″ northLongitude
-74.44302° or 74° 26′ 35″ westOpen location code
87F7XHX4+MQOpenStreetMap ID
way 1526561706OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=militaryOpenStreetMap feature
military=range
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Highlights include Range 47B and Range 53.
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