Range 55
Range 55 is a shooting range in Ocean County, Jersey Shore, New Jersey. Range 55 is situated nearby to the shooting range Range 53, as well as near Range 47B.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 2 miles north of Range 55.
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 4 miles northwest of Range 55.
Brindletown
Hamlet
Brindletown is an unincorporated community located within Plumsted Township, in Ocean County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Brindletown was once a village home to a hotel, a mill, and large estates overlooking Brindle Lake. Brindletown is situated 4½ miles northwest of Range 55.
Range 55
- 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
40.006° or 40° 0′ 22″ northLongitude
-74.43844° or 74° 26′ 18″ westOpen location code
87G72H46+9JOpenStreetMap ID
way 1526561709OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=militaryOpenStreetMap feature
military=range
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