Range 59A

Places of Interest Nearby

BOMARC missile accident site

Military installation

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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 59A.

Places in the Area

Township of Plumsted

Village

Photo: Mr. Matté, CC BY 3.0.

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 3½ miles northwest of Range 59A.

Brindletown

Hamlet

Photo: Mr. Matté, CC BY 4.0.

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 4 miles northwest of Range 59A.

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.

Range 59A

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