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The Navesink Twin Lights is a non-operational lighthouse and museum located in Highlands, Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States, overlooking Sandy Hook Bay, the entrance to New York Harbor, and the Atlantic Ocean.
The Navesink Highlands had a sea navigation beacon in 1746, [4] and the first Navesink Twin Lights lighthouse was built in 1828. The current Navesink Twin Lights lighthouse was built in 1862. [5] The Navesink Highlands were used for antebellum flag signaling experiments that communicated with Fort Tompkins on Staten Island in 1859.
Navesink Light Station. February 17, 2006 100 Government-Lighthouse Road ... 1862 non-operational dual lighthouse, also known as Navesink Twin Lights 67:
Sandy Hook as seen from the top of Navesink Twin Lights, Highlands, New Jersey. Geologically, Sandy Hook is a large sand spit or barrier spit, the extension of a barrier peninsula along the coast of New Jersey, separated from the mainland by the estuary of the Shrewsbury River.
Navesink Twin Lights: Highlands 1828 (Former) 1862 (Current) 1949 Active ... Waackaack Rear Range Light: Keansburg 1856 (The last L.H. was built in 1894) ...
In 1762, New York merchants purchased a 4-acre (1.6 ha) site from the Hartshorne family for a light house. Two years later, the Sandy Hook Light House was lighted for the first time. The hills of the Highlands of Navesink and Sandy Hook also played an important role during the American Revolutionary War. It was a vital strategic site for the ...
Navesink may also refer to the following in the U.S. state of New Jersey: Navesink, New Jersey, a census-designated place and unincorporated area in Middletown Township, Monmouth County; Navesink River, an estuary in Monmouth County; Navesink Twin Lights, a lighthouse and museum; Navesink Formation, a geological formation
Navesink (/ n eɪ v ə s ɪ ŋ k /, NAY-və-sink) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) [10] located on the northernmost stretch of the Jersey Shore in Middletown Township in Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.