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The Navesink Highlands, which stretch west to east along the south shore of Raritan Bay (part of New York Bay), lie entirely within the boundaries of Monmouth County.A thin barrier spit known as Sandy Hook fronts the ocean side of the Navesink Highlands, separated from the base of the most seaward hills by the narrow tidal channel of the Shrewsbury River.
Richard Hartshorne (/ ˈ h ɑːr t s h ɔːr n /; 1641 – May 22, 1722) was a Quaker settler and politician who was instrumental in the English settlement of the Navesink Highlands and Sandy Hook in New Jersey. [1] Hartshorne, who farmed nearly 2,400 acres in modern day Middletown and Atlantic Highlands, would also serve in the provincial ...
The park has 16 miles (26 km) of trails, several old military bunkers and a small beach with a fishing pier. It is roughly bordered to the north and west by Navesink Ave and Route 36. Its southern borders are Hartshorne Road and the Navesink River. Its eastern border is the Upper Shrewsbury River. The Park is split into three sections from west ...
The Navesink, or Navisink, (or Nave Sinck) [1] were a group of Lenape who inhabited the Raritan Bayshore near Sandy Hook and Mount Mitchill in eastern New Jersey in the United States. Their territory included the peninsula, as well as the highlands south of it, where they lived along its cliffs and creeks.
RED BANK - Residents and visitors are strongly advised against going into the Navesink River or eating any shellfish or finfish from the river, according to an alert by the borough.
Navesink during the winter. Navesink is in northeastern Monmouth County, in the eastern part of Middletown Township. It is bordered to the north by the borough of Atlantic Highlands. New Jersey Route 36 runs close to the northern border of the community, leading east 2 miles (3 km) to the borough of Highlands and west 10 miles (16 km) to Keyport.
The Twin Lights, as the name implies, are a pair of beacons located 246 feet (75 m) above sea level on the headlands of the Navesink Highlands. In 1962, the State of New Jersey acquired Twin Lights. At the current museum facility, tours of the lighthouse, a climb of the North Tower and its expansive ocean view, and a view of the lighthouse ...
Highlands Air Force Station was a military installation in Middletown Township near the borough of Highlands, New Jersey. [1] The station provided ground-controlled interception radar coverage as part of the Lashup Radar Network and the Semi-Automatic Ground Environment network, as well as providing radar coverage for the Highlands Army Air Defense Site.