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Rhondaj Says: Summer weekends can be very busy and if the parking lots get full, you will not be allowed to enter the park. Getting there early is best. There are lifeguarded beaches during the summer. 10am until 6pm.Even during our fall visit many of the lots were full. Fall brings out...
Rhondaj Says: Fort Hancock was a defense post for New York Harbor from 1895 until 1974. Defenses included concrete gun batteries, anti-aircraft positions, and advanced Nike missiles. Today the fort is just a place for visitors to roam around. It is maintained by the park service. Many of...
Rhondaj Says: The lighthouse is the oldest lighthouse in America with continuous operation. It has been in operation since 1764. During the American Revolution it was defended by British Loyalists. Revolting colonists tried (unsuccessfully of course) to blow it up.Next to the lighthouse...
Rhondaj Says: We came for a hike to see migrating monarch butterflies. At this time of year they are traveling south to Mexico and should be stopping here to fuel up on the nectar of the many goldenrod plants located here. How many did we see? ZERO! It has not been a good year for monarch...
Rhondaj Says: Sandy Hook is a very narrow peninsula. At times you can stand in the middle of the land and look at the Atlantic Ocean to one side and the Bay on the other. You can hike along the ocean, bay, through salt marshes and and even a holly tree forest.
Rhondaj Says: Open daily from 10 am till 5 pm. Exhibits and a book store. Trails begin here. We came to take a ranger guided hike. The visitor center has pamphlets of activities.
mafootje Says: Sandy hook hosts free concerts every summer. Around these concerts are other activities like these stands where you can buy some juwelery....And when you get hungry you can always get some butterfly fries...
Mount Mitchell Scenic Overlook
feline01 Says: Beautiful spot to peer over Sandy Hook and the Atlantic Ocean with NYC as a backdrop. Sandy Hook is that white stretch of beach in the photo.
1 Review and 71 Opinions This hotel is one of a kind. Seated in downtown Atlantic Highlands, it is walking distance from the...
Pete's on the Bay: Dine at the Waterfront
mafootje Says: Pete's on the bay is located directly at the Atlantic Highlands Municipal Harbor . You can eat indoor or eat on the deck where you have a great view over the Marina. And it's opening real early so you can grab a bite when your going on a fishing trip.It opens at 5 am and...
Ichabod's: Nice place for lunch
Rhondaj Says: There is a restaurant inside the Sandy Hook Park, but we weren't sure it would be open outside of summer. It was. Looked nice too. But not knowing, we decided to have lunch before entering the park and stopped at Ichabod's in Sea Bright, just a stone's throw from the park....
Not a place to go barefoot. Prickly pear cacti grow everywhere in this area. I was surprised to learn that. Also, and even more of a threat to me, was the amount of poison ivy. It is everywhere! Stay on the trails!
Written Sep 26, 2004
National recreation Area Sandy Hook
mafootje Says: Sandy Hook is a beach peninsula which is 1665 acre large. It's created by sediment which is moved by the longshore current.On the Sandy hook you can find beaches, dunes, salt marsh and a forest which is inhabited with shorebirds.But it also has a lighthouse and a historic...
feline01 Says: Ocean Boulevard is a meandering road that goes from Atlantic Highlands to Highlands. It reminds me of Carmel, CA. It is heavily wooded with cottages and homes dotted throughout the area and glorious views of the ocean.
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Favorite thing: Take a boat ride. You can take a ferry to NYC, a party boat with loads of booze out into the Atlantic at night or the Sandy Hook Lady, a paddlewheeler that rides up the Navesink and Shrewsbury Rivers, past the multi-million dollar homes.
Written Oct 4, 2002
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Atlantic Highlands & Sandy Hook
This area is a great place to start your trip to the NJ shore. It is the nearest beach to NYC and there is regular ferry service now from NYC to Atlantic Highlands/Highlands. The Highlands are not...
Sandy Hook is a barrier beach peninsula at the very northern tip of the jersey shore. Sandy Hook National Recreation Area has 7 miles of ocean beaches, hiking trails, marshes, and forest. There is a...
We visited the Atlantic Highlands when we were staying in Port Monmouth. Niki's Uncle had lived in the Atlantic Highlands for a while and Niki visited him once over there when she didn't knew me. It...
View of NY Skyline from Atlantic Highlands
This is the northernmost New Jersey beach area on the Atlantic shore Nice waves here. 1 hour on highway from NY City or less if not busy
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