Things To Do in Highlands, New Jersey

The Sandy Hook Gateway National Recreation Area offers miles of beaches and dune trails. Spectacular woodlands, excellent beaches, surf fishing, ... More on AboutNewJersey

Inscription. Upper Marker: This light was completed in 1764 and is the oldest continuously operating lighthouse in the United States. New York merchants petitioned their assembly to raise money for... More on HMDB

Brookdale College maintains two unique educational facilities at beautiful Sandy Hook: a Marine Science Lab building at Fort Hancock and a trailer at Horsehoe Cove. Both facilities offer classroom space, specimen collecting equipment, ... More on Epinions.com

We are a lighthouse and lifesaving museum situated in a lighthouse built in 1862. We are located on the highest ... More on MuseumsUSA.org

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One of the most historic towns along the New Jersey coastline offers Miller Street and Snug Harbor Avenue beaches along the bay, and South Bay Avenue Beach on the Shrewsbury River. The beach is ove... More on AboutNewJersey

Inscription. On this spot were buried the remains of the Honorable Hamilton Douglas Halyburton, 1st Lieutenant, Royal Navy, son of the Earl of Morton, and James Champion, Lieutenant of Marines. Together with twelve members of the ... More on HMDB

Inscription. Messages from the first practical demonstration of wireless telegraph were sent from this site on September 30, 1899 by famous Italian inventor Guglielmo Marconi. Marconi had been invited to America by Gordon Bennett ... More on HMDB

Inscription. On New Years Eve 1783, British forces were evacuating New York City as part of their final withdrawal from the new American Nation. The British warship H. M. S. Assistance was anchored in Sandy Hook Bay when 11 seamen ... More on HMDB

Inscription. Veterans, We Will Never, Forget: Erected by, Friends and Citizens, of, Highlands, New Jersey, , Erected by Citizens of Highlands, New Jersey. , Location. 40° 23.807′ N, 73° 58.95′ W. Marker is in ... More on HMDB

Inscription. The Navesink Highlands Light Station originally consisted of two octagonal stone towers 320 feet apart. You are standing directly on the site of the 1828 north tower. Its replacement, completed in 1862, is behind you. ... More on HMDB

The Highlands of Navesink overlooks the entrance to New York Bay and, as suggested by its name, is one of the highest points along the eastern seaboard of the United States. Due to its geography, t... More on LighthouseFriends.com

Situated 200 feet above sea level atop the Navesink Highlands, Twin Lights has stood as a sentinel over the treacherous coastal waters of northern New Jersey since 1828. Twin Lights is situated 200... More on Heritage