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	Sandy Hook (New Jersey) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sandy Hook is a narrow coastal spit of land, approximately 6 miles in length and 0.5 miles (varying between.10 and 1 miles) wide, along the Atlantic coast of eastern New Jersey in the United States.
		Sandy Hook was a proving ground for the US Army for many years (post-Civil War to 1916) and was later the site of a Nike missile defense installation.
		Sandy Hook Lighthouse is located within the fort grounds, as is the Marine Academy of Science and Technology (MAST), a magnet high school, part of the Monmouth County Vocational School District.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sandy_Hook_(New_Jersey) (549 words)

	ipedia.com: Sandy Hook (New Jersey) Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Sandy Hook is a narrow coastal spit of land, approximately 12 mi (19 km) in length and 0.5 mi (1 km) wide, along the Atlantic coast of eastern New Jersey in the United States.
		Geologically, it is a large sand bar, the extension of a barrier peninsula along the coast of New Jersey separated from the mainland by the estuary of the Shrewsbury River.
		Sandy Hook Lighthouse is located within the fort grounds, as is the Marine Academy of Science and Technology (MAST), part of the Monmouth County Vocational School District.
	www.ipedia.com /sandy_hook__new_jersey_.html (400 words)

	Gwen Moran - Sandy Hook Bay: History Among the Highlands
		Today, the Fort at Sandy Hook is being renovated to become a year-round center of education, research, recreation, cultural arts and hospitality.
		Sandy Hook is a barrier beach peninsula located at the north end of the Jersey Shore.
		Sandy Hook and the bay are also popular areas for swimming, wind surfing, water skiing and other sports.
	www.gwenmoran.com /sandyhook.html (624 words)

	Saltwater Fly Fishing New Jersey's Sandy Hook
		Sandy Hook and its surrounding Bay waters are fed by four river systems that converge and comprise what is known as part of the New York Bight.
		This area of Sandy Hook is part of historic Fort Hancock and home to one of the U.S. Coast Guard bases that are found along the Coast.
		The Sandy Hook Rip has been highly publicized and is well known for the trophy fish that can be taken from her waters.
	www.flyfishingconnection.com /sandyhook.html (1335 words)

	Sandy Hook Bay, NJ - Depth Contours - Walt Clough (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The bottom contours around Sandy Hook are shaped by currents moving sediments, the sorting of different particle sizes of sediments, human activities like dredging, and settling and deposition of materials carried by runoff from the land.
		The Sandy Hook Channel is maintained by periodic dredging and by tidal currents as water comes in and out of the bay.
		Where the Bay narrows at the entrance to the river, tidal currents increase and great quantities of sand are shifted in the channels.
	www.brookdale.cc.nj.us /staff/sandyhook/tripdata/boattrip/profiles.htm (353 words)

	Sandy Hook Fall Striped Bass Blitzes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Sandy Hook marks the northern tip of the New Jersey coastline and is within view of the New York City skyline.
		At the northern end of this section is the true tip of Sandy Hook and an area known to boaters as "The Rip." The Rip has received much attention over the years and is known as one of the best locations in the state to land big bass.
		Sandy Hook was the place to be as peanut bunker have made a mass exodus out of Raritan Bay and are moving south along the beach.
	www.flyfisherman.com /northeast/jfsandyhook (4426 words)

	Save Sandy Hook - About Sandy Hook, History, Ecological and Recreational Significance
		Sandy Hook is a peninsula that projects northward into Raritan Bay at the northern-most point of the New Jersey coast.
		Due to its history as a military installation until recently, Sandy Hook is an almost undeveloped barrier island with a variety of habitats: beach and dunes, mudflats, holly forest, deciduous woods, freshwater ponds, salt marshes, coastal scrub/shrub, and successional fields.
		Sandy Hook Lighthouse, the oldest continually operating lighthouse in the nation, is activated on June 11.
	www.savesandyhook.org /history.php?PHPSESSID=d48b060c587b1de983f02c8a2aa0200f (1185 words)

	Sandy Hook. The Columbia Gazetteer of North America. 2000
		Sandy Hook, low, sandy peninsula, NE N.J., projecting 5 mi/8 km N toward N.Y., and separating Sandy Hook Bay from the Atlantic Ocean.
		At the N end is Fort Hancock, which was built to protect N.Y. harbor and was once used as a proving ground for heavy artillery.
		The Sandy Hook Lighthouse (85 ft/25.9 km high; built 1763) is a Natl.
	www.bartleby.com /69/40/S04740.html (128 words)

	Raritan Bay - Sandy Hook Bay Complex
		Raritan and Sandy Hook Bays are divided between the states of New Jersey and New York, and receive direct inflow from the Raritan River, the Shrewsbury and Navesink Rivers, and numerous smaller tributaries along the shorelines of Staten Island and New Jersey.
		Dredged channels in Raritan and Sandy Hook Bays range in width from 24 to 427 meters (80 to 1400 feet) and are 3 to 11 meters (10 to 35 feet) in depth.
		Sandy Hook is extremely narrow at its southern end and gradually widens to an average width of about 900 meters (3,000 feet) at the northern end.
	training.fws.gov /library/pubs5/web_link/text/rb_form.htm (5364 words)

	The Sandy Hook Region of the New Jersey Heritage Trail
		The Sandy Hook Region is Made up of Monmouth County and Middlesex County.
		Gateway National Recreation Area Sandy Hook is a 1665 acre barrier beach peninsula located at the northern tip of the New Jersey Shore.
		beaches, the waters of the Sandy Hook Bay, salt marsh, dunes, a maritime forest, habitat for migratory shorebirds, the Sandy Hook Lighthouse, and Historic Fort Hancock.
	coastalheritagetrail.tripod.com /sandy_hook.htm (1565 words)

	000003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Sandy Hook Bay is comprised within a general area from the mouth of the Shrewsbury River near the Highlands Bridge down to the tip of Sandy Hook and across to the Earle Ammunition Pier.
		On the opposite side of the bay, the Leonardo Flats explode with bluefish during the later part of the spring and hold cruising stripers and weakfish as well.
		Fishing Sandy Hook Bay during the spring requires a minimum of an 8wt flyrod with sufficient backing for the strong runs of large bluefish.
	www.southjerseycoastalflyanglers.com /000003.htm (1154 words)

	The Story Of Highlands (Highlands History) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Sandy Hook, by nature of its geographic location in lower New York Bay, is one of the most famous navigational landmarks on the Eastern Seaboard.
		Though the beacons on Sandy Hook and the Highlands had been operating for many years, the tragic loss of life and cargo in violent storms, for which it must be repeated that the Hook is notorious, necessitated the formation of the Lifesaving Service in 1848.
		The Seashore Railroad was built on the Sandy Hook peninsula in 1865, and James Schenck established a ferry service across the river, from Highlands to his hotel on the Hook, which was maintained until the bridge was constructed in 1872.
	www.highlandsnj.com /history/html/StoryOf.html (8095 words)

	Monmouth County Trail sites
		The marina remains one of the most popular and desirable state facilities, largely due to its proximity to Sandy Hook Inlet and the fruitful fishing grounds of Sandy Hook Bay.
		Sandy Hook is a 1665 acres barrier beach peninsula located at the northern tip of the New Jersey Shore.
		The Hook features seven miles of ocean beaches, the waters of the Sandy Hook Bay, salt marsh, dunes, a maritime forest, and habitat for migratory shorebirds.
	www.nps.gov /neje/monmouth.htm (1054 words)

	Migrating Semiplamated Plovers in Sandy Hook Bay - Old Oak Trail by Joe Reynolds - Atlantic Highlands Herald - NJ
		Due to the geographic location of this estuarine bay region (being situated between Long Island and Delaware Bay, and at the mouth of the Hudson River) and the abundance of quality habitat, such as salt marshes mudflats, and long sandy beaches, the Raritan Bay watershed region is an inviting and attractive inlet for any shorebird.
		It is well-known that Raritan and Sandy Hook bays attract not sonly shorebirds, but migrating raptors, waterfowl, land birds, and a variety of migrating insects, such as monarch butterflies, during the migrating seasons of spring and fall.
		It is also noteworthy to mention that periodically during winters in Sandy Hook Bay I have seen flocks of five or ten individual semipalmated plovers inhabiting the shoreline of Leonardo or Atlantic Highlands in December or early January.
	www.ahherald.com /oaktrail/2004/oot040902_plovers.htm (913 words)

	Gunnison Beach NJ — New Jersey Shore Vacations — Sandy Hook Cottage Bed and Breakfast New Jersey Shore
		The ideal location from which to visit two of the nations most historic lighthouses including the Sandy Hook Lighthouse; the oldest working lighthouse in the country; and the medieval-style towers of the Twin Lights of Navesink.
		Sandy Hook Cottage, tucked on a hillside beneath the historic Twin Lights Lighthouse, is a three bedroom English style cottage built in 1933 as a summer residence.
		Cradled within the fortunate geographic confines of the Navesink Hills (or "the Highlands of Navesink" as they are also known), Sandy Hook Bay and the Atlantic Ocean, Highlands has always awed and inspired visitors with its unique combination of scenic beauty, maritime history and tranquility.
	www.sandyhookcottage.com (264 words)

	CSA Pictures
		Sandy Hook is located at the northern most section of the Monmouth County coastline, the northern tip that sticks out pointing to Long Island.
		The Hook itself is unique existing as a peninsula between the river and bay area, and the ocean.
		For that matter the entire bay side good in those situations The whole shoreline along the access road is fishable, under the dune.
	www.connecticutsurfcasters.com /articles/articles_links/sandyhook.html (1782 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Sandy Hook
		Middletown (New Jersey), township, Monmouth County, eastern New Jersey, bounded by Sandy Hook Bay and the Navesink River; settled by 1664.
		A baited hook, lure, or fly is attached to the end of the leader.
		The hook is a pointed piece of metal shaped like a question mark.
	encarta.msn.com /Sandy_Hook.html (136 words)

	Sandy Hook on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		SANDY HOOK [Sandy Hook] low, sandy peninsula, NE N.J., projecting 5 mi (8 km) N toward New York and separating Sandy Hook Bay from the Atlantic Ocean.
		The Sandy Hook Lighthouse (85 ft/25.9 km high; built 1763) is the oldest in service in the United States.
		Sandy Hook is part of Gateway National Recreation Area.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/S/SandyH1oo.asp (784 words)

	NY/NJ Baykeeper: Protecting The Hudson-Raritan Estuary
		The largest bay in the Hudson-Raritan Estuary, bordered by Staten Island, Middlesex and Monmouth counties, NJ.
		Tributary of Raritan Bay, on border of Monmouth and Middlesex counties, NJ.
		Lies east of the Monmouth County mainland and west of Sandy Hook (a peninsula separating the Bay from the Atlantic Ocean).
	www.nynjbaykeeper.org /geography/geography_rbc.php (501 words)

	Sandy Hook (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Sandy Hook is one of the most popular surf fishing areas in the northern part of the state.
		It is bordered to the east by the Atlantic Ocean and to the west by Sandy Hook Bay.
		This is where the current of the Ocean and bay meet on the very northern tip of the hook.
	www.njfishing.com /sh.html (457 words)

	On the River (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Sandy Hook lies at the south end of New York Harbor.
		Sandy Hook is now a recreation area maintained by the federal parks department.
		Almost back to the base of Sandy Hook are some small islands and coves that are popular stops for boaters.
	users.rcn.com /sweetbaboom/2002_SH.htm (299 words)

	AN OPEN LETTER TO SANDY HOOK (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Nevertheless, as a life long resident of the New Jersey shore and a frequent visitor to Sandy Hook I feel it is proper for people to ask questions of this proposed plan for Fort Hancock that has been outlined in the Environmental Assessment.
		Page 43 of the Environmental Assessment states that Sandy Hook currently discharges into a retention basin around 60,000 gallons of water per day in the winter and around 110,000 gallons of water per day in the summer.
		Sandy Hook is presently authorized by NJ DEP to discharge 189,000 gallons treated effluent per day, with a maximum capacity of around 200,000.
	www.gsenet.org /library/11gsn/2002/gs020328.6.html (981 words)

	NJDEP-News Release 03/116 - Sandy Hook Bay Re-Opens to Shellfishing
		Marine water tests conducted every day since Saturday reveal only a third of the harvestable shellfish beds in Sandy Hook and Raritan bays were affected by the spill.
		Shellfish beds in Raritan Bay and a portion of Sandy Hook Bay remain closed pending the results of further water sampling.
		About 25,000 acres of shellfish beds in Raritan and Sandy Hook bays were closed Sunday after widespread power outages last week allowed about 500 million gallons of raw sewage from New York City to bypass some treatment facilities.
	www.state.nj.us /dep/newsrel/releases/03_0116.htm (253 words)

	New Jersey Scuba Diver - Dive Sites - Sandy Hook, Raritan Bay & Environs
		This bay is muddy and turbid, although some folks dive the several small wrecks around the inside of Sandy Hook.
		As a result, in 1864, the northern terminus of the Sandy Hook Seaside Railroad was constructed at Horseshoe Cove, along with a complex of piers and docks.
		During the Cold War, Sandy Hook became a Nike missile base, until it was finally deactivated in1974.
	www.njscuba.net /sites/site_raritan_bay.html (1703 words)

	Sandy Hook Bay
		Example: Sandy Hook (high tide) is 5:00 am, depart Fair Haven at 8:28 am.
		Sandy Hook (high tide) plus 7 hr 20 min.
		As you continue around the island there's nice sandy beaches to stop, swim, etc. Continue on around the island and look for two old concrete ammo bunkers.
	www.paddletrips.net /sandy_hook.htm (694 words)

	Visit AHYC - A Popular Stop on the Eastern Seaboard
		The fishing in Sandy Hook Bay and the surrounding waters is also excellent.
		AHYC is located on Sandy Hook Bay in the Atlantic Highlands Municipal Harbor in Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey.
		To the east you'll see Sandy Hook itself, to the west you'll see Naval Weapons Station Earle, and to the south you'll see a large hill: the Atlantic Highlands.
	www.ahyc.net /visit.htm (2509 words)

	Seals Are Back in Sandy Hook Bay - Old Oak Trail by Joe Reynolds - Atlantic Highlands Herald - NJ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Yet, the evidence of seal activity in Sandy Hook Bay illustrates once again how important the bay waters are to a diversity of species, even to endearing large marine mammals.
		If we want to preserve Raritan Bay and Sandy Hook, and their many delights for future generations, we must take personal responsibility for their protection and preservation.
		We should all wish for people to forever recognize the fundamental value of marine mammals in Sandy Hook Bay and that proper actions, such as the purchase and protection of open spaces along the coast, are made to guarantee their future.
	www.ahherald.com /oaktrail/2005/oot050210_seals.htm (771 words)

	New Jersey Windsurfing Sites (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The bay is very shallow (2-4' in many locations).
		The bay is very shallow - if you sail a mile or two out, if you're not in a boat channel, you can probably stand.
		This is the best place to sail bayside when Sandy Hook is too low to sail.
	www.geocities.com /Colosseum/Field/9020/launch.htm (1643 words)

	Sandy Hook Bay Marina (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Sandy Hook Bay Marina (SHBM) is located at the northern end of the historic village of Highlands, New Jersey, fronting along the open waters of Sandy Hook Bay.
		SHBM is under new ownership and management and the parent company, Sandy Hook Developers, L.L.C., is part of the Bollerman Development Corporation, located nearby in Red Bank, NJ.
		The marina management is working to improve the marina into a first class establishment, catering to fishermen and pleasure boaters alike.
	www.sandyhookbaymarina.com /marina.html (216 words)

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