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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.
		Geologically, it 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.
		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) (544 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 National Historic Landmark Nomination
		New York's assembly answered their pleas with an act in 1761 that authorized the holding of a lottery to raise funds for the construction of a lighthouse.
		The tall, white lighthouse at Sandy Hook, New Jersey was the fifth lighthouse to be built in America, when erected in 1764, and today is the oldest standing light tower in the United States.
		Sandy Hook Light is presently maintained by the United States Coast Guard within the Fort Hancock military reservation.
	www.cr.nps.gov /maritime/nhl/sandy.htm (1210 words)

	Encyclopedia: Sandy Hook (New Jersey) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The historic Twin Lights of Highlands, New Jersey The Twin Lights Lighthouse are located in Highlands, New Jersey, USA overlooking Sandy Hook Bay, the entrance to the New York Harbor and the Atlantic Ocean.
		Sandy Hook Bay is a triangular arm of Lower New York Bay, along the coast of northern New Jersey in the United States.
		The New Jersey Turnpike is one of the best-known (and most-maligned) roadways in New Jersey.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Sandy-Hook-(New-Jersey) (1415 words)

	Sandy Hook Fall Striped Bass Blitzes
		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)

	The Sandy Hook Region of the New Jersey Heritage Trail (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Sandy Hook Region of the New Jersey Heritage Trail
		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)

	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.
		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.
		Sandy Hook is the only undeveloped barrier beach area on the northern end of the New Jersey coastline north of Island Beach State Park, located 55 kilometers (34 miles) to the south.
	training.fws.gov /library/pubs5/web_link/text/rb_form.htm (5364 words)

	Sandy Hook Lighthouse, New Jersey at Lighthousefriends.com
		Records show that a lighthouse at the tip of Sandy Hook had been suggested as early as 1679, but it wasn’t until several shipwrecks occurred in the first three months of 1761 that decisive action was taken.
		Originally called the New York Lighthouse, the tower on Sandy Hook was built of rubblestone under the guidance of Isaac Conro, a mason and builder from New York City.
		The 26th Instant, the Lighthouse at Sandy Hook was struck by Lightning, and twenty panes of the Glass Lanthorn broke to pieces; the chimney and Porch belonging to the kitchen was broken down, and some people that were in the House received a little Hurt, but are since recovered.
	www.lighthousefriends.com /light.asp?ID=378 (1424 words)

	Sandy Hook Events
		Because Sandy Hook dominates a major channel into New York harbor, it has been the site of a lighthouse and a series of forts since colonial times.
		The remains of the Sandy Hook Proving Ground, where new U.S. Army weapons were tested from 1874 until 1919, may be seen.
		Sand dunes protect portions of the Sandy Hook uplands against seawinds and enable the growth of plant life.
	www.bahrs.com /jaycos2/sanhookev2.html (345 words)

	NJAS: Sandy Hook Bird Observatory (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		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.
		Naturalists from the Sandy Hook Bird Observatory also maintain the birding hotline Voice of New Jersey Audubon.
	www.njaudubon.org /Centers/SHBO (854 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)

	Sandy Hook
		The Sandy Hook lighthouse that stands today is the oldest standing lighthouse tower in the United States.
		However, unlike most lighthouses that become threatened by the encroaching shoreline, there is a northern expansion of the sandy hook so that today the lighthouse stands about 1½ miles from the point.
		In 1889 the Sandy Hook lighthouse became the first lighthouse in the country to be lit by electric incandescent lamps.
	www.rickslighthouses.com /sandy_hook.htm (387 words)

	Sandy Hook - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sandy Hook is the name of several places in the United States of America:
		Sandy Hook, on the coast of New Jersey
		This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sandy_Hook (98 words)

	Sandy Hook Lighthouse Wallpaper Guide
		(1) Sandy Hook Light was built to mark the entrance to New York Harbor as the Fifth Lighthouse established in America.
		In 1761, a group of New York merchants petitioned Lt. Governor Caldweller Colden for a beacon and his representatives were authorized to purchase a 4 acre parcel on Sandy Hook.
		Sandy Hook Light was originally known as the New York Lighthouse, owned and operated by the State of New York.
	home.comcast.net /~debee2/NNNS/SandyHook.html (861 words)

	New Jersey Scuba Diver - Artificial Reefs - Sandy Hook (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Sandy Hook reef has only a few small vessels sunk on it, although it does encompass several interesting shipwrecks.
		Instead, the northernmost of New Jersey's Artificial Reefs is composed of thousands of tons of construction debris and dredge spoils from New York City.
		There is so much rock and rubble in the Sandy Hook Reef that I could not even begin to put it all on the chart.
	www.njscuba.net /reefs/chart_01_sandy_hook.html (711 words)

	Monmouth County Trail sites
		The Belford CO-OP is a cooperative commercial fishing operation located on the shores 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)

	New Jersey Lighthouses
		New Jersey has at least 20 surviving lighthouses (counting Navesink as 2), of which at least 14 are active.
		New Jersey is home to the nation's oldest lighthouse (Sandy Hook) and several other very historic light stations.
		The new tower was itself damaged in a collision with the freighter Kouros V in January 2001, but it was repaired and remains in service.
	www.unc.edu /~rowlett/lighthouse/nj.htm (3713 words)

	Information about U.S. Proofcard®: 25¢ Sandy Hook, New Jersey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Sandy Hook Lighthouse is the oldest maritime light tower still in use in the United States.
		Upon its completion, Sandy Hook Lighthouse was described as a "house of an octagon figure, having eight equal sides; the diameter at the base, twenty-nine feet; and at the top of the wall, fifteen feet.
		The building from the surface is nine stories; the whole from bottom to top, one hundred and three feet." After the revolutionary war, Sandy Hook Lighthouse was ceded to the infant United States by the state of New Jersey, and the new government agreed to maintain the beacon thereafter.
	www.unicover.com /EA4PDA8G.htm (438 words)

	NJLHS - New Jersey Lighthouses (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Absecon Lighthouse - at corner of Rhode Island & Pacific Avenues in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
		Conover Beacon - a small 40 foot tall iron tower on the beach in the town of Leonardo, New Jersey.
		Sandy Hook Lighthouse - the oldest operating lighthouse in the country, built in 1764.
	www.njlhs.burlco.org /lights.htm (639 words)

	Marine Fisheries Review: Ground broken for new Sandy Hook laboratory - Sandy Hook, New Jersey; National Marine ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		A groundbreaking ceremony was held at Sandy Hook, New Jersey, on 11 October 1989 to mark construction of a 36,000-square-foot marine research laboratory to be occupied by scientists from the NMFS Northeast Fisheries Center and from state agencies and academic institutions in New Jersey.
		The new laboratory, to be funded by the state with space leased to the Center, will house experimental seawater and analytical chemistry laboratories.
		As part of the construction package, the one remaining building of the old Sandy Hook Laboratory (a designated national historic building) will be rennovated for library, conference room, and light lab use.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m3089/is_n4_v51/ai_9345910 (220 words)

	JMF's Nudist/Naturist Pages -- Gunnison Beach, Sandy Hook, NJ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Gunnison Beach, Sandy Hook, NJ Gunnison Beach is one of several beaches that are part of the Gateway National Recreation Area in northern New Jersey, located on Sandy Hook, a six-mile-long peninsula across from the entrance to New York Harbor.
		Sandy Hook is known for exceptional beaches, wildlife, and fishing.
		Fort Hancock is located within the Gateway National Recreation Area on the Sandy Hook peninsula, a bit northwest of Gunnison Beach; typing in "Navesink Beach" puts you on Route 36 very slightly south of the park entrance.
	vassun.vassar.edu /~fitzwill/naturist/gunn0.shtml (519 words)

	Shipwreck Sandy Hook (Pilot Boat)
		She was later renamed the Privateer and finally Sandy Hook when commissioned and refitted as a pilot boat in 1914.
		A side story to the Sandy Hook's sinking is the presence of royalty aboard the Oslofjord.
		Today, the Sandy Hook, also known as the Pilot Boat wreck, rests in 100 feet of water just east of Ambrose Light Tower, seven miles southwest of Debs Inlet.
	www.aquaexplorers.com /SandyHook.htm (478 words)

	Highlands and Sandy Hook, Weekend Getaway and Day trip New Jersey
		Sandy Hook is actually a beautiful national park with 6 miles of beaches and salt marshes, a military base and a lighthouse.
		Since most people come to Sandy Hook in the summer for the day and go home, there are few lodgings in the area.
		The Sandy Hook ferry only runs in the summer season on the weekends from the World Financial Center.
	escapemaker.com /nj/highlands_sandyhook/highlands_sandyhook.html (1011 words)

	Surfline \| Sandy Hook
		The northernmost section of the Jersey coast is likely the least-heralded area on the Jersey shore, but it isn't due to any lack of surf or talent.
		The Jersey coast is a microcosm of California, with the southern breaks being higher profile, while the northern spots are more remote and less acknowledged.
		The Gateway National Recreation Area in Sandy Hook boasts one of the few pointbreaks in New Jersey.
	www.surfline.com /travel/surfmaps/us/new_jersey/sandy_hook.cfm (625 words)

	Sandy Hook - Sandy Hook, NJ Official New Jersey Shore site
		There is no beach town or commercial community of Sandy Hook – it is actually a National Park that is also home to a military base and a lighthouse.
		It is recommended that those who would like to spend some time in Sandy Hook stay in Highlands, which is located on the hill across the bay.
		The Sandy Hook / Highlands area remain a favorite Jersey Shore getaway for Manhattanites due to the convenience of a forty-minute ferry ride from the Wall Street area.
	www.sandy-hook.com (384 words)

	AllRefer.com - Sandy Hook, New Jersey (NJ) - (peninsula) - Facts and Information
		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.
	reference.allrefer.com /gazetteer/S/S04740-sandy-hook.html (193 words)

	Save Sandy Hook Citizens Group - help conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and wild life of Fort ...
		Save Sandy Hook Citizens Group - help conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and wild life of Fort Hancock and Sandy Hook and to provide for the enjoyment of the same in such manner and by such means as will leave them unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations.
		The mission of our organization is to help conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and wildlife of Fort Hancock and Sandy Hook and to provide for the enjoyment of the same in such manner and by such means as will leave them unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations.
		• Sandy Hook was fortified during the War of 1812 and Fort Hancock and its gun batteries were established in 1895 to protect Raritan Bay and New York Harbo;
	www.savesandyhook.org (690 words)

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