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The Navesink Twin Lights is a non-operational lighthouse and museum located in Highlands, Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States, overlooking Sandy Hook Bay, the entrance to New York Harbor, and the Atlantic Ocean.
The Navesink Highlands had a sea navigation beacon in 1746, [4] and the first Navesink Twin Lights lighthouse was built in 1828. The current Navesink Twin Lights lighthouse was built in 1862. [5] The Navesink Highlands were used for antebellum flag signaling experiments that communicated with Fort Tompkins on Staten Island in 1859.
In 1762, New York merchants purchased a 4-acre (1.6 ha) site from the Hartshorne family for a light house. Two years later, the Sandy Hook Light House was lighted for the first time. The hills of the Highlands of Navesink and Sandy Hook also played an important role during the American Revolutionary War. It was a vital strategic site for the ...
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.
[1] [3] Since 2014, it has been the headquarters of the Navesink Maritime Heritage Association. [4] The house was expanded around 1820 to 1840. According to the nomination form, it is one of the few remaining two-story Dutch-framed houses in the county. It has been moved from its original location and is now in the township's Stevenson Park.
Sandy Hook as seen from the top of Navesink Twin Lights, Highlands, New Jersey. Geologically, Sandy Hook 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.
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Navesink may also refer to the following in the U.S. state of New Jersey: Navesink, New Jersey, a census-designated place and unincorporated area in Middletown Township, Monmouth County; Navesink River, an estuary in Monmouth County; Navesink Twin Lights, a lighthouse and museum; Navesink Formation, a geological formation