Monmouth County New Jersey Real Estate » Sandy Hook

Jersey Shore Restaurant Week

Gen — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 03:14:05 +0000

Jersey Shore Restaurant Week^TM begins Friday April 16 and ends April 25th. This is a great opportunity to visit your favorite restaurants and try new ones. Isn’t this the perfect time to gather your friends and enjoy the Jersey Shore’s great restaurants.

Participating restaurants will offer a three course prix fixe menu for $20.10 or $30.10 with three appetizers, three entrées and three dessert choices. Participating inns and hotels are offering special Restaurant Week rates for those living outside the area and participating wine/liquor stores will have special promotions on wine, liquor and beer. Perfect for BYOB restaurants.

To find a list of participating restaurants click here http://jerseyshorerestaurantweek.com/?page_id=36

Annual Beach Sweep

Gen — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 21:38:00 +0000

Mark Your Calendars… The 25th Annual Beach Sweep On April 24, the nonprofit Clean Ocean Action marks a quarter century of keeping our beaches, rivers, lakes and streams clean and free of debris–with a big springtime event that takes place at over 60 locations statewide, including the Asbury Park and Point Pleasant boardwalks.

The goal of the Beach Sweeps is to reduce and eliminate sources of litter. The Beach Sweeps events are more than people picking up trash from beaches. This program builds community support for solutions, as well as raises awareness about the negative impacts of litter on wildlife and the ocean.

Volunteers are needed all over; go to www.cleanoceanaction.org to register and find out more about this project.

Historic Twin Lights National Landmark

Gen — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 21:37:34 +0000

Navigation aids have been maintained at the Navesink Highlands to help ships sail the waters around Sandy Hook since the mid-1800’s. The federal government constructed the first “Twin Lights” of the Navesink Light
Station in 1828. The present lighthouse was built in 1862 and consists of two light towers connected by storage galleries and keeper’s quarters.

Admission to Twin Lights is free and guided tours are available with advanced reservations.

Sandy Hook

Gen — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:28:40 +0000

One of the highlights of Monmouth County is a shell-strewn finger of land pointing north toward New York Harbor. This is Sandy Hook, part of the Gateway National Recreation Area. It’s just the first in a series of beautiful shore spots in Monmouth County. Each is unique in its combination of natural and man-made allures.
The Sandy Hook Gateway National Recreation Area offers miles of beaches and dune trails. Spectacular woodlands, excellent beaches, surf fishing, and hundreds of species of birds are all part of the experience.
Built at the request of New York merchants wanting to protect their ships entering the harbor, the Sandy Hook Lighthouse was lighted for the first time on June 11, 1764. This was the fifth lighthouse in the colonies and remains the oldest operating lighthouse in the United States.

Nowadays, Sandy Hook offers both ocean beaches with concession stands and changing facilities. ())Clothing is optional at secluded Gunnison Beach). There is a visitor center and trails for walking and biking. the bayside is perfect for wind surfing, kayaks, parasailing boating, jet skis and body surfing.

Take a leisurely (or invigorating) bike ride along to the trails or hop on one of their trolley buses after a day at the beach and head out to Fort Hancock on the Northern tip of Sandy Hook. Fort Hancock is home to the nation’s oldest continually operating lighthouse as well as buildings including historic gun batteries, a renovated chapel, homes for the enlisted men and officers, a YMCA building, and the former post movie house which is now used for music and live theater. These historic structures, while not open to the public, offer a dramatic foil to the beaches and surf available at Sandy Hook.

At the end of the day stop at the Sea Gull’s Nest for a bite to eat or enjoy a cocktail while watching the sun set over the bay. http://www.seagullsnest.info/