Navesink Highlands, Atlantic Highlands

Name: Navesink Highlands
Address: Atlantic Highlands, United States

#2 among attractions in Atlantic Highlands

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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The Navesink Highlands, sometimes referred to as the Highlands of Navesink and also known as the Atlantic Highlands, are a range of low hills and upland areas located along the United States Atlantic coast in New Jersey. The hills of the Highlands reach over 350 feet in elevation, reportedly reaching a maximum elevation of 391 feet at Crawford Hill, which is the highest point in Monmouth County. The seaward front of the Navesink Highlands constitute the highest headlands along the United States east coast south of Maine, with the highest point of the headlands reaching an elevation of 266 feet at Mount Mitchell. ()

Maximum elevation: 391 ftCoordinates: 40°23'59"N, 74°2'11"W

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NavesinkAtlantic Highlands United States

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Navesink Highlands – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Jay and Silent Bob's Secret Stash, Navesink Twin Lights, Count Basie Theatre, Highlands–Sea Bright Bridge.

3.7 miSW
Shopping
Jay and Silent Bob's Secret Stash, Red Bank
94 min walk • Jay and Silent Bob's Secret Stash is a comic book store owned by filmmaker Kevin Smith, and named after the fictional duo portrayed by Smith and Jason Mewes in Smith's View Askewniverse films. Merchandise includes comic books, comic-related merchandise, and View Askew film-related items.
2.7 miE
Lighthouse, Vernacular architecture
Navesink Twin Lights, Highlands
69 min walk • 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 the New York Harbor and the Atlantic Ocean.
3.9 miSW
Concerts and shows, Music venue, Performing arts
Count Basie Theatre, Red Bank
100 min walk • The Count Basie Center for the Arts is a landmarked performing arts center in Red Bank, Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States.
3 miE
Bridge
Highlands–Sea Bright Bridge, Highlands
78 min walk • The Highlands-Sea Bright Bridge is a bridge connecting Highlands, New Jersey in the west to Sea Bright, New Jersey in the east, across the Shrewsbury River. The eastern terminus is at the entrance to Sandy Hook. The span is part of Route 36.
1.8 miE
Outdoor activities, View point, Park
Mount Mitchill, Atlantic Highlands
46 min walk • Mount Mitchill in Atlantic Highlands, Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States, at 266 feet, is the highest headland of the United States east coast south of Maine.
2.7 miE
Nature and wildlife, Park
Hartshorne Woods Park, Highlands
70 min walk • Hartshorne Woods Park is a 736-acre county park located in Northern Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States, in New Jersey's Bayshore Region. The park has 16 miles of trails, several old military bunkers and a small beach with a fishing pier. It is roughly bordered to the north and west by Navesink Ave and Route 36.
3.5 miNE
Museum, Military museum
Battery Kingman, Sandy Hook
90 min walk • Battery Kingman is an artillery emplacement at Fort Hancock, New Jersey. The Battery was named after Dan Christie Kingman an officer in the United States Army who served as Chief of Engineers from 1913 to 1916.
3.3 miW
Monuments and statues
Evil Clown of Middletown, Middletown
86 min walk • The Evil Clown of Middletown is a large outdoor sign in Middletown Township, New Jersey. Originally built by and for Food Circus grocery store, which later became known as the regional supermarket Foodtown, it is now a roadside display and de facto advertising sign for a nearby Spirits Liquors.
0.8 miE
Church
All Saint's Memorial Church, Sandy Hook
22 min walk • All Saints' Memorial Church is a small stone Gothic-style Episcopal church built in 1864 by Richard Upjohn in Navesink, New Jersey. A National Historic Landmark, the church complex, which includes the rectory, stable, and carriage house, is a well-preserved example of the late work of Upjohn.
2.1 miSE
Church, Shingle style architecture
First Presbyterian Church of Rumson, Rumson
55 min walk • First Presbyterian Church of Rumson, also known as the First Presbyterian Church of Oceanic, is a historic church in Rumson, Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. It was built in 1885 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.
2.6 miS
Church
Fisk Chapel, Fair Haven
68 min walk • Fisk Chapel is a historic cruciform chapel on Cedar Avenue in Fair Haven, Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. It was built in 1882 in the Carpenter Gothic style for the town's African-American community and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975, upon the congregation's relocation to a newer building.