Point Pleasant Canal, Point Pleasant

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The Point Pleasant Canal is a canal in Point Pleasant, New Jersey. It was completed in 1925 to connect the Manasquan Inlet and Manasquan River with Bay Head Harbor on the northern end of Barnegat Bay. The canal is part of the Intracoastal Waterway. ()

Coordinates: 40°4'42"N, 74°3'52"W

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Point Pleasant Canal – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Allaire Village, St. Catharine Church, Wreck Pond, Sea Girt Light.

6.5 miNW
Regional park, Museum
Allaire Village, Allaire State Park
166 min walk • Allaire Village is a living history museum located within New Jersey's Allaire State Park in Wall Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey. The property was initially an Indian ceremonial ground prior to 1650, by 1750 a sawmill had been established on the property by Issac Palmer.
5.1 miN
Church
St. Catharine Church, Spring Lake
131 min walk • St. Catharine Church is a Roman Catholic church in Spring Lake, New Jersey. Built in 1901, it has been described by the Monmouth County Historical Commission as "the finest high-style example of Classical Revival architecture in Monmouth County." Its interior is decorated with...
4.6 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Wreck Pond, Spring Lake
117 min walk • Wreck Pond is a coastal freshwater tidal pond located on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. It is surrounded by Wall Township and the boroughs of Spring Lake, Spring Lake Heights, and Sea Girt.
3.9 miNE
Lighthouse
Sea Girt Light, Manasquan
101 min walk • The Sea Girt Light is a lighthouse marking the inlet leading to the Wreck Pond in Sea Girt in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. It hosted the first radio beacon mounted in a shore installation in the United States.
3.6 miN
Military museum, Museum
National Guard Militia Museum of New Jersey, Manasquan
92 min walk • The National Guard Militia Museum of New Jersey is headquartered in Sea Girt, with a second museum located in Lawrenceville, New Jersey, and operates under the auspices of the New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs.
5 miN
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, Spring Lake
128 min walk • Holy Trinity Episcopal Church is a historic church at the junction of Monmouth and Third Avenues in Spring Lake, Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. It was built in 1880 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. The church houses a fully functional 1904 Bates & Culley pipe organ.
3.9 miN
Area
Sea Girt, Manasquan
101 min walk • Sea Girt is a borough in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough's population was 1,828, reflecting a decline of 320 from the 2,148 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 49 from the 2,099 counted in the 1990 Census.
4.1 miNE
Church
Church of St. Uriel the Archangel, Manasquan
104 min walk • St. Uriel's Episcopal Church, also known as Church of St. Uriel the Archangel, or simply St. Uriel's, is an Anglo-Catholic Episcopal church in Sea Girt, New Jersey. The church is an operating member of the Anglican Communion, and adheres to the Catholic and Orthodox traditions of Anglicanism. A history of the church by James B.
2.1 miN
Bridge
Brielle Draw, Brielle
53 min walk • Brielle Draw is a railroad bascule bridge over Manasquan River in Brielle and Point Pleasant Beach, Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States west of the Manasquan Inlet to the Atlantic Ocean.
3.7 miN
Ship
Intelligent Whale, Manasquan
95 min walk • Intelligent Whale is an experimental hand-cranked submarine developed for potential use by the United States Navy in the 1860s.
4.8 miN
40°8'45"N • 74°2'31"W
Spring Lake Manor, Spring Lake
123 min walk • Nature, Lake, Restaurant