PS Alexander Hamilton, Sandy Hook

#6 among attractions in Sandy Hook

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Alexander Hamilton was a steamer built for the Hudson River Day Line in 1924. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 25, 1977. The remains of the vessel are located adjacent to the Naval Weapons Station Earle pier in Middletown Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. ()

Coordinates: 40°25'19"N, 74°2'6"W

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Sandy Hook United States

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PS Alexander Hamilton – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Henry Hudson Trail, Fort Hancock, Sandy Hook Light, Navesink Twin Lights.

3.9 miW
Cycling, Bike path
Henry Hudson Trail, Keansburg
100 min walk • The Henry Hudson Trail is a rail trail in Western and Northern Monmouth County, New Jersey. The trail is named for Henry Hudson, who explored the harbor at Atlantic Highlands and the Raritan Bayshore coastline in the early 1600s. The trail is not near the Hudson River.
3.4 miNE
Historical place, Museum, Military museum
Fort Hancock, Gateway National Recreation Area
86 min walk • Fort Hancock is a former United States Army fort at Sandy Hook in Middletown Township New Jersey. The coastal artillery base defended the Atlantic coast and the entrance to New York Harbor, with its first gun batteries operational in 1896.
3.2 miNE
Historical place, Lighthouse, Vernacular architecture
Sandy Hook Light, Gateway National Recreation Area
83 min walk • The Sandy Hook Lighthouse, located about one and a half statute miles inland from the tip of Sandy Hook, New Jersey, is the oldest working lighthouse in the United States. It was designed and built on June 11, 1764 by Isaac Conro.
3.1 miSE
Lighthouse, Vernacular architecture
Navesink Twin Lights, Highlands
80 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.
3.4 miNE
Forts and castles
Battery Gunnison, Sandy Hook
86 min walk • Battery John Gunnison, known as Battery New Peck following its modernization in 1943, is a six-inch US Army coast artillery gun emplacement located at Fort Hancock in New Jersey.
3.4 miSE
Bridge
Highlands–Sea Bright Bridge, Highlands
88 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.
1.9 miSE
Outdoor activities, View point, Park
Mount Mitchill, Atlantic Highlands
50 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.
3.4 miSE
Nature and wildlife, Park
Hartshorne Woods Park, Highlands
87 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.
2.5 miNE
Museum, Military museum
Battery Kingman, Sandy Hook
65 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.
4 miSW
Monuments and statues
Evil Clown of Middletown, Middletown
101 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.
1.8 miSE
Church
All Saint's Memorial Church, Sandy Hook
46 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.