Sandy Hook Stock Images { 178 images } Created 18 Mar 2009
Sandy Hook is a barrier spit, approximately 9.7 kilometers (between 6 and 7 miles) in length and 800 meters (0.5 miles) (varying between 0.10 and 1 miles) wide, in Middletown Township [1] [2] in Monmouth County, along the Atlantic Ocean coast of eastern New Jersey in the United States. The barrier spit encloses the southern entrance of Lower New York Bay south of New York City. This gallery of images show many of the interesting aspects of the park during many seasons.
![Fort Hancock is a former United States Army fort located in Middletown Township in Monmouth County, along the Atlantic coast of eastern New Jersey in the United States. This coastal artillery base played an important part in the defense of New York Harbor and played a role in the History of New Jersey. It is located on the Sandy Hook beach. Between 1874 and 1919, Fort Handcock was operated in conjunction with the Army's Sandy Hook Proving Ground.<br />
In 1893, Fort Hancock installed Battery Potter, the nation's first disappearing gun battery.[2] It also was important for the defense of the vital New York Harbor throughout World War II, trying to prevent the entrance of German submarines into the harbor. In the late 1950s Project Nike antiaircaft missiles were based there. Fort Hancock was decommissioned in 1972.<br />
The historic fort and its small museum are now managed as part of the Sandy Hook Unit of Gateway National Recreation Area. Gateway NRA is part of the National Park System.](https://archive.michaeltreola.com/img-get2/I0000UbRLcrPP2x8/fit=/fill=200x200/g=G0000HaUVoLoD.yk/I0000UbRLcrPP2x8.jpg)
![Fort Hancock is a former United States Army fort located in Middletown Township in Monmouth County, along the Atlantic coast of eastern New Jersey in the United States. This coastal artillery base played an important part in the defense of New York Harbor and played a role in the History of New Jersey. It is located on the Sandy Hook beach. Between 1874 and 1919, Fort Handcock was operated in conjunction with the Army's Sandy Hook Proving Ground.<br />
In 1893, Fort Hancock installed Battery Potter, the nation's first disappearing gun battery.[2] It also was important for the defense of the vital New York Harbor throughout World War II, trying to prevent the entrance of German submarines into the harbor. In the late 1950s Project Nike antiaircaft missiles were based there. Fort Hancock was decommissioned in 1972.<br />
The historic fort and its small museum are now managed as part of the Sandy Hook Unit of Gateway National Recreation Area. Gateway NRA is part of the National Park System.](https://archive.michaeltreola.com/img-get2/I0000MOEwl1bcpQQ/fit=/fill=200x200/g=G0000HaUVoLoD.yk/I0000MOEwl1bcpQQ.jpg)
![The Sandy Hook Lighthouse, located about one and a half statute miles (2.4 km) inland from the tip of Sandy Hook, New Jersey, is the oldest working lighthouse in the United States. It was designed and built in 1764 by Isaac Conro.The light was built to aid mariners entering the southern end of the New York harbor. It was originally called New York Lighthouse because it was funded through a New York Assembly lottery and a tax on all ships entering the Port of New York. Sandy Hook Light has endured an attempt to destroy it (as an aid to British navigation) by artillery Captain Alexander Hamilton,[citation needed] and a subsequent occupancy of British soldiers during the Revolutionary War. Perhaps most impressively, it has endured exposure to the elements on the end of Sandy Hook. The view of the New York skyline from the bridge crossing into "the Hook" illustrates the importance this light played in the history of New York harbor. During the summer weekends, the New Jersey Lighthouse Society offers free tours every half hour from 12:00 p.m. until 4:30 p.m.When the lighthouse was built in 1764, it stood only 500 feet (150 m) from the tip of Sandy Hook; however, today, due to growth caused by littoral drift, it is almost one and half miles (2.4 km) inland from the tip. Sandy Hook Lighthouse is part of the Sandy Hook Unit of Gateway National Recreation Area. The Sandy Hook Lighthouse was restored in spring 2000.](https://archive.michaeltreola.com/img-get2/I0000oic0JMqiR8k/fit=/fill=200x200/g=G0000HaUVoLoD.yk/I0000oic0JMqiR8k.jpg)
