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max
Citizen
Username: Max
Post Number: 138
Registered: 11-2003
| | Posted on Monday, May 16, 2005 - 10:29 am: |     |
Where is the nearest beach? Whats the nearest way to get there? Thanks |
Tom Reingold
Supporter
Username: Noglider
Post Number: 6829
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Monday, May 16, 2005 - 10:54 am: | |
The nearest beach is probably Sandy Hook, though it may not be the one that takes the least travel time. I go there anyway, because there is no town, just beach. It's a national park.
http://www.state.nj.us/travel/virtual/sandyhook/
Take the GSP to exit 117. Follow signs to Route 36. Go about ten miles until you reach the ocean, and follow signs to Sandy Hook. 36 is one of those annoying NJ shopping highways with the concrete barrier in the middle, like 22 and 1. |
Rick B
Citizen
Username: Ruck1977
Post Number: 698
Registered: 8-2003
| | Posted on Monday, May 16, 2005 - 12:09 pm: | |
Tom,
Do they allow dogs there? |
Wendyn
Supporter
Username: Wendyn
Post Number: 1710
Registered: 9-2002
| | Posted on Monday, May 16, 2005 - 12:11 pm: | |
I think Sandy Hook is the only public beach in NJ that allows dogs, but only on the bay side not the ocean side. |
Tom Reingold
Supporter
Username: Noglider
Post Number: 6835
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Monday, May 16, 2005 - 12:13 pm: | |
I'm pretty sure they're not allowed between Memorial Day and Labor Day.
Sandy Hook has about seven beaches, each with names, in alphabetical order, but I think they left out 'E'. The last beach, called Gunnison or 'G' beach has a "clothing optional" section, in case that interests you. It doesn't interest kids from age eight to 18, which I suppose is appropriate.
If you go to one of the seven beaches and find it too rocky or it has too good a view of NYC or whatever, you can move and try another.
Also, since Sandy Hook is a peninsula, you can also go to the bay side, if you want to get out of the big waves. |
Soda
Supporter
Username: Soda
Post Number: 3218
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, May 16, 2005 - 12:46 pm: | |
Island Beach State Park may allow dogs...
-s. |
algebra2
Supporter
Username: Algebra2
Post Number: 3381
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, May 16, 2005 - 12:49 pm: | |
can you bbq at Island Beach State Park? |
michelezembow
Citizen
Username: Michelezembow
Post Number: 127
Registered: 5-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 18, 2005 - 10:06 am: | |
Tom,
Does your mention of the quieter waters on the bay side mean that one can also swim there? My daughter used to be fearless re the ocean, until she got knocked down by a large wave...now she's pretty hesitant. While not entirely a bad thing, I'd like to help her feel more comfortable in the ocean again...and the bay side might be just the right transition! |
Tom Reingold
Supporter
Username: Noglider
Post Number: 6882
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 18, 2005 - 10:18 am: | |
Yes, I'm pretty sure I've seen people swimming there.
Oddly, I've been really lucky at Sandy Hook. Never saw terrible crowds and only once had to walk a long way from a parking spot. |
jet
Citizen
Username: Jet
Post Number: 849
Registered: 7-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 18, 2005 - 1:18 pm: | |
The nearest beach to Mwood is @ the end of Atlantic Ave. in West Long Branch . Take Ex 105 to 35east to Atlantic Ave. 40min no traffic . Park near the North Beach grill have breakfeast { best around } while walking to beach you'll pass a tackle shop , the next store down is where the back cover for Bruce Springsteen's Wild Inocent E street shuffle was shot. Beach has a nice break BTW. |
Yossarian
Citizen
Username: Yossarian
Post Number: 302
Registered: 8-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 18, 2005 - 1:44 pm: | |
jet --
Do you mean 36 east? 35 runs north - south. |
jet
Citizen
Username: Jet
Post Number: 850
Registered: 7-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 18, 2005 - 2:45 pm: | |
Yossarian , It is 35south |
flugermongers
Citizen
Username: Flugermongers
Post Number: 429
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, May 19, 2005 - 7:17 am: | |
There is Deal (sp?) beach. I cannot remember for the life of me where it is, but in my pre-teens, I went there frequently. I believe it is closer than Sandy Hook, though I believe it to be not as nice.
Hope this is of some help... |
Soulful Mr T
Citizen
Username: Howardt
Post Number: 399
Registered: 11-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, May 19, 2005 - 9:13 am: | |
Last year at the beach on Fire Island we walked thru the nude beach (between Robt Moses Park and Kismet). My daughter, 11 at the time, looked around and said, "ugh, some things are better left to the imagination."
Quite insightful and articulate for an 11 year-old, we thought.... |
Jay
Citizen
Username: Jaymon
Post Number: 156
Registered: 10-2004
| | Posted on Sunday, June 19, 2005 - 8:55 am: | |
Silly question, but what do beaches have to do with dining? Furthermore, what about nude beaches?......
I'm making no connection that has a PG rating....
You MOLers are a wicky wacky group! |
max
Citizen
Username: Max
Post Number: 151
Registered: 11-2003
| | Posted on Sunday, June 19, 2005 - 9:16 am: | |
This section is called food, wine, dining and travel. To get to the beach would involve travel,silly question answered! |
Jay
Citizen
Username: Jaymon
Post Number: 158
Registered: 10-2004
| | Posted on Sunday, June 19, 2005 - 9:23 am: | |
Ah, I stand correctly with a silly look on my face
(or sit, actually, with a sheepish smirk). Thanks. |
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