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1901 Map of Sandy Hook

Name: 1901 Topographic Map of Sandy Hook
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1919
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1919

About this map

Fort Hancock and the Sandy Hook Light anchor the northern tip of this coastal survey, where the peninsula protects Sandy Hook Bay from the open Atlantic Ocean. The landscape is defined by a dense network of transit and maritime infrastructure, including the U.S. Government Railroad and multiple Life Saving Stations like L.S. Station Seabright. Inland, the Highlands of Navesink rise sharply above the shore, providing strategic vantage points marked by the Waackaack Beacon and Conover Beacon.

Settlement patterns follow the extensive Central Railroad of New Jersey lines, connecting established towns like Red Bank, Eatontown, and Long Branch. The map captures a sophisticated Victorian-era coastal economy where rail branches serve ferry piers at Sandy Hook Pier and Port Monmouth Station, while interior agricultural lands are drained by the Swimming River and the expansive Hockhockson Swamp.