Mount Mitchill in Atlantic Highlands, Monmouth County,

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USGS, 2003. Retrieved 2011-09-05. It has a panoramic view of

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and

Sandy Hook Sandy Hook is a barrier spit in Middletown Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. The barrier spit, approximately in length and varying from wide, is located at the north end of the Jersey Shore. It encloses the southern ...

and is near the

Twin Lights Lighthouse 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. The Twin Lights, as the n ...

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. It is the location of the Monmouth County

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Memorial. It was named after

Samuel Latham Mitchill Samuel Latham Mitchill (August 20, 1764September 7, 1831) was an American physician, naturalist, and politician who lived in Plandome, New York. Early life Samuel Mitchill was born in Hempstead in the Province of New York, the son of Robert M ...

, who determined the height of the hill.Smith, Muriel J
"Mount Mitchill - Fascinating History and Geology"
''Atlantic Highlands Herald'', September 22, 2016. Accessed November 29, 2017. "Mount Mitchill was named for Samuel Latham Mitchill, an 18th and 19th century physician, naturalist, and politician who earned his medical degree in Scotland, taught chemistry and natural history at Columbia College, as the present day university was known in the 1790s."

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Mt. Mitchill Scenic Overlook ParkPark Brochure (PDF)Monmouth County 9-11 Memorial
Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey Landforms of Monmouth County, New Jersey Mitchell, Mount {{MonmouthCountyNJ-geo-stub

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