Mount Mitchill is located in Atlantic Highlands, Monmouth County,

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, United States. Standing at , it is the highest

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of the United States east coast south of Maine.NYC Regional Geology: Atlantic Coastal Plain
USGS, 2003. Retrieved 2011-09-05. It has a panoramic view of

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and Sandy Hook and is near the Twin Lights Lighthouse in

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. It is the location of the Monmouth County September 11th 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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