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New Jersey - Fort Hancock Walking Tour Historical Markers

A series of 39 markers on Sandy Hook follows a trail through Fort Hancock which guarded New York Bay from 1895 to 1974.
 
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By Bill Coughlin, April 14, 2012
Marker in Fort Hancock
1 New Jersey, Monmouth County, Highlands, Middletown Township — 29 — A Late Addition to Officers Row
On Hartshorne Drive, on the right when traveling north.
2 New Jersey, Monmouth County, Highlands, Middletown Township — 9 — Athletic Field
On Kearney Road, on the right when traveling north.
3 New Jersey, Monmouth County, Highlands, Middletown Township — 31 — Bachelor Officers’ Quarters
On Kessler Road, on the right when traveling north.
4 New Jersey, Monmouth County, Highlands, Middletown Township — 12 — Baked Fresh Daily!
On Kearney Road at Jackson Street, on the left when traveling north on Kearney Road.
5 New Jersey, Monmouth County, Highlands, Middletown Township — 30 — Barracks Row
On Kessler Road, on the left when traveling north.
6 New Jersey, Monmouth County, Highlands, Middletown Township — 21 — Barracks, School, Headquarters
On Kearney Road, on the left when traveling south.
7 New Jersey, Monmouth County, Highlands, Middletown Township — 18 — Chemical Laboratory
On Kearney Road at Canfield Road, on the left when traveling north on Kearney Road.
8 New Jersey, Monmouth County, Highlands, Middletown Township — 39 — Chow Time!
Near Magruder Road.
9 New Jersey, Monmouth County, Highlands, Middletown Township — 36 — Company, Attention!
Near Magruder Road, on the left when traveling north.
10 New Jersey, Monmouth County, Highlands, Middletown Township — 3 — Fill’er Up!
On Magruder Road at Hudson Road, on the left when traveling north on Magruder Road.
11 New Jersey, Monmouth County, Highlands, Middletown Township — 13 — Fire House Number 1
On Kearney Road at South Bragg Road, on the left when traveling north on Kearney Road.
12 New Jersey, Monmouth County, Highlands, Middletown Township — 2 — Fire House Number 2
On Fort Hancock Road at Magruder Road, on the left when traveling north on Fort Hancock Road.
13 New Jersey, Monmouth County, Highlands, Middletown Township — 15 — Fort Hancock Officers’ Club
On Canfield Road, on the left when traveling north.
14 New Jersey, Monmouth County, Highlands, Middletown Township — 22 — Hasty Additions in Wartime
On Kearney Road, on the right when traveling south.
15 New Jersey, Monmouth County, Highlands, Middletown Township — 1 — Lights Out!
On Fort Hancock Road, on the right when traveling north.
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16 New Jersey, Monmouth County, Highlands, Middletown Township — 6 — Lock’em Up!
On Kearney Road at Lawson Lane, on the right when traveling north on Kearney Road.
17 New Jersey, Monmouth County, Highlands, Middletown Township — 19 — Locomotive Engineer’s House
On Kearney Road at Canfield Road, on the left when traveling north on Kearney Road.
18 New Jersey, Monmouth County, Highlands, Middletown Township — 14 — Mule Barn
On Kearney Road at South Bragg Road, on the left when traveling north on Kearney Road.
19 New Jersey, Monmouth County, Highlands, Middletown Township — 38 — New York Yankees vs. Hometown SluggersFort Hancock
Near Magruder Road, on the left when traveling north.
20 New Jersey, Monmouth County, Highlands, Middletown Township — 25 — Officers Row
On Kessler Road, on the left when traveling north.
21 New Jersey, Monmouth County, Highlands, Middletown Township — 24 — Post Chapel
On Kessler Road at South Bragg Road, on the left when traveling north on Kessler Road.
22 New Jersey, Monmouth County, Highlands, Middletown Township — 10 — Post Commissary
On Kearney Road at McNair Road when traveling north on Kearney Road.
23 New Jersey, Monmouth County, Highlands, Middletown Township — 32 — Post Headquarters
On Kearney Road, on the right when traveling south.
24 New Jersey, Monmouth County, Highlands, Middletown Township — 20 — Proving Ground Foreman’s House
On Kearney Road, on the left when traveling south.
25 New Jersey, Monmouth County, Highlands, Middletown Township — 11 — Quartermaster Storehouse
On Kearney Road south of Jackson Street.
26 New Jersey, Monmouth County, Highlands, Middletown Township — 7 — Sergeants’ Row
On Kearney Road at Lawson Lane, on the right when traveling north on Kearney Road.
27 New Jersey, Monmouth County, Highlands, Middletown Township — 17 — Site of Master Mechanic’s Quarters
On Canfield Road at Knox Road, on the right when traveling north on Canfield Road.
28 New Jersey, Monmouth County, Highlands, Middletown Township — 37 — This Is Why It’s Called Sandy Hook!
Near Magruder Road, on the left when traveling north.
29 New Jersey, Monmouth County, Middletown Township, Sandy Hook — 23 — Army Docks
On Kessler Road, on the left when traveling north.
30 New Jersey, Monmouth County, Middletown Township, Sandy Hook — 4 — Handball Court
On Hudson Road east of Kearney Road, on the right when traveling west.
31 New Jersey, Monmouth County, Middletown Township, Sandy Hook — 27 — History House
On Kessler Road, on the right when traveling north.
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32 New Jersey, Monmouth County, Middletown Township, Sandy Hook — 34 — Hospital Steward’s Quarters
On Hartshorne Drive, on the right when traveling north.
33 New Jersey, Monmouth County, Middletown Township, Sandy Hook — 8 — Post Exchange
On McNair Road at Lawson Lane, on the left when traveling north on McNair Road.
34 New Jersey, Monmouth County, Middletown Township, Sandy Hook — 26 — Post Theater
On Kessler Road, on the right when traveling north.
35 New Jersey, Monmouth County, Middletown Township, Sandy Hook — 33 — The Best of Care
On Hartshorne Drive, on the right when traveling north.
36 New Jersey, Monmouth County, Middletown Township, Sandy Hook — 35 — The Dead House
On Hartshorne Drive, on the right when traveling north.
37 New Jersey, Monmouth County, Middletown Township, Sandy Hook — 16 — The World War II Years
On Atlantic Drive at Kilpatrick Road, on the right when traveling north on Atlantic Drive.
38 New Jersey, Monmouth County, Middletown Township, Sandy Hook — 28 — World War II Victory GardenFort Hancock
On Kessler Road, on the left when traveling north.
39 New Jersey, Monmouth County, Middletown Township, Sandy Hook — 5 — Young Men’s Christian Association
On Kearney Road at Hudson Road, on the left when traveling south on Kearney Road.
 
 
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