Mt. Mitchell Overlook - Highest Point on the Atlantic Seaboard
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mblatch
N 40° 24.479 W 074° 00.294
18T E 584434 N 4473516
Mt. Mitchill Overlook, Highlands, NJ.
Waymark Code: WM63XX
Location: New Jersey, United States
Date Posted: 03/29/2009
Views: 21
Mt. Mitchill, at an elevation of 266 ft above sea level, is the highest natural point on the Atlantic Seaboard between southern Maine and the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexicoo. Cartographers named the prominence, located in the southwest corner of the park, in honor of Dr. Samuel Latham Mitchill (1764-1831), A New York physician, naturalist, educator, and U.S. Congressman. Mitchill was part of an 1816 expedition to measure the height of the Navesink Highlands. Mt. Mitchill and the surrounding highlands are prone to slumping or slump blocking. When this geologic phenomenon occurs, large blocks of earth, typically sandy soil covered by an erosion-resistant capstone layer of ironstone, slide suddenly down a cliff face.
Type of overlook: Walk by
Picnic tables: yes
Benches: yes
Water/restrooms: no
Overlook designation: Designated
Elevation: 266.00
View:
A nice view of the Sandy Hook peninsula, Raritan Bay, the Atlantic Ocean, and New York City.
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Visit Instructions:
You will need a picture with your GPS of the view and the area. It can't be the same picture as the listing has.