The Barnegat Peninsula, also known as the Island Beach Peninsula or Barnegat Bay Island and colloquially as "the barrier island", is a 20-mile (32 km) long, narrow barrier peninsula located on the Jersey Shore in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States, that divides the Barnegat Bay from the Atlantic Ocean. It is a vacation destination and summer colony area and is heavily dependent on tourism, real estate and fishing.
Toms River, New Jersey features a highly extensive network of shorelines, including Barnegat Bay and Pelican Island (foreground), and the Barnegat Peninsula and Atlantic Ocean (background).
Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey
Point Pleasant Beach is a coastal borough situated on the Jersey Shore, and the northernmost community directly facing the Atlantic Ocean within Ocean County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It lies at the northern end of the Barnegat Peninsula, which serves as a barrier island separating Barnegat Bay from the open Atlantic Ocean. The borough's name is derived from its location.
The boardwalk fronting Point Pleasant Beach
Nightlife at Jenkinson's Boardwalk
County of Edinburgh stranded on the beach, February 12–14, 1900
The old Coast Guard Station on Manasqan Inlet, built in 1936 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places
