The Navesink Highlands, sometimes referred to as the Highlands of Navesink and also known as the Atlantic Highlands, is a range of low hills and upland areas located along the United States Atlantic coast in New Jersey. The hills of the Highlands reach over 350 feet (107 m) in elevation, reportedly reaching a maximum elevation of 391 feet at Crawford Hill, which is the highest point in Monmouth County. The seaward front of the Navesink Highlands constitute the highest headlands along the United States east coast south of Maine, with the highest point of the headlands reaching an elevation of 266 feet at Mount Mitchill.
Navesink Highlands seen from the Atlantic Ocean while on approach to New York Harbor
Crawford Hill, sometimes known in the past as Crawford's Hill, is located in Holmdel Township, New Jersey, United States. It is Monmouth County's highest point, as well as the highest point in New Jersey's coastal plain, standing 391 feet (119 m) above sea level. The hill is best known as the site of a Bell Telephone Laboratories facility that was an annex to the Bell Labs Holmdel Complex located three miles away. The 43-acre annex property is comprised of a main research building and a number of other structures and scientific instruments, among them the historic Holmdel Horn Antenna.
The Holmdel Horn Antenna and other structures of the Bell Labs annex complex atop Crawford Hill
The main Bell Telephone Laboratories building on Crawford Hill, opened in 1962
A 7-meter antenna with its control building, also present at the Crawford Hill annex
Image: Save Crawford Hill and Horn Antenna and Holmdel PTSO yard signs on Holmdel Road
