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It extends ENE from its head of navigation at Oceanport to its confluence with the Navesink River estuary, then entering 1 mi (1.6 km) north in a narrow channel to Sandy Hook Bay at Highlands . The estuary is protected from the open Atlantic Ocean on its eastern side by a long Barrier Peninsula that extends north to become Sandy Hook . Jersey Shore resort communities on the peninsula include Monmouth Beach and Sea Bright . On the inner side of the estuary, the community of Rumson on the end of the peninsula separating the Shrewsbury and Navesink estuaries is among the wealthiest communities in the United States.

The estuary provides a popular Marina for pleasure craft and recreational fishing. It is spanned by a Drawbridge at Highlands connecting Sandy Hook to mainland New Jersey.


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