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From April to August 2021, Jersey Shore author and expert R.C. Staab walked the entire 139 miles of the Jersey Shore coastline from Sandy Hook to Island Beach State Park, Long Beach Island from Old Barney to the Edwin Forsythe Wildlife Refuge and from Brigantine to Cape May.
Click on the links below and discover the beaches as he did. Learn a bit about the history of the town, unusual sites, fishing piers, amusements and beach to access. (For information about his book, 100 Things to Do at the Jersey Shore Before You Die, click here.)
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Sea Bright story
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Monmouth Beach story
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Long Branch story and Elberon neighborhood story
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Deal story
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Allenhurst story
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Loch Harbor story
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Asbury Park story
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Ocean Grove story
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Bradley Beach story
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Avon by the Sea story
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Belmar story
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Spring Lake story
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Sea Girt story
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Pt. Pleasant Beach story
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Bay Head story
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Mantoloking story
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Brick Beaches story
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Lavallette story
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