SWAN POINT NATURAL AREA
Brick Township, Ocean County , NJ
146 acres

Administering Agency: Division of Parks and Forestry, through Island Beach State Park

Directions:

Take Route 70 to Bridge Avenue (Route 528).  The natural area is on the south side, west of the bridge.  

History:

There was a Life Saving Station in Mantoloking, first known as Swan Point, then Squan Point Station.  Captain John Lott Dorsett was the station keeper from 1862 to 1878. (Miller 2000:250)

Habitats:

tidal salt-marsh