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Did you know this about Island Beach State Park?
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Did You Know?
Island Beach State Park is so popular that it fills to capacity and closes to new vehicles almost every summer weekend by 9-10 AM. Rangers turn away thousands of cars each season.
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During WWII, the U.S. Army used Island Beach as a rocket testing facility, firing experimental anti-aircraft missiles over the Atlantic Ocean from 1942-1945.
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Island Beach State Park hosts one of the densest osprey nesting populations in New Jersey, with over 50 active nests along its 10-mile stretch.
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In 2017, photos of Governor Chris Christie and his family on the closed Island Beach State Park beach during a government shutdown went viral and became national news.
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