🏆Famous Firsts1950s
Did you know this about Ship Bottom?
💡
Did You Know?
Ron Jon Surf Shop was founded in Ship Bottom in 1959 as a tiny store. The original is now overshadowed by the massive Cocoa Beach flagship, but LBI is where it started.
Location: ship bottom
More Famous Firsts
💡
Stone Harbor's Bird Sanctuary (1947) was America's first municipal bird sanctuary and remains one of the best places to see herons, egrets, and ibis on the East Coast.
stone harbor💡
Ship Bottom got its name from an 1817 shipwreck legend where rescuers found a woman alive inside the hull of an overturned ship.
ship bottom💡
The Sandy Hook Lighthouse (1764) is the oldest working lighthouse in the United States.
sandy hook