A high aerial photograph on a clear summer day. In the foreground the streets and rooftops of Highlands; beyond them a wooded ridge under dense green canopy, with the brownstone Twin Lights station and its two towers on an open lawn at the left. Past the ridge a broad river runs across the frame with a long low bridge on piers, houses and a marina along the far bank, and wooded country to the horizon under a blue sky.

The ridge the river is named for, 2026

2026-06-16

Over Highlands, looking south to the Navesink Highlands ridge

Highlands from the air, looking south across the town to the Navesink Highlands ridge. The Twin Lights station stands on its lawn at the left, a tower at each end of the brownstone keeper's range. Behind the ridge the Navesink River runs west, a low bridge on piers crossing it, with Middletown and the far bank beyond. The band whose name the river carries lived on this ground, and the ridge is the reason the river is where it is.

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Title: The ridge the river is named for, 2026
Date: 2026-06-16
Source: Aerial photograph by Above the Hook · 16 June 2026.
Contributor: Above the Hook
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The ridge the river is named for, 2026 (2026-06-16). Aerial photograph by Above the Hook · 16 June 2026. The Highlands History Project, https://history.abovethehook.com/archive/navesink-highlands-ridge-2026/.