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A packed summer Saturday parking lot at Sandy Hook State Park, ca. 2018 — cars in every stall, families walking toward the beach, a park ranger giving directions

The parking lot on a summer Saturday, ca. 2018

ca. 2018

Sandy Hook Unit parking lots, Gateway NRA

The Sandy Hook State Park parking lot at peak season — every stall full, families walking toward the beach with carts and coolers, a park ranger giving directions at the info kiosk. Two million people a year across the whole Gateway NRA; something like half of them at Sandy Hook. Most of them have no idea the ground under their sandals was a nuclear missile site sixty years ago.

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Title
The parking lot on a summer Saturday, ca. 2018
Date
ca. 2018
Source
Placeholder — stand-in for NPS Gateway operations photograph.
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public-coast-summer-saturday

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The parking lot on a summer Saturday, ca. 2018 (ca. 2018). Placeholder — stand-in for NPS Gateway operations photograph. The Highlands History Project, https://history.abovethehook.com/archive/public-coast-summer-saturday/.