The Monmouth Coast

A compact residential borough with historic homes, quiet beach blocks, and a strong preservation-minded identity.

Asbury Park is the Shore's music-and-nightlife town, the one that pulls a different crowd than the family beaches nearby.

Avon-by-the-Sea is one of the North Shore's small, quiet residential beach towns, a borough of under two thousand people set between Sylvan Lake and the Shark River inlet.

Belmar is the busy, youth-heavy beach town on the south side of the Shark River inlet, the loud middle between quieter Avon and Spring Lake.

Bradley Beach is the small, family-first stretch of the Monmouth coast between Avon and Ocean Grove, known less for any single attraction than for being calmer than the towns around it.

Brielle is a small, residential borough on the north bank of the Manasquan River in southern Monmouth County, just up from the inlet at Point Pleasant Beach and Manasquan.

Deal is a small, affluent beachfront borough in Monmouth County, between Long Branch and Asbury Park.

An inland Monmouth County borough known for shopping centers, Fort Monmouth redevelopment, and its location between Long Branch, Ocean Township, and Red Bank.

A small residential borough along the Navesink River known for boating, tree-lined streets, and a quiet downtown atmosphere.

A small borough between Belmar and Spring Lake Heights that functions largely as part of the greater Belmar beach and nightlife area.

One of New Jersey's smallest municipalities, tucked between Allenhurst and Deal Lake.

Long Branch is an oceanfront city in Monmouth County and one of the more developed beachfronts on the northern Shore.

A beach town at the southern end of Monmouth County, bordered by the Manasquan Inlet and known for surfing, fishing, and a strong local identity.

A primarily residential beach borough between Sea Bright and Long Branch, with a quieter pace centered around the ocean, river, and private beach clubs.

A small borough just inland from Bradley Beach and Avon-by-the-Sea, connected closely to Shark River and the surrounding beach communities.

A historic seaside community founded as a Methodist camp meeting town in the late 19th century.

A small borough along the Shrewsbury River known for Monmouth Park Racetrack, waterfront neighborhoods, and the ongoing redevelopment of Fort Monmouth.

One of the Shore region's most prominent downtowns, known for restaurants, theaters, nightlife, shopping, and NJ Transit rail access.

An affluent riverfront borough between the Navesink and Shrewsbury rivers known for large homes, boating culture, and quiet residential streets.

A narrow barrier-island town between the ocean and the Shrewsbury River, known for beach clubs, waterfront restaurants, and one of the most compact geographies on the Shore.

Sea Girt is a small, affluent, almost entirely residential beach borough in Monmouth County, between Spring Lake and Manasquan.

A quiet residential beach town known for its long noncommercial boardwalk, Victorian homes, and slower pace.

A residential borough just west of Spring Lake and Sea Girt, known for quiet neighborhoods, local businesses, and proximity to the beach communities nearby.

A large township bordering Belmar, Spring Lake, Manasquan, and the inland western sections of Monmouth County.

A small residential borough inland from Long Branch and Monmouth Beach, known for Monmouth University, tree-lined neighborhoods, and proximity to the oceanfront communities nearby.