THE SHARK RIVER HILLS LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Pine Barrens setting.
Shark River Hills CDP has 0.86 square miles of land in Monmouth County. Its Census reference point is in Pine Barrens, within Atlantic Coastal Pine Barrens.
Sandy coastal landscapes combine beaches, dunes, bays and marshes with oak-pine woodland. These pine-barrens settings form a transition between warmer southern coasts and rockier shores farther north.
Regional context: Atlantic Coastal Pine Barrens ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Shark River Hills and Monmouth County
Shark River Hills is associated with Monmouth County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Shark River Hills by land and water
The Census records 0.37 square miles of water within Shark River Hills, or 30.3% of its total area. It is 1.1 percentage points higher than the 29.2% recorded for Monmouth County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Shark River Hills CDP has 95.9% of the land area of nearby Neptune City borough (0.89 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.