borough in New Jersey, United States
Bay Head is a village of fewer than 1,000 people (2020) in Ocean County, New Jersey It lies 80 km east of Philadelphia, 110 km south of New York City and 40 km north of Atlantic City, along the Jersey coast.
Bay Head is situated on the Barnegat Peninsula, also known as Barnegat Bay Island, a long, narrow barrier island that separates Barnegat Bay from the Atlantic Ocean. Together with Mantoloking, Bay Head is considered part of the Jersey Shore's "Gold Coast".
The main roadway through Bay Head is Route 35, a two-lane highway that connects many of the Jersey Shore's small communities.
NJ Transit trains terminate at the Bay Head station and yard, with service on the North Jersey Coast Line north from Penn Station Newark, Hoboken Terminal and Penn Station New York in Midtown Manhattan.
| Routes through Bay Head |
| Rahway ← Point Pleasant Beach ← | N  S |
→ Lavallette → Seaside Heights |