Shark River Park

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| name = Shark River Park

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| type = Suburban park

| location = Monmouth County, New Jersey

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| area = {{Convert|946|acre|ha}}

| created = 1961

| operator = Monmouth County Park System

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| status = Open all year

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| parking = Three parking areas

| website = http://www.monmouthcountyparks.com

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Shark River Park is located in the townships of Neptune, Wall and Tinton Falls in coastal New Jersey and is part of the Monmouth County Park System.[http://www.monmouthcountyparks.com/page.aspx?Id=2537 Shark River Park], Monmouth County Park System. Accessed October 12, 2015. "Take in some fresh air and the beauty of nature while picnicking in Shark River Park. The Park System's first park, opened in 1961, occupies 946 acres on either side of the Shark River in Neptune and Wall Townships and Tinton Falls."

The initial park land was established in 1961 with a purchase of {{Convert|946|acre|ha}} of land used for construction staging during the building of the Garden State Parkway, becoming Monmouth County's first county owned park.

{{Cite book

| title = Shark River Park Brochure

| publisher = Monmouth County Park System

| year = 2010

| url = http://www.monmouthcountyparks.com/documents/130/shark_6_10.pdf

| page = 1 }}

The park is bisected by the Shark River from which the park gets its name and is the source of fossils for local elementary school field trips where students search the river gravel for prehistoric shark's teeth.