If your considering a change, perhaps you have a desire to own a nice home, Matawan is the perfect place for the first, second time home buyer. Those who shop Matawan Homes For Sale are familiar with it’s affordability, convenience, and close proximity to both the Jersey Shore & Manhattan. Lovely Sandy Hook State Park is only a 20 minute drive south, the drive to Manhattan, just about an hour, the trip synonymous with exits 117 & 120 on the Garden State Parkway. There is also no shortage of mass transit options with the NJ Transit Rail System, NJ Transit and nearby Academy bus service in Hazlet. If one we’re so inclined, Sea Streak ferry options are also available nearby.

The combined total residency for Aberdeen Township would be about 17,500, with Matawan Borough being about 9,000 residents, with the teens attending Matawan Regional High School. Elementary school options are many, all tied to one’s location within the area. There are also private school options, perhaps most notably St. John Vianney High School, located on the Aberdeen/Holmdel border. When searching Matawan Homes For Sale, one will find no shortage of shopping, places of worship and things to do, all very convenient. Ask your Monmouth County Real Estate Agent to show you around on your next homes preview.

Obviously, Matawan/Aberdeen would offer the benefit of the fabulous Monmouth County Parks System but let’s not forget Cheesequake State Park, located on the border of Monmouth & Middlesex County, the confluence of Matawan Borough & Old Bridge Township, nearly 1,600 acres of diverse eco-systems to explore, to enjoy! While you’re at it, bring the bicycle, take in a section of the Henry Hudson Trail, 24 miles of pathway and growing. Your Monmouth County Real Estate Agent should know, most home buying opportunities should range from the mid-2’s through the high 3’s, and would also include communal considerations, which there are also no shortage of. Waterfront options, waterfront views are available in the Raritan Bay areas of Cliffwood.

Lastly,…yup, Matawan is the place and as anyone who has considered Matawan Homes For Sale would know, Matawan Creek was part of the inspiration for Peter Benchley’s novel, “JAWS”, and the infamous shark attack of 1916, commonly know as “Twelve Days Of Terror”.